Ps.33.1

Good people, cheer GOD! Right-living people sound best when praising.

Ps.33.1

Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him.

Ps.33.1

Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous! For praise from the upright is beautiful.

Ps.33.1

Let the godly sing with joy to the LORD, for it is fitting to praise him.

Ps.33.2

Use guitars to reinforce your Hallelujahs! Play his praise on a grand piano!

Ps.33.2

Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.

Ps.33.2

Praise the LORD with the harp; Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings.

Ps.33.2

Praise the LORD with melodies on the lyre; make music for him on the ten-stringed harp.

Ps.33.3

Invent your own new song to him; give him a trumpet fanfare.

Ps.33.3

Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.

Ps.33.3

Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.

Ps.33.3

Sing new songs of praise to him; play skillfully on the harp and sing with joy.

Ps.33.4

For GOD's Word is solid to the core; everything he makes is sound inside and out.

Ps.33.4

For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.

Ps.33.4

For the word of the LORD is right, And all His work is done in truth.

Ps.33.4

For the word of the LORD holds true, and everything he does is worthy of our trust.

Ps.33.5

He loves it when everything fits, when his world is in plumb-line true. Earth is drenched in GOD's affectionate satisfaction.

Ps.33.5

The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.

Ps.33.5

He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

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He loves whatever is just and good, and his unfailing love fills the earth.

Ps.33.6

The skies were made by GOD's command; he breathed the word and the stars popped out.

Ps.33.6

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.

Ps.33.6

By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.

Ps.33.6

The LORD merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born.

Ps.33.7

He scooped Sea into his jug, put Ocean in his keg.

Ps.33.7

He gathers the waters of the sea into jars; he puts the deep into storehouses.

Ps.33.7

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; He lays up the deep in storehouses.

Ps.33.7

He gave the sea its boundaries and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs.

Ps.33.8

Earth-creatures, bow before GOD; world-dwellers--down on your knees!

Ps.33.8

Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere him.

Ps.33.8

Let all the earth fear the LORD; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

Ps.33.8

Let everyone in the world fear the LORD, and let everyone stand in awe of him.

Ps.33.9

Here's why: he spoke and there it was, in place the moment he said so.

Ps.33.9

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

Ps.33.9

For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

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For when he spoke, the world began! It appeared at his command.

Ps.33.10

GOD takes the wind out of Babel pretense, he shoots down the world's power-schemes.

Ps.33.10

The LORD foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.

Ps.33.10

The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.

Ps.33.10

The LORD shatters the plans of the nations and thwarts all their schemes.

Ps.33.11

GOD's plan for the world stands up, all his designs are made to last.

Ps.33.11

But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.

Ps.33.11

The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart to all generations.

Ps.33.11

But the LORD's plans stand firm forever; his intentions can never be shaken.