Passage

Psalms 33.13-15

Book: Psalms · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"11. The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations. 12. Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance."

"13. Jehovah looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men; 14. From the place of his habitation he looketh forth Upon all the inhabitants of the earth, 15. He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, That considereth all their works."

"16. There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. 17. A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power." (Psalms 33:11-17, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"11. The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. 12. Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance."

"13. Yahweh looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men. 14. From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth, 15. he who fashions all of their hearts; and he considers all of their works."

"16. There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. 17. A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power." (Psalms 33:11-17, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"11. The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. ^{to all: Heb. to generation and generation} 12. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance."

"13. The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. 14. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. 15. He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works."

"16. There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 17. An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength." (Psalms 33:11-17, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"11. The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations. 12. O the happiness of the nation whose God [is] Jehovah, Of the people He did choose, For an inheritance to Him."

"13. From the heavens hath Jehovah looked, He hath seen all the sons of men. 14. From the fixed place of His dwelling, He looked unto all inhabitants of the earth; 15. Who is forming their hearts together, Who is attending unto all their works."

"16. The king is not saved by the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power. 17. A false thing [is] the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver." (Psalms 33:11-17, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

Argument from the Demand to Be Witnessed

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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