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Psalms 33:10–11

YHWH frustrates the plans of the peoples, but his counsel stands

10YHWH has annulled the counsel of the nations; he has frustrated the thoughts of the peoples.

11The counsel of YHWH stands firm forever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.

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8Let all the earth fear YHWH; of him let all the inhabitants of the world be afraid.

9For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.

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12Happy is the nation whose Elohim is YHWH, the people he has chosen as an inheritance for himself.

13From the heavens YHWH looked; he saw all human beings.

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Its words in the original

  • יְהוָהyehva· YHWH

    The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

  • הֵפִירhefir· frustrate, break

    To frustrate, to undo: to make a plan or an agreement come to nothing.

  • עֲצַתatsat· counsel

    Counsel: good judgment for deciding; also a plan.

  • גּוֹיִםgoyim· nation

    Nation, a people with its land. In the plural, "the nations": all the peoples of the world, and especially those who are not Israel.

  • הֵנִיאheni· forbid, discourage

    Forbid, oppose: keep something from being done; also discourage.

  • מַחְשְׁבוֹתmachshvot· plan, thought; design

    Thought, plan, what someone intends; also an artistic design.

  • עַמִּיםamim· people

    People: a human group joined by kinship, history and destiny. "My people", said by God, is Israel. Also the people as a crowd, or troops.

  • עוֹלָםolam· forever, eternal

    A very long time whose end cannot be seen: looking forward, "forever"; looking back, "of old", "ancient".

  • תַּעֲמֹדtaamod· stand

    Stand; stay, remain, endure. "Stand before" someone is to serve him or be in his presence. In another form of the verb, set up, place, appoint.

  • לִבּlib· heart

    Heart. In Hebrew it is not only the place of feelings: it is the center of the person, where one thinks, decides and wills; also the middle of something.

  • דֹרdor· generation

    Generation: the people who live in the same period; also an age, "all generations".

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