Psalms 33:1-18

¹You righteous people should sing joyfully to Yahweh because that is what he deserves.

²Praise Yahweh as you play songs on the lyre/harp. Praise him as you play other instruments that have many strings.

³Sing a new song to him; Play those instruments well, and shout joyfully as you play them!

⁴Yahweh always does what he says that he will do; we can trust that everything that he does is right.

⁵He loves everything that we do that is just and right. People all over the earth can know that Yahweh faithfully loves us.

⁶Yahweh created everything in the sky by commanding it. By what he said MTY he created all the stars.

⁷He gathered all the water into one huge mass like someone scoops liquid into a container.

⁸Everyone on the earth should revere Yahweh DOU.

⁹When he spoke, the world ◄was created/started to exist►. Everything started to exist as a result of him commanding it.

¹⁰Yahweh frustrates the things that the pagan nations decide to do. He prevents them from doing the evil things that they plan to do.

¹¹But what Yahweh decides to do will last forever. What he plans to do will never be changed.

¹²Yahweh 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.

¹³Yahweh looks down from heaven and sees all us people;

¹⁴from where he rules MTY, he looks down on all the people who live on the earth.

¹⁵He formed our inner beings, and he sees everything that we do.

¹⁶It 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.

¹⁷It is foolish to trust that because horses are very strong that they will able to win a battle and save their riders.

¹⁸Do not forget that Yahweh watches over those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to faithfully love them.