Psalm 33:13

13 Jehova blickt von den Himmeln herab, er sieht alle Menschenkinder.

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Psalm 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.''


FOOTNOTES:

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

Psalm 33:13 In-Context

11 Der Ratschluß Jehovas besteht ewiglich, die Gedanken seines Herzens von Geschlecht zu Geschlecht.
12 Glückselig die Nation, deren Gott Jehova ist, das Volk, das er sich erkoren zum Erbteil!
13 Jehova blickt von den Himmeln herab, er sieht alle Menschenkinder.
14 Von der Stätte seiner Wohnung schaut er auf alle Bewohner der Erde;
15 Er, der da bildet ihr Herz allesamt, der da merkt auf alle ihre Werke.
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