Psalms 33:6-16

6 The Lord created the heavens by his command, the sun, moon, and stars by his spoken word.

7 He gathered all the seas into one place; he shut up the ocean depths in storerooms.

8 Worship the Lord, all the earth! Honor him, all peoples of the world!

9 When he spoke, the world was created; at his command everything appeared.

10 The Lord frustrates the purposes of the nations; he keeps them from carrying out their plans.

11 But his plans endure forever; his purposes last eternally.

12 Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; happy are the people he has chosen for his own!

13 The Lord looks down from heaven and sees all of us humans.

14 From where he rules, he looks down on all who live on earth.

15 He forms all their thoughts and knows everything they do.

16 A king does not win because of his powerful army; ¹ a soldier does not triumph because of his strength.

Psalms 33:6-16 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. +233.16Jude 9.7;1 Maccabees 3.19.