Jamieson–Fausset–Brown CommentaryPsalms 33
R. Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, D. Brown
Read Psalms 33 in the BiblePsalms 33:4-9
4-9. Reasons for praise: first, God's truth, faithfulness, and mercy, generally; then, His creative power which all must honor.
Psalms 33:10-11
10-11. In God's providence He thwarts men's purposes and executes His own. heathen--literally, "nations."
Psalms 33:12-19
12-19. The inference from the foregoing in Psa 33:12 is illustrated by God's special providence, underlying which is His minute knowledge of all men.
Psalms 33:20-22
20-22. waiteth--in earnest expectation.
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Psalms 33:1-22
PSALM 33
Psa 33:1-22. A call to lively and joyous praise to God for His glorious attributes and works, as displayed in creation, and His general and special providence, in view of which, the Psalmist, for all the pious, professes trust and joy and invokes God's mercy.
1-3. The sentiment falls in with Psa 32:11 (compare 1Co 14:15). The instruments (Psa 92:3; 144:9) do not exclude the voice.