Psalms 33:6 - Exposition

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made. God is to be praised, not only for his goodness, but also for his greatness, and especially for his greatness in creation (see Psalms 19:1-6 ). The heavens were made "by his word" in a double sense—by the Word, who is the Second Person of the Trinity ( John 1:3 ; Hebrews 1:2 , Hebrews 1:10 ), and by a mere utterance, without the employment of any mechanical means, as we learn from Genesis 16-18 . And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth . The "host of heaven" is here, undoubtedly, the host of heavenly bodies—the sun, moon, and stars—as in Genesis 2:1 . These were made "by the breath of God's mouth;" i.e. by his simple utterance of the command—"Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven, to divide the day from the night" ( Genesis 1:14 ; comp. Job 26:13 ).