Mazmur 33:10

33:10 The Lord frustrates ¹  the decisions of the nations;

he nullifies the plans ²  of the peoples.

Mazmur 94:8

94:8 Take notice of this, ³  you ignorant people! ⁴ 

You fools, when will you ever understand?

Mazmur 106:18

106:18 Fire burned their group;

the flames scorched the wicked. ⁵ 

Mazmur 117:1

Psalm 117 ⁶ 

117:1 Praise the Lord, all you nations!

Applaud him, all you foreigners! ⁷ 

Mazmur 149:7

149:7 in order to take ⁸  revenge on the nations,

and punish foreigners.

[33:10]  ¹ tn Heb “breaks” or “destroys.” The Hebrew perfect verbal forms here and in the next line generalize about the Lord’s activity.

[33:10]  ² tn Heb “thoughts.”

[94:8]  ³ tn Heb “understand.” The verb used in v. 7 is repeated here for rhetorical effect. The people referred to here claim God is ignorant of their actions, but the psalmist corrects their faulty viewpoint.

[94:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “[you] brutish among the people.”

[106:18]  ⁵ sn Verses 16-18 describe the events of Num 16:1-40.

[117:1]  ⁶ sn Psalm 117. The psalmist tells the nations to praise the Lord for his loyal love and faithfulness.

[117:1]  ⁷ tn Or “peoples” (see Ps 108:3).

[149:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “to do.”