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Psalm 33:21

For our heart rejoices in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

19to deliver their soul from death, to keep them alive in famine.
20Our soul has waited for the LORD. He is our help and our shield.
21For our heart rejoices in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
22Let your loving kindness be on us, LORD, since we have hoped in you.
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Notice

The word “because” makes trust in God’s holy name the reason for the heart’s joy, raising the question of what your gladness rests on.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 28:7The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.Both verses connect the heart’s rejoicing with trust in the LORD; Psalm 28 also names his help.
Psalm 13:5But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.Both speak of a trusting, rejoicing heart, with Psalm 13 naming God’s loving kindness and salvation.
John 16:22Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.Both speak of the heart rejoicing; John ties that joy to Jesus seeing his sorrowing disciples again.
Zechariah 10:7Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their heart will rejoice as through wine. Yes, their children will see it and rejoice. Their heart will be glad in the …The heart’s gladness in the LORD appears in both, with Zechariah describing Ephraim and their children rejoicing.
Psalm 30:10–12Hear, LORD, and have mercy on me. LORD, be my helper.”The shared thread is dependence on the LORD: trust here, and a plea for help in Psalm 30.
Isaiah 25:9It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is the LORD! We have waited for him. We will be glad …Both express shared rejoicing in God, and Psalm 33’s surrounding lines share Isaiah’s language of waiting for him.
Revelation 4:8The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is …God’s holiness is the shared thread: Psalm 33 names his holy name, while Revelation records the creatures proclaiming him holy.
Psalm 89:16In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.Both connect rejoicing with God’s name; Psalm 33 names trust, while Psalm 89 describes rejoicing all day.
1 Chronicles 16:10Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the LORD rejoice.Both join God’s holy name with the heart’s rejoicing, describing people who trust him or seek him.
Luke 1:47–50My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,Both locate joy in God himself, with Luke’s speaker naming him as Savior.
1 Chronicles 16:35Say, “Save us, God of our salvation! Gather us together and deliver us from the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise.”Both name God’s holy name in expressions of praise, with Chronicles asking for deliverance so the people can give thanks.
Daniel 3:28Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him, …Both speak of trust in God alongside praise; Daniel names the servants whose trust endured a threat to their lives.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. gratitude. waiting.

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Read Psalm 33:21 aloud and underline “because”

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Encouragement

The surrounding lines still speak of waiting and asking for God’s loving kindness. Joy has room there: the heart rejoices in the God whose holy name it trusts.

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