Psalm 33:12

Translations

Modern

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!

Traditional

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

Literal

Blessed is the nation for whom YHWH is its God, the people He has chosen as the inheritance for Him.

Latin

Beata gens cujus est Dominus Deus ejus; populus quem elegit in hæreditatem sibi.

Original

Hebrew

English

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!

Notes

Psalms 33:12

People who fear God are chosen as his inheritance (see Psalm 33:13–19). This does not include rebellious people (Psalm 78:62).

Psalms 33:1–22

This hymn of creation (see also Psalms 8, 19, 104, 145) might be a continuation of Psalm 32. It urges readers to praise God (Psalm 33:1–3), to recognize the power of his word in creation (33:4–7), and to respect the Creator (33:8–11). It gives hope to forgiven sinners (Psalm 32) that they can live a new life in the fear of the Lord and under divine protection.

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Psalm 144:15
Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
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But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
John 15:16
You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
Deuteronomy 7:6–8
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
Psalm 65:4
Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
Deuteronomy 33:29
Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
Ephesians 1:4
For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
Titus 2:14
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
Exodus 19:5–6
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
Psalm 135:4
For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
Psalm 147:19–20
He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
Jeremiah 10:16
The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.

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