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He loves justice and right.
    The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.(A)

II

By the Lord’s word the heavens were made;
    by the breath of his mouth all their host.[a](B)
[b]He gathered the waters of the sea as a mound;
    he sets the deep into storage vaults.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 33:6 All their host: the stars of the sky are commonly viewed as a vast army, e.g., Neh 9:6; Is 40:26; 45:12; Jer 33:22.
  2. 33:7 The waters…as a mound: ancients sometimes attributed the power keeping the seas from overwhelming land to a primordial victory of the storm-god over personified Sea.

The Lord loves righteousness and justice;(A)
    the earth is full of his unfailing love.(B)

By the word(C) of the Lord the heavens were made,(D)
    their starry host(E) by the breath of his mouth.
He gathers the waters(F) of the sea into jars[a];(G)
    he puts the deep into storehouses.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 33:7 Or sea as into a heap