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Psalms 33:7
7He gathers the water of the sea into a heap; he puts the depths into storehouses.
Psalms 33:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
- New International Version (NIV)He gathers the waters of the sea into jars; he puts the deep into storehouses.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; He lays up the deep in storehouses.
Context of Psalms 33:7
5He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the Lord’s unfailing love. 6The heavens were made by the word of the Lord, and all the stars, by the breath of his mouth. He gathers the water of the sea into a heap; he puts the depths into storehouses. 8Let the whole earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. 9For he spoke, and it came into being; he commanded, and it came into existence.
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כֹּנֵ֣ס כַּ֭נֵּד מֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם נֹתֵ֖ן בְּאֹצָר֣וֹת תְּהוֹמֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 33:7
- Psalms 104:6You covered it with the deep as if it were a garment; the water stood above the mountains.
- Genesis 1:9Then God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.
- Job 26:10He laid out the horizon on the surface of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
- Job 38:8Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst from the womb,
- Proverbs 8:29when he set a limit for the sea so that the waters would not violate his command, when he laid out the foundations of the earth.
- Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear me? This is the Lord’s declaration. Do you not tremble before me, the one who set the sand as the boundary of the sea, an enduring barrier that it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot pass over it.
- Exodus 15:8The water heaped up at the blast from your nostrils; the currents stood firm like a dam. The watery depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
- Joshua 3:13When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the Lord, the Lord of the whole earth, come to rest in the Jordan’s water, its water will be cut off. The water flowing downstream will stand up in a mass.”
- Habakkuk 3:15You tread the sea with your horses, stirring up the vast water.
Commentaries on Psalms 33:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7He 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap - The Hebrew word here rendered “gathereth” is a participle; “gathering.” The design is to represent this as a continuous act; an act not merely of the original creation, but constantly occurring. The reference is to the power by which the waters are gathered and kept together; the continual power which prevents their overspreading the earth. The word rendered “heap” - נד nêd - means properly a heap…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The nations surrounding Israel thought that the sea had divine power, but it is under God’s control, within boundaries that he set (see Psalm 104:8–10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-94-9. Reasons for praise: first, God's truth, faithfulness, and mercy, generally; then, His creative power which all must honor.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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