Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 33:6
The word — God made this admirable structure of the heavens, and all its glorious stars; not with great pains and time, but with one single word. Host — The angels: or the stars.
The word — God made this admirable structure of the heavens, and all its glorious stars; not with great pains and time, but with one single word. Host — The angels: or the stars.
Verse Psalms 33:6. _BY THE WORD OF THE LORD WERE THE HEAVENS MADE_] This is illustrated in the Psalms 33:9 verse: "He spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast." This evidently refers t...
BY THE WORD OF THE LORD - By the command of God: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6 etc. See the notes at Psalms 33:9. WERE THE HEAVENS MADE - That is, the starry heavens; the world
Psalms 33 The Future Praise of Jehovah _ 1. The call to praise Jehovah (Psalms 33:1)_ 2. His praise as the Creator (Psalms 33:4) 3. His praise of His governmental dealings ...
XXXIII. A SONG OF PRAISE. This Ps. has no title in MT. It may have been added at a later time to an older collection, probably Psalms 33:3. The LXX prefix, By David, when he changed his face before Ab...
BY THE WORD, &C. Quoted in 2 Peter 3:5. BREATH. spirit. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9....
The grounds of praise....
Jehovah's creative omnipotence. Word is the expression of thought; command of will: He had but to think and will, and the Universe came into being....
_The breath of his mouth_is synonymous with _the word of the Lord_: together they represent _and God said_in Genesis 1:3 ff. The parallelism and the addition _of his mouth_seem to exclude a reference...
Psalms 32, 33 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Felicitations to the Forgiven, and Examples of the Songs that they Sing. ANALYSIS Part I., Psalms 32. Stanza I., Psalms 32:1-4, Happy the Forgiven; yet Divine Discipl...
_BY THE WORD OF THE LORD WERE THE HEAVENS MADE; AND ALL THE HOST OF THEM BY THE BREATH OF HIS MOUTH._ As heretofore David has dwelt on Yahweh's faithfulness, righteousness, and goodness, as proving th...
This is an anonymous Ps. of national deliverance, called forth by some historical occasion which it is now impossible to fix with any certainty. From its central conception of God as the ruler of all...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
THE BREATH OF HIS MOUTH. — This is plainly only a synonym for _word._ (Comp. Isaiah 11:4, where “breath of his lips” is used for the Divine sentence of judgment upon the heathen.)...
בִּ דְבַ֣ר יְ֭הוָה שָׁמַ֣יִם נַעֲשׂ֑וּ וּ בְ
Psalms 33:1 This is the last of the four psalms in Book 1 which have no title, the others being Psalms 1:1; Psalms 2:1, which are introductory, and 10 which is closely connected with 9. Some have ende...
“THE WORD OF JEHOVAH” Psalms 33:1 This psalm is eminently calculated to incite praise. Let us note the subjects which are touched upon, in the hope that presently one may strike a spark at which our...
This is a triumphant song of praise, opening with a call to vocal and instrumental music. "Rejoice," "praise," "give thanks," