Psalms 33:13

13 The LORD looks down from heaven; he sees every human being.

Psalms 33:13 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 33:13

The Lord looketh from heaven
Where his throne and temple are, upon the earth and men, and things in it, as follows;

he beholdeth all the sons of men;
the evil and the good; which is contrary to the sense of many wicked men, who imagine he takes no notice of what is done here below; but his eye is upon all, upon all the workers of iniquity, how secret soever they may be; and not only his eye of Providence is upon good men, but his eye of love, grace, and mercy; and he has a special and distinct knowledge of them: agreeably to this are some expressions of Heathen writers; says one ^F5,

``the eye of God sees all things;''

says another ^F6,

``there is a great God in heaven who sees all things, and governs.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (panta idwn diov ofyalmov) Hesiod. Opera & Dies, l. 1. v. 263.
F6 (esti megav en ouranw) Sophoclis Electra, v. 174, 175.

Psalms 33:13 In-Context

11 But the LORD's plan stands forever; what he intends to do lasts from one generation to the next.

12 The nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom God has chosen as his possession, is truly happy!

13 The LORD looks down from heaven; he sees every human being.

14 From his dwelling place God observes all who live on earth.

15 God is the one who made all their hearts, the one who knows everything they do.