Psalm 33:13

13 Der HERR schaut vom Himmel und sieht aller Menschen Kinder.

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.''

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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.

Psalm 33:13 In-Context

11 Aber der Rat des HERRN bleibt ewiglich, seines Herzens Gedanken für und für.

12 Wohl dem Volk, des Gott der HERR ist, dem Volk, das er zum Erbe erwählt hat!

13 Der HERR schaut vom Himmel und sieht aller Menschen Kinder.

14 Von seinem festen Thron sieht er auf alle, die auf Erden wohnen.

15 Er lenkt ihnen allen das Herz; er merkt auf alle ihre Werke.