Psalms 33:1-9

1 Joyfully sing to the LORD, you righteous people. Praising [the LORD] is proper for decent people.

2 Give thanks with a lyre to the LORD. Make music for him on a ten-stringed harp.

3 Sing a new song to him. Play beautifully and joyfully on stringed instruments.

4 The word of the LORD is correct, and everything he does is trustworthy.

5 The LORD loves righteousness and justice. His mercy fills the earth.

6 The heavens were made by the word of the LORD and all the stars by the breath of his mouth.

7 He gathers the water in the sea like a dam and puts the oceans in his storehouses.

8 Let all the earth fear the LORD. Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him.

9 He spoke, and it came into being. He gave the order, and there it stood.

Psalms 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.