Psalms 33
1 You righteous people should sing joyfully to Yahweh because that is what he deserves.
Sing, ye righteous, in Jehovah, For upright ones praise [is] comely.
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 to Jehovah with a harp, With psaltery of ten strings sing praise to Him,
3 Sing a new song to him; Play those instruments well, and shout joyfully as you play them!
Sing ye to Him a new song, Play skilfully with shouting.
4 Yahweh always does what he says that he will do; we can trust that everything that he does is right.
For upright [is] the word of Jehovah, 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.
Loving righteousness and judgment, Of the kindness of Jehovah is the earth 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 Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.
7 He gathered all the water into one huge mass like [someone scoops liquid] into a container.
Gathering as a heap the waters of the sea, Putting in treasuries the depths.
8 Everyone on the earth should revere Yahweh [DOU].
Afraid of Jehovah are all the earth, Of Him are all the inhabitants of the world afraid.
9 When he spoke, the world (was created/started to exist). Everything started to exist as a result of him commanding it.
For He hath said, and it is, He hath commanded, and it standeth.
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.
Jehovah made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples.
11 But what Yahweh decides to do will last forever. What he plans to do will never be changed.
The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations.
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.
O the happiness of the nation whose God [is] Jehovah, Of the people He did choose, For an inheritance to Him.
13 Yahweh looks down from heaven and sees all us people;
From the heavens hath Jehovah 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.
From the fixed place of His dwelling, He looked unto all inhabitants of the earth;
15 He formed our inner beings, and he sees everything that we do.
Who is forming their hearts together, Who is attending unto all their works.
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].
The king is not saved by the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power.
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 false thing [is] the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth 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 Jehovah [is] to those fearing Him, To those waiting for His kindness,
19 He saves them [SYN] from dying [before they should die] and preserves them when there is a famine.
To deliver 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 soul hath waited for Jehovah, 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 doth our heart rejoice, For in His holy name we have trusted.
22 Yahweh, we pray that you will always faithfully love us while we confidently expect you [to do great things for us].
Let Thy kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, As we have waited for Thee!
