Psalm 33:6-9

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 33:1-11

Four things the psalmist expresses in these verses: I. The great desire he had that God might be praised. He did not think he did it so well himself, but that he wished others also might be employed in this work; the more the better, in this concert: it is the more like heaven. 1. Holy joy is the heart and soul of praise, and that is here pressed upon all good people (Ps. 33:1): Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous; so the foregoing psalm concluded and so this begins; for all our religious... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 33:6

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made ,.... The aerial and starry heavens, and the heaven of heavens, the third heaven, the seat of the divine Majesty, and the habitation of angels and glorified saints; these were "made" even out of nothing, not out of any pre-existent matter, nor were they eternal; and being made are creatures, and so not to be worshipped, neither they nor their hosts after mentioned; angels, sun, moon, and stars; these were made by the Word of God, the essential... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 33:7

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap ,.... Which was done on the third day of the creation, by means of which the dry land appeared, Genesis 1:9 ; when the waters of the sea were piled up as an heap, and stood higher than the earth, as they now do; and which is a wonderful instance of the power and providence of God, to bound them, and preserve the earth from being overflowed by them, Job 38:9 ; he layeth up the depth in storehouses ; that is, large quantities of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 33:8

Let all the earth fear the Lord ,.... That is, all the men that dwell upon the face of the earth. As it follows, let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him ; which fear and awe design a reverence of the divine Majesty, whose divine perfections are so manifest in the works of creation; and a carefulness not to offend him, into whose hands it must be a fearful thing to fall; and the whole worship of him, which is often in Scripture expressed by the fear of him: and this is to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 33:9

For he spake, and it was done ,.... Or "it was" F1 ויהי "et fuit", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Gejerus; so Ainsworth. , it came into being by a word speaking, almighty power going along with it; see Genesis 1:3 ; he commanded, and it stood fast ; every created thing continued in its being; not only all things were produced into being by his all commanding word and power, "nutu Jovis", as Maximus Tyrius speaks F2 Dissert. 25. ; but by the same all things are upheld and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 33:6

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made - This is illustrated in the Psalm 33:9 ; verse: "He spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast." This evidently refers to the account of the creation, as it stands in the first chapter of Genesis. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 33:7

He gathereth the waters of the sea together - He separated the water from the earth and, while the latter was collected into continents, islands, mountains, hills, and valleys, the former was collected into one place, and called seas; and by his all-controlling power and providence the waters have been retained in their place, so that they have not returned to drown the earth: and he has so adapted the solar and sonar influence exerted on the waters, that the tides are only raised to certain... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 33:8

Let all the earth fear the Lord - He who has thus bound, can unloose; he who has created, can destroy. He has promised life and prosperity only to the godly; let the ungodly stand in awe of him. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 33:6

Verse 6 6.By the word of Jehovah. That he may stir us up to think more closely of God’s works, he brings before us the creation of the world itself; for until God be acknowledged as the Creator and Framer of the world, who will believe that he attends to the affairs of men, and that the state of the world is controlled by his wisdom and power? But the creation of the world leads us by direct consequence to the providence of God. Not that all men reason so justly, or are endued with so sound a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 33:7

Verse 7 7.He gathered together the waters of the sea as into a heap. (676) Here the Psalmist does not speak of all that might have been said of every part of the world, but under one department he comprehends all the rest. He celebrates, however, a signal and remarkable miracle which we see in looking on the surface of the earth; namely, that God gathers together the element of water, fluid and unstable as it is, into a solid heap, and holds it so at his pleasure. Natural philosophers confess,... read more

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