Psalms 33:2-12

2 Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.

3 Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.

4 For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.

5 The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.

6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.

7 He gathers the waters of the sea into jars^[a] ; he puts the deep into storehouses.

8 Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere him.

9 For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.

10 The LORD foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.

11 But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.

12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance.

Psalms 33:2-12 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.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 4:21; 1 Corinthians 14:7; Revelation 5:8
• 2. Psalms 92:3; Psalms 144:9
• 3. Psalms 40:3; Isaiah 42:10; S Revelation 5:9; Psalms 96:1
• 4. S Job 3:7; Psalms 35:27; Psalms 47:1
• 5. S Psalms 19:8
• 6. Psalms 119:142; Revelation 19:9; Revelation 22:6
• 7. Psalms 18:25; Psalms 25:10
• 8. Psalms 11:7
• 9. Psalms 6:4; Psalms 119:64
• 10. S Genesis 1:3; Hebrews 11:3
• 11. S Exodus 8:19; S 2 Chronicles 2:12
• 12. S Genesis 1:16
• 13. S Genesis 1:10
• 14. S Joshua 3:16
• 15. S Deuteronomy 6:13; Psalms 2:11
• 16. Psalms 49:1; Isaiah 18:3; Micah 1:2
• 17. S Deuteronomy 14:23; Psalms 67:7; Psalms 96:9
• 18. Genesis 1:3; Psalms 148:5
• 19. Isaiah 44:25
• 20. S Job 5:12
• 21. Psalms 2:1; Isaiah 8:10
• 22. S Numbers 23:19
• 23. Jeremiah 51:12,29; Job 23:13
• 24. Psalms 144:15
• 25. S Exodus 8:22; Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 7:6; Psalms 4:3; Psalms 65:4; Psalms 84:4
• 26. S Exodus 34:9

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "sea as into a heap"