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For the Lord’s word is upright;
    all his works are trustworthy.
He loves justice and right.
    The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.(A)

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II

By the Lord’s word the heavens were made;
    by the breath of his mouth all their host.[a](A)
[b]He gathered the waters of the sea as a mound;
    he sets the deep into storage vaults.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 33:6 All their host: the stars of the sky are commonly viewed as a vast army, e.g., Neh 9:6; Is 40:26; 45:12; Jer 33:22.
  2. 33:7 The waters…as a mound: ancients sometimes attributed the power keeping the seas from overwhelming land to a primordial victory of the storm-god over personified Sea.

12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
    the people chosen as his inheritance.(A)

IV

13 From heaven the Lord looks down
    and observes the children of Adam,(B)

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VI

20 Our soul waits for the Lord,
    he is our help and shield.(A)
21 For in him our hearts rejoice;
    in his holy name we trust.
22 May your mercy, Lord, be upon us;
    as we put our hope in you.

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