Psalm 33:1-9

The Steadfast Love of the Lord

1 ¹Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! ²Praise befits the upright.

2 Give thanks to the Lord with the ³lyre; make melody to him with ⁴the harp of ⁵ten strings!

3 Sing to him ⁶a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

4 For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in ⁷faithfulness.

5 He ⁸loves righteousness and justice; ⁹the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

6 By ¹⁰the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by ¹¹the breath of his mouth all ¹²their host.

7 He gathers the waters of the sea as ¹³a heap; he ¹⁴puts the deeps in storehouses.

8 Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!

9 For ¹⁵he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.

Psalm 33:1-9 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. 33:1 [Ps. 32:11]
• 2. 33:1 Ps. 147:1
• 3. 33:2 Ps. 71:22
• 4. 33:2 Ps. 71:22
• 5. 33:2 Ps. 144:9
• 6. 33:3 Ps. 40:3; 96:1; Isa. 42:10
• 7. 33:4 Ps. 119:75
• 8. 33:5 Ps. 11:7; 36:5, 6; 45:7; 89:14
• 9. 33:5 Ps. 119:64
• 10. 33:6 Gen. 1:6, 7; Heb. 11:3; 2 Pet. 3:5; [John 1:3]
• 11. 33:6 [Job 26:13; Isa. 11:4]
• 12. 33:6 Gen. 2:1
• 13. 33:7 Ps. 78:13; Ex. 15:8; Josh. 3:13, 16
• 14. 33:7 See Job 38:8
• 15. 33:9 Ps. 148:5, 6; Gen. 1:3; [Ps. 147:15, 18]