The New American Standard Bible
Book of Psalms
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33:6 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] By the word R916 of the LORD the heavens were made, And by R917 the breath of His mouth all R918 their host.
33:7 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] He gathers the waters R919 of the sea together as F291 a heap; He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
33:8 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Let all R920 the earth fear the LORD; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand R921 in awe of Him.
33:9 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] For He R922 spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood F292 fast.
33:10 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] The LORD nullifies R923 the counsel of the nations; He frustrates the plans of the peoples.
33:11 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] The counsel R924 of the LORD stands forever, The plans R925 of His heart from generation to generation.
33:12 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Blessed is the nation R926 whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen R927 for His own inheritance.
33:13 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] The LORD looks R928 from heaven; He sees R929 all the sons of men;
33:14 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] From His R930 dwelling place He looks out On all the inhabitants of the earth,
33:15 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] He who fashions R931 the F293 hearts of them all, He who understands R932 all their works.
33:16 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] The R933 king is not saved by a mighty army; A warrior is not delivered by great strength.
33:17 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] A horse R934 is a false hope for victory; Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.
33:18 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Behold, the R935 eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, On those who hope F294 R936 for His lovingkindness,
33:19 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] To deliver R937 their soul from death And to keep them alive in R938 famine.
33:20 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Our soul waits R939 for the LORD; He is our help R940 and our shield.
33:21 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] For our heart R941 rejoices in Him, Because we trust in His holy name.
33:22 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Let Your lovingkindness, O LORD, be upon us, According as we have hoped F295 in You.
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34:1 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] I will bless R942 the LORD at all times; His praise R943 shall continually be in my mouth.
34:2 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] My soul will make R944 its boast in the LORD; The humble R945 will hear it and rejoice.
34:3 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] O magnify R946 the LORD with me, And let us exalt R947 His name together.
34:4 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] I sought R948 the LORD, and He answered me, And delivered R949 me from all my fears.
34:5 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] They looked R950 to Him and were radiant, And their faces will never R951 be ashamed.
34:6 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] This poor F296 man cried, and the R952 LORD heard him And saved him out of all his troubles.
34:7 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] The angel R953 of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, And rescues them.
34:8 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] O taste R954 and see that the LORD is good; How blessed R955 is the man who takes refuge in Him!
34:9 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] O fear the LORD, you His R956 saints; For to those who fear Him there is no R957 want.
34:10 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] The young lions do lack and suffer hunger; But they who seek the LORD shall not R958 be in want of any good thing.
34:11 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Come, R959 you children, listen to me; I R960 will teach you the R961 fear of the LORD.
34:12 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Who R962 is the man who desires life And loves {length of} days that he may see R963 good?
34:13 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Keep your R964 tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit. R965
34:14 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Depart R966 from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue R967 it.
34:15 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] The eyes R968 of the LORD are toward the righteous And His ears are {open} to their cry.
34:16 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] The face R969 of the LORD is against evildoers, To cut R970 off the memory of them from the earth.
34:17 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] {The righteous} cry, R971 and the LORD hears And delivers them out of all their troubles.
34:18 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] The LORD is R972 near to the brokenhearted R973 And saves those who are crushed F297 R974 in spirit.
34:19 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Many R975 are the afflictions R976 of the righteous, But the LORD delivers R977 him out of them all.
34:20 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] He keeps all his bones, Not R978 one of them is broken.
34:21 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Evil R979 shall slay the wicked, And those who hate the righteous will be condemned. F298
34:22 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] The LORD redeems R980 the soul of His servants, And none of those who take R981 refuge in Him will be condemned. F299
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35:1 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Contend, O LORD, with those who contend R982 with me; Fight against those who fight R983 against me.
35:2 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Take hold of buckler F300 R984 and shield And rise up for my R985 help.
35:3 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Draw also the spear and the F301 battle-axe to meet those who pursue me; Say to my soul, "I am your R986 salvation."
