—Hymn to Asshur.
Yahwe is also the determiner of destiny, but he is a rational power behind events. It is the plan of his own heart that he carries into effect:
Yahwe bringeth to nought the counsel of the nations;
He maketh of no effect the plans of peoples.
—Psalm 33:10.
The counsel of Yahwe for ever shall stand;
The plans of his heart for all generations.
—Psalm 33:11.
He cutteth off the spirit of princes;
Terrible is he to the kings of the earth.