Psalms 33:4-14

4 For the word of Jehovah is right, and all his work is in faithfulness.

5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the loving-kindness of Jehovah.

6 By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up the deeps in storehouses.

8 Let all the earth fear Jehovah; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

9 For *he* spoke, and it was [done]; *he* commanded, and it stood fast.

10 Jehovah frustrateth the counsel of the nations; he maketh the thoughts of the peoples of none effect.

11 The counsel of Jehovah standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.

12 Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance!

13 Jehovah looketh from the heavens; he beholdeth all the sons of men:

14 From the place of his habitation he looketh forth upon all the inhabitants of the earth;

Psalms 33:4-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 33

Though this psalm has no title to it, it seems to be a psalm of David, from the style and matter of it; and indeed begins with the same words with which the preceding psalm is ended. Theodoret is of opinion it was written by David as a prophecy concerning Hezekiah, as a song to be sung by the people after the destruction of the Assyrian army.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or 'justice;' and so Ps. 37.28; 72.2; 101.1.
• [b]. Or 'revere.'
• [c]. Strictly, 'settled place:' see Ex. 15.17; 1Kings 8.13; &c.