English Standard Version
Psalms 33:7
7He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; He lays up the deep in storehouses.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He assigned the sea its boundaries and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs.
Context of Psalms 33:7
5He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. 6By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host. He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses. 8Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him! 9For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
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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 with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
- Genesis 1:9And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.
- Job 26:10He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
- Job 38:8"Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb,
- Proverbs 8:29when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
- Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear me? declares the Lord. Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.
- Exodus 15:8At the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up; the floods stood up in a heap; the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.
- Joshua 3:13And when the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off from flowing, and the waters coming down from above shall stand in one heap."
- Habakkuk 3:15You trampled the sea with your horses, the surging of mighty waters.
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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