Psalms 33:4-19

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.

13 From heaven the LORD looks down and sees all mankind;

14 from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth—

15 he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.

16 No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength.

17 A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save.

18 But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,

19 to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.

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Psalms 33:4-19 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 33

1. S Psalms 19:8
2. Psalms 119:142; Revelation 19:9; Revelation 22:6
3. Psalms 18:25; Psalms 25:10
4. Psalms 11:7
5. Psalms 6:4; Psalms 119:64
6. S Genesis 1:3; Hebrews 11:3
7. S Exodus 8:19; S 2 Chronicles 2:12
8. S Genesis 1:16
9. S Genesis 1:10
10. S Joshua 3:16
11. S Deuteronomy 6:13; Psalms 2:11
12. Psalms 49:1; Isaiah 18:3; Micah 1:2
13. S Deuteronomy 14:23; Psalms 67:7; Psalms 96:9
14. Genesis 1:3; Psalms 148:5
15. Isaiah 44:25
16. S Job 5:12
17. Psalms 2:1; Isaiah 8:10
18. S Numbers 23:19
19. Jeremiah 51:12,29; Job 23:13
20. Psalms 144:15
21. S Exodus 8:22; Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 7:6; Psalms 4:3; Psalms 65:4; Psalms 84:4
22. S Exodus 34:9
23. Psalms 53:2; Psalms 102:19
24. Job 28:24; Psalms 11:4; Psalms 14:2; S Hebrews 4:13
25. S Leviticus 15:31; 1 Kings 8:39
26. Job 10:8; Psalms 119:73
27. S Job 10:4; Jeremiah 32:19
28. 1 Samuel 14:6; Psalms 44:6
29. S Psalms 20:7; Proverbs 21:31
30. S Exodus 3:16; S Psalms 11:4; 1 Peter 3:12; Job 36:7; Psalms 34:15
31. S Psalms 6:4; Psalms 147:11
32. Psalms 56:13; Acts 12:11
33. S Job 5:20

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or "sea as into a heap"