Psalms 33:12 - Exposition

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord (comp. Psalms 144:15 ). In other words, "Blessed is the people of Israel." Other nations did not know God as Jehovah—the Self-existent One—or, indeed, as a general rule, recognize any one and only God . And the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance . The intrusion of the word "and" is unfortunate. One "nation" or "people" only is spoken of, viz. the Hebrews. They are "blessed" in two respects: first, because they know God as Jehovah; and secondly, because he has chosen them out of all the nations of the earth to be his "peculiar people" (see Exodus 19:5 ; Deuteronomy 4:20 ; Deuteronomy 7:6 ; Deuteronomy 14:2 ; 1 Kings 8:53 ; Psalms 135:4 , etc.).