The antithesis of "wicked" and "he that trusteth in Jehovah" is significant as teaching that faith is the true opposite of sinfulness. Not less full of meaning is the sequence of trust, righteousness, and uprightness of heart in vv. 10, 11. Faith leads to righteousness, and they are upright, not who have never fallen, but who have been raised from their fall by pardon. The psalmist had thought of himself as compassed with shouts of deliverance. Another circle is cast round him and all who, with him, trust Jehovah. A ring of mercies, like a fiery wall, surrounds the pardoned, faithful soul, without a break through which a real evil can creep. Therefore the encompassing songs of deliverance are continuous as the mercies which they hymn, and in the centre of that double circle the soul sits secure and thankful. The psalm ends with a joyful summons to general joy. All share in the solitary soul's exultation. The depth of penitence measures the height of gladness. The breath that was spent in "roaring all the day long" is used for shouts of deliverance. Every tear sparkles like a diamond in the sunshine of pardon, and he who begins with the lowly cry for forgiveness will end with lofty songs of joy and be made, by God's guidance and Spirit, righteous and upright in heart. PSALM XXXIII. 1 Rejoice aloud, ye righteous, in Jehovah, For the upright praise is seemly. 2 Give thanks to Jehovah with harp; With ten-stringed psaltery play unto Him. 3 Sing to Him a new song, Strike well [the strings] with joyful shouts. 4 For upright is the word of Jehovah, And all His work is in faithfulness. 5 He loves righteousness and judgment, Of Jehovah's loving-kindness the earth is full. 6 By the word of Jehovah the heavens were made, And all their host by the breath of His mouth. 7 Who gathereth as an heap the waters of the sea, Who layeth up the deeps in storehouses. 8 Let all the earth fear Jehovah, Before Him let all inhabitants of the world stand in awe. 9 For He, He spoke and it was; He, He commanded and it stood. 10 Jehovah has brought to nothing the counsel of the nations, He has frustrated the designs of the peoples. 11 The counsel of Jehovah shall stand for ever, The designs of His heart to generation after generation.