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Psalm 33

Psa. 33:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Blessed
'esher (Hebrew #835)
happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
KJV usage: blessed, happy.
Pronounce: eh'-sher
Origin: from 833
l is the nation
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
whose God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
is the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
; and the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
whom he hath chosen
bachar (Hebrew #977)
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
KJV usage: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
Pronounce: baw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
for his own inheritance
nachalah (Hebrew #5159)
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
KJV usage: heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare 5158.
Pronounce: nakh-al-aw'
Origin: from 5157 (in its usual sense)
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Psa. 65:4• 4Blessed [is he whom] thou wilt choose and bring near:{HR}He shall dwell in thy courts.{HR}We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house,{HR}The holy [place] of thy temple. (Psa. 65:4)

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Blessed.
Psa. 144:15• 15Blessed the people to which [it is] thus;{HR}Blessed the people whose God [is] Jehovah. (Psa. 144:15)
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Psa. 147:19‑20• 19He showeth his word to Jacob,{HR}His statutes and his judgments to Israel.
 20He dealt not thus with any nation;{HR}And [his] judgments, they knew them not.{HR}Praise ye Jah. (Psa. 147:19‑20)
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Ex. 19:5‑6• 5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine,
 6{i}and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel.{/i} (Ex. 19:5‑6)
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Deut. 33:29• 29Happy thou, O Israel: who is like thee,{HR}O people saved by Jehovah, the shield of thy help,{HR}And who is the sword of thy excellency!{HR}And thy enemies shall lie to thee;{HR}And thou shalt tread on their high places. (Deut. 33:29)
people.
Psa. 65:4• 4Blessed [is he whom] thou wilt choose and bring near:{HR}He shall dwell in thy courts.{HR}We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house,{HR}The holy [place] of thy temple. (Psa. 65:4)
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Psa. 135:4• 4For Jah hath chosen Jacob for him,{HR}Israel for his peculiar treasure, (Psa. 135:4)
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Deut. 7:6‑8• 6{i}For a holy people art thou unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be unto him a people for a possession, above all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.{/i}
 7{i}Not because ye were more in number than all the peoples, hath Jehovah been attached to you and chosen you, for ye are the fewest of all the peoples;{/i}
 8{i}but because Jehovah loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a powerful hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.{/i} (Deut. 7:6‑8)
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John 15:16• 16Not ye chose me, but I chose you and appointed you that ye should go and bear fruit, and your fruit abide; that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you. (John 15:16)
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Eph. 1:4• 4even as he chose us in him before [the] world's foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love; (Eph. 1:4)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But ye [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set out the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness unto his marvellous light; (1 Peter 2:9)
his own.
Psa. 28:9• 9Save thy people and bless thine inheritance,{HR}And feed them and lift them up forever. (Psa. 28:9)
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Jer. 10:16• 16The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name. (Jer. 10:16)
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Titus 2:14• 14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works. (Titus 2:14)
• We are not God's inheritance, but heirs of God; but the greater elevation of the position does not destroy, though it may give a deeper application to, the principle. We have to walk through the world as the elect of God; and this is a most blessed position. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 33-36” by J.N. Darby)
• They may have failed greatly, but God having chosen Israel, will carry out “the thoughts of his heart” in regard to the nation. (“Psalm 33” by H. Smith)
• The psalm closes with the godly looking to the Lord in dependence as they wait for the full establishment of the Millennial Kingdom of Christ (vs. 12-22). (“Book 1.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance!

W. Kelly Translation

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Happy [is] the nationa whose God is Jehovah,{HR}The people he hath chosen to himself for an inheritance.

WK Translation Notes

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Heb. Goi, a nation, used in plural of the Gentiles.