Mazmur 33:1-3

Psalm 33 ¹ 

33:1 You godly ones, shout for joy because of the Lord!

It is appropriate for the morally upright to offer him praise.

33:2 Give thanks to the Lord with the harp!

Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument!

33:3 Sing to him a new song! ² 

Play skillfully as you shout out your praises to him! ³ 

Mazmur 33:9

33:9 For he spoke, and it ⁴  came into existence,

he issued the decree, ⁵  and it stood firm.

Mazmur 33:20-22

33:20 We ⁶  wait for the Lord;

he is our deliverer ⁷  and shield. ⁸ 

33:21 For our hearts rejoice in him,

for we trust in his holy name.

33:22 May we experience your faithfulness, O Lord, ⁹ 

for ¹⁰  we wait for you.

[33:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 33. In this hymn the psalmist praises the Lord as the sovereign creator and just ruler of the world who protects and vindicates those who fear him.

[33:3]  ² sn A new song is appropriate because the Lord is constantly intervening in the lives of his people in fresh and exciting ways.

[33:3]  ³ tn Heb “play skillfully with a loud shout.”

[33:9]  ⁴ tn That is, “all the earth” in the first line of v. 8. The apparent antecedent of the masculine subject of the verbs in v. 9 (note וַיֶּהִי [vayyehiy] and וַיַּעֲמֹד [vayya’amod]) is “earth” or “world,” both of which are feminine nouns. However, כָּל (kol, “all”) may be the antecedent, or the apparent lack of agreement may be explained by the collective nature of the nouns involved here (see GKC 463 §145.e).

[33:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “he commanded.”

[33:20]  ⁶ tn Or “our lives.” The suffixed form of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being, life”) is often equivalent to a pronoun in poetic texts.

[33:20]  ⁷ tn Or “[source of] help.”

[33:20]  ⁸ tn Or “protector.”

[33:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “let your faithfulness, O Lord, be on us.”

[33:22]  ¹⁰ tn Or “just as.”