Psalm 33:20-34:1 ASV

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 33:20-22

(20-22) Hope—wait—trust.—The Hebrew language was naturally rich in words expressive of that attitude of expectancy which was characteristic of a nation whose golden age was not in the past, but in the future—a nation for which its great ancestor left in his dying words so suitable a motto—“I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord,”and which, while itself held back outside the promised land of the hope of immortality, was to be the birth-race of the great and consoling doctrine that alone could... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 33:1-22

God's Bounty Psalms 33:7 I. When we speak of the harvest, we are accustomed to think only of the corn harvest; but the word has a far wider significance. Our granaries contain not a tithe of His gifts. Nor is the Creator's bounty limited to the products of each passing year. The cycle of God's harvests is measured by ages rather than by seasons. II. The lesson of trust. In days of a youthful and somewhat arrogant science, in our fancied knowledge of second causes, it is possible for our trust... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 33:1-22

Psalms 33:1-22This is the last of the four psalms in Book 1 which have no title, the others being Psalms 1:1-6; Psalms 2:1-12, which are introductory, and 10 which is closely connected with 9. Some have endeavoured to establish a similar connection between 32, and 33; but, while the closing summons to the righteous in the former is substantially repeated in the opening words of the latter, there is little other trace of connection, except the references in both to "the eye of Jehovah"; {Psalms... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 33:1-22

Psalms 33:0 The Future Praise of Jehovah 1. The call to praise Jehovah (Psalms 33:1-3 ) 2. His praise as the Creator (Psalms 33:4-9 ) 3. His praise of His governmental dealings (Psalms 33:10-17 ) 4. His praise as the Keeper and Deliverer of the Righteous (Psalms 33:18-22 ) What the last verse of the preceding Psalm exhorts to shout for joy, is in this Psalm more fully unfolded. Such praise the Lord has not yet received, it looks forward to millennial times when all earth fears the Lord... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 33:20

33:20 {n} Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he [is] our help and our shield.(n) Thus he speaks in the name of the whole Church which only depends on God’s providence. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 33:1-22

Psalms 25:0 In the Hebrew this prayer is arranged as an acrostic, i.e., the first word of each verse begins with a letter in alphabetical order from A-to-Z. Hereafter we shall not give as much attention to every psalm as we have thus far, but trust the reader to do the analyzing after the examples given. The purpose of this book is not so much textual explanation as a stimulus to Bible study in a broader sense, and it is assumed that the reader has been studying the Bible side by side with the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 33:20-21

And do not these verses give back the answer of the Church, and of every individual believer, as if they cried out with one response, Amen, to so much proffered mercy? Yes! the Lord is both a sun and a shield. He that now gives grace, will by and by give glory. And observe, Reader, the joy of the believer is because he trusteth in the holy name of God in Christ. Our safety is in Jesus; and our joy is when we have a believing trust in Jesus. And, indeed, if this would not bring joy, nothing... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 33:20

Many. David was too well informed to promise that the just would experience no affliction? but it will not last for ever. (Calmet) (Hebrews xii. 6.) --- If God seem to forsake them for a time, he gives them interior strength, and will at last crown his own gifts. (Worthington) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 33:12-22

12-22 All the motions and operations of the souls of men, which no mortals know but themselves, God knows better than they do. Their hearts, as well as their times, are all in his hand; he formed the spirit of each man within him. All the powers of the creature depend upon him, and are of no account, of no avail at all, without him. If we make God's favour sure towards us, then we need not fear whatever is against us. We are to give to him the glory of his special grace. All human devices for... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 33:1-22

Praise to the Ruler of the World as the Protector of His People. This entire psalm is a call to lively and joyful praise of God for His wonderful and glorious attributes and works, as displayed in creation, and of His general and special providence, in view of which the psalmist, in the name of all believers, professes trust and joy and invokes God's mercy. v. 1. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous, those justified by the grace of God; for praise is comely, fitting, proper, for the... read more