35:4 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Let those be ashamed R987 and dishonored who seek my life; F302 Let those be turned R988 back and humiliated who devise evil against me.
35:5 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Let them be like R989 chaff before the wind, With the angel of the LORD driving {them} on.
35:6 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Let their way be dark and slippery, R990 With the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
35:7 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] For without R991 cause they hid R992 their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit F303 for my soul.
35:8 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Let destruction R993 come upon him unawares, And let R994 the net which he hid catch himself; Into that very destruction R995 let him fall.
35:9 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] And my soul shall rejoice R996 in the LORD; It shall exult R997 in His salvation.
35:10 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] All my bones R998 will say, "LORD, who R999 is like You, Who delivers the afflicted from him who R1000 is too strong for him, And the R1001 afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?"
35:11 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Malicious R1002 witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I do not know.
35:12 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] They repay R1003 me evil for good, {To} the bereavement of my soul.
35:13 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] But as for me, when R1004 they were sick, my clothing R1005 was sackcloth; I humbled R1006 my soul with fasting, And my prayer R1007 kept returning to my bosom.
35:14 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] I went about as though it were my friend or brother; I bowed R1008 down mourning, F304 as one who sorrows for a mother.
35:15 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] But at R1009 my stumbling F305 they rejoiced and gathered themselves together; The smiters F306 R1010 whom I did not know gathered together against me, They slandered F307 R1011 me without ceasing.
35:16 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Like godless jesters at a feast, They gnashed R1012 at me with their teeth.
35:17 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Lord, how R1013 long will You look on? Rescue my soul from R1014 their ravages, My only R1015 {life} from the lions.
35:18 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] I will give R1016 You thanks in the great congregation; I will praise R1017 You among a mighty throng.
35:19 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Do R1018 not let those who are wrongfully my R1019 enemies rejoice over me; Nor let those who R1020 hate me without cause wink F308 R1021 maliciously.
35:20 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] For they do not speak peace, But they devise deceitful R1022 words against those who are quiet in the land.
35:21 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] They opened R1023 their mouth wide against me; They said, "Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!"
FOOTNOTES: F291: Or bones, substance F292: Lit whispering F293: I.e. the nether world F294: Or pavilion F295: Or wait for F296: Possibly Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful Psalm F297: Or bones, substance F298: Lit roaring F299: Lit life juices were turned into the drought of summer F300: Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude F301: Or iniquity F302: Lit in a time of finding out F303: Or shouts F304: Some versions read in a water skin; i.e. container F305: Or stood forth F306: Or their heart together F307: Or wait F308: Or waited for
