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The counselעֲצַתof YHWHיְהוָהstands firmתַּעֲמֹדforever,לְעוֹלָםthe thoughtsמַחְשְׁבוֹתof his heartלִבּוֹfrom generation to generation.לְדֹר וָדֹר
Psalms 33:11
Study it in the app“The counsel of YHWH stands firm forever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.”
YHWH frustrates the plans of the peoples, but his counsel standsProvidence
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 33:11, word by word
- The counselעֲצַתatsat
plan
What someone decides to do, above all YHWH, which stands.
Where else “atsat” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
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.
Where else “yehva” appears- stands firmתַּעֲמֹדtaamod
endure
To hold firm, without falling or coming to an end.
Where else “taamod” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- the thoughtsמַחְשְׁבוֹתmachshvot
thought
What one has in mind and intends.
Where else “machshvot” appears- of his heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- from generation to generationדֹרdor
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appears
The context
10YHWH has annulled the counsel of the nations; he has frustrated the thoughts of the peoples.
11 · This verse (above)
12Happy is the nation whose Elohim is YHWH, the people he has chosen as an inheritance for himself.