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
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