Psalms 33:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance!
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
11The counsel of Jehovah standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.
13Jehovah looketh from the heavens; he beholdeth all the sons of men:
Cross References
Exodus 34:9and said, If indeed I have found grace in thine eyes, Lord, let the Lord, I pray thee, go in our midst; for it is a stiff-necked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for an inheritance!
Deuteronomy 32:9For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob the lot of his inheritance.
2 Samuel 20:19I am peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?
Psalms 65:4Blessed is he whom thou choosest and causest to approach: he shall dwell in thy courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, of thy holy temple.
Psalms 144:15Blessed the people that is in such a case! Blessed the people whose God is Jehovah!
Isaiah 41:10Fear not, for I [am] with thee; be not dismayed, for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 33:2-12
An Exhortation to Praise God. 1 Rejoice in the Lord , O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. 2 Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. 3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. 4 For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth. 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord . 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of… Read the whole commentary →