CROSS REFERENCES: R916: Psalms 71:22; 147:7 R917: Psalms 144:9 R918: Psalms 40:3; 96:1; 98:1; 144:9; Isaiah 42:10; Revelation 5:9 R919: Psalms 98:4 R920: Psalms 19:8 R921: Psalms 119:90 R922: Psalms 11:7; 37:28 R923: Psalms 119:64 R924: Genesis 1:6; Psalms 148:5; Hebrews 11:3 R925: Psalms 104:30 R926: Genesis 2:1 R927: Exodus 15:8; Joshua 3:16; Psalms 78:13 R928: Psalms 67:7 R929: Psalms 96:9 R930: Genesis 1:3; Psalms 148:5 R931: Psalms 2:1-3; Isaiah 8:10; 19:3 R932: Job 23:12; Proverbs 19:21 R933: Psalms 40:5; 92:5; 139:17; Isaiah 55:8 R934: Psalms 144:15 R935: Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 7:6; Psalms 28:9 R936: Job 28:24; Psalms 14:2 R937: Psalms 11:4 R938: 1 Kings 8:39,43; Psalms 102:19 R939: Job 10:8; Psalms 119:73 R940: 2 Chronicles 16:9; Job 34:21; Jeremiah 32:19 R941: Psalms 44:6; 60:11 R942: Psalms 20:7; 147:10; Proverbs 21:31 R943: Job 36:7; Psalms 32:8; 34:15; 1 Peter 3:12 R944: Psalms 32:10; 147:11 R945: Psalms 56:13; Acts 12:11 R946: Job 5:20; Psalms 37:19 R947: Psalms 62:1; 130:6; Isaiah 8:17 R948: Psalms 115:9 R949: Psalms 13:5; 28:7; Zechariah 10:7; John 16:22 R950: Ephesians 5:20; 1 Thessalonians 5:18 R951: Psalms 71:6 R952: Psalms 44:8; Jeremiah 9:24; 1 Corinthians 1:31 R953: Psalms 69:32 R954: Psalms 35:27; 69:30; Luke 1:46 R955: Psalms 18:46 R956: 2 Chronicles 15:2; Psalms 9:10; Matthew 7:7 R957: Psalms 34:6,17,19 R958: Psalms 36:9; Isaiah 60:5 R959: Psalms 25:3 R960: Psalms 34:4 R961: Psalms 91:11; Daniel 6:22 R962: Psalms 119:103; Hebrews 6:5; 1 Peter 2:3 R963: Psalms 2:12 R964: Psalms 31:23 R965: Psalms 23:1 R966: Psalms 84:11 R967: Psalms 66:16 R968: Psalms 32:8 R969: Psalms 111:10 R970: Psalms 34:12-16; 1 Peter 3:10-12 R971: Ecclesiastes 3:13 R972: Psalms 141:3; Proverbs 13:3; James 1:26 R973: 1 Peter 2:22 R974: Psalms 37:27; Isaiah 1:16,17 R975: Romans 14:19; Hebrews 12:14 R976: Job 36:7; Psalms 33:18 R977: Leviticus 17:10; Jeremiah 44:11; Amos 9:4 R978: Job 18:17; Psalms 9:6; 109:15; Proverbs 10:7 R979: Psalms 34:6; 145:19 R980: Psalms 145:18 R981: Psalms 147:3; Isaiah 61:1 R982: Psalms 51:17; Isaiah 57:15 R983: Proverbs 24:16 R984: Psalms 71:20; 2 Timothy 3:11 R985: Psalms 34:4,6,17 R986: John 19:33,36 R987: Psalms 94:23; 140:11; Proverbs 24:16 R988: 1 Kings 1:29; Psalms 71:23 R989: Psalms 37:40 R990: Psalms 18:43; Isaiah 49:25 R991: Psalms 56:2 R992: Psalms 91:4 R993: Psalms 44:26 R994: Psalms 62:2 R995: Psalms 70:2 R996: Psalms 40:14; 129:5 R997: Job 21:18; Psalms 83:13; Isaiah 29:5 R998: Psalms 73:18; Jeremiah 23:12 R999: Psalms 69:4; 109:3; 140:5 R1000: Psalms 9:15 R1001: Psalms 55:23; Isaiah 47:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:3 R1002: Psalms 9:15 R1003: Psalms 73:18 R1004: Isaiah 61:10 R1005: Psalms 9:14; 13:5; Luke 1:47 R1006: Psalms 51:8 R1007: Exodus 15:11; Psalms 86:8; Micah 7:18 R1008: Psalms 18:17 R1009: Psalms 37:14; 109:16 R1010: Psalms 27:12 R1011: Psalms 38:20; 109:5; Jeremiah 18:20; John 10:32 R1012: Job 30:25 R1013: Psalms 69:11 R1014: Psalms 69:10 R1015: Matthew 10:13; Luke 10:6 R1016: Psalms 38:6 R1017: Obadiah 1:12 R1018: Job 30:1,8,12 R1019: Psalms 7:2 R1020: Job 16:9; Psalms 37:12; Lamentations 2:16 R1021: Psalms 13:1; Habakkuk 1:13 R1022: Psalms 35:7 R1023: Psalms 22:20,21

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