Psalms 33
1 You righteous people should sing joyfully to Yahweh because that is what he deserves.
Shout for joy, ye righteous, in Yahweh, To the upright, seemly is praise.
2 Praise Yahweh as you play songs on the lyre/harp. Praise him as you play [other] instruments that have many strings.
Give ye thanks unto Yahweh with the lyre, With a harp of ten strings, make ye music unto him.
3 Sing a new song to him; Play those instruments well, and shout joyfully as you play them!
Sing unto him, a song that is new, With skill, sweep the strings, with loud noise.
4 Yahweh always does what he says that he will do; we can trust that everything that he does is right.
For right is the word of Yahweh, and, all his work, is in faithfulness:
5 He loves everything that we do that is just and right. People all over the earth can know that Yahweh faithfully loves us.
Who loveth righteousness and justice, With the lovingkindness of Yahweh, the earth is full.
6 Yahweh created everything in the sky by commanding it. By what he said [MTY] he created all the stars.
By the word of Yahweh, the heavens were made, and, by the spirit of his mouth, all their host:
7 He gathered all the water into one huge mass like [someone scoops liquid] into a container.
Who gathered as into a skin-bottle the waters of the sea, Delivering, into treasuries, the roaring deeps.
8 Everyone on the earth should revere Yahweh [DOU].
Let all the earth, stand in awe of Yahweh, Of him, be in dread, all ye inhabitants of the world;
9 When he spoke, the world (was created/started to exist). Everything started to exist as a result of him commanding it.
For, he, spake, and it was, He, commanded, and it stood forth.
10 Yahweh frustrates the things that the [pagan] nations decide to do. He prevents them from doing the [evil] things that they plan to do.
Yahweh, hath frustrated the counsel of nations, hath brought to nothing the devices of peoples.
11 But what Yahweh decides to do will last forever. What he plans to do will never be changed.
The counsel of Yahweh, to times age-abiding, shall stand, The devices of his heart, from generation to generation.
12 Yahweh blesses those nations who choose him to be their God; He is pleased with those whom he has chosen to receive what he has promised.
How happy the nation whose God is, Yahweh, The people he hath chosen as his own inheritance!
13 Yahweh looks down from heaven and sees all us people;
Out of the heavens, hath Yahweh looked, He hath seen all the sons of men:
14 from where he rules [MTY], he looks down on all the people who live on the earth.
Out of his settled place of abode, hath he fixed his gaze on all the inhabitants of the earth:
15 He formed our inner beings, and he sees everything that we do.
Who fashioneth their heart all together, Who understandeth all their doings.
16 It is not because a king has a great army that he is able to win [battles], and it is not because a soldier is very strong that he is able to defeat [his enemy].
Not a king, can be saved by greatness of force, nor, hero, deliver himself by greatness of strength:
17 It is foolish to trust that because horses are very strong that they will able to win a battle and save their riders.
A deception, is the horse, for victory, and, by his great strength, shall he not deliver.
18 Do not forget that Yahweh watches over those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to faithfully love them.
Lo! the eye of Yahweh, is toward them who revere him, unto such as are waiting for his lovingkindness:
19 He saves them [SYN] from dying [before they should die] and preserves them when there is a famine.
To rescue, from death, their soul, and to keep them alive in famine.
20 We trust that Yahweh will help us; he protects us like a shield protects a soldier [MET].
Our own soul, hath waited for Yahweh, Our help and our shield, is he!
21 We rejoice because of what he [has done for us]; we trust in him because he [MTY] is holy.
For, in him, shall our heart rejoice, For, in his holy Name, have we trusted.
22 Yahweh, we pray that you will always faithfully love us while we confidently expect you [to do great things for us].
Be thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, upon us, According as we have waited for thee.
