Tree of Life Version
Psalms 33:12
12Blessed is the nation whose God is Adonai, the people He chose for His own inheritance.
Psalms 33:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
- New International Version (NIV)Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.
Context of Psalms 33:12
10Adonai foils the purpose of the nations. He thwarts the plans of the peoples. 11The plan of Adonai stands forever, the purposes of His heart from generation to generation. Blessed is the nation whose God is Adonai, the people He chose for His own inheritance. 13Adonai looks down from heaven. He observes all humanity. 14From His dwelling place He gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth—
Read all of Psalms 33Psalms 33:12 word by word
אַשְׁרֵ֣י הַ֭גּוֹי אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑יו הָעָ֓ם׀ בָּחַ֖ר לְנַחֲלָ֣ה לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 33:12
- Psalms 144:15Happy are such a people! Blessed are the people whose God is Adonai!
- Psalms 147:19He declares His word to Jacob, His decrees and His rulings to Israel.
- Exodus 19:5Now then, if you listen closely to My voice, and keep My covenant, then you will be My own treasure from among all people, for all the earth is Mine.
- Deuteronomy 33:29Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Adonai, the Shield of your help and the Sword of your triumph? Your enemies will cower before you, and you will trample on their backs.”
- Psalms 65:4Records of sins overwhelm me— You will atone for our transgressions.
- Psalms 135:4For Adonai has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel as His treasured possession.
- Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a holy people to Adonai your God—from all the peoples on the face of the earth, Adonai your God has chosen you to be His treasured people.
- John 15:16“You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I selected you so that you would go and produce fruit, and your fruit would remain. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in My name.
- Ephesians 1:4He chose us in the Messiah before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless before Him in love.
- 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Psalms 28:9Save Your people, bless Your inheritance, shepherd them and carry them forever.
- Jeremiah 10:16Jacob’s portion is not like these. For He is the Maker of all things and Israel, the tribe of His inheritance —Adonai-Tzva’ot is His Name.”
Commentaries on Psalms 33:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Blessed is the nation - O how happy is that nation which has יהוה Jehovah for its אלהים Elohim ; the self-existent and eternal Lord for its covenant God; one who should unite himself to it by connections and ties the most powerful and endearing! The word אלהים Elohim, which we translate God, refers to that economy in which God is manifested in the flesh. The people whom he hath chosen - The Jews, who were elected to be his heritage, whom he preserved as…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Blessed is the nation - For the meaning of the word “blessed,” see the notes at Psalm 1:1. The idea here is, that the nation referred to is happy, or that its condition is desirable. What is true of a nation is also as true of an individual. Whose God is the Lord - Whose God is Yahweh - for so this is in the original Hebrew. That is, the nation which worships Yahweh, and is under his protection. This is evidently said to distinguish such a nation from…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-22Verses 12-22 All the motions and operations of the souls of men, which no mortals know but themselves, God knows better than they do. Their hearts, as well as their times, are all in his hand; he formed the spirit of each man within him. All the powers of the creature depend upon him, and are of no account, of no avail at all, without him. If we make God's favour sure towards us, then we need not fear whatever is against us. We are to give to him the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12People who fear God are chosen as his inheritance (see Psalm 33:13–19). This does not include rebellious people (Psalm 78:62).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1912-19. The inference from the foregoing in Psa 33:12 is illustrated by God's special providence, underlying which is His minute knowledge of all men.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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