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Psalm 33:12-14
New English Translation
Psalm 33:12-14
New English Translation
12 How blessed[a] is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.[b]
13 The Lord watches[c] from heaven;
he sees all people.[d]
14 From the place where he lives he looks carefully
at all the earth’s inhabitants.
Footnotes
- Psalm 33:12 tn The Hebrew noun is an abstract plural. The word often refers metonymically to the happiness that God-given security and prosperity produce (see Pss 1:1; 2:12; 34:9; 41:1; 65:4; 84:12; 89:15; 106:3; 112:1; 127:5; 128:1; 144:15).
- Psalm 33:12 tn Heb “inheritance.”
- Psalm 33:13 tn The Hebrew perfect verbal forms in v. 13 state general facts.
- Psalm 33:13 tn Heb “all the sons of men.”
New English Translation (NET)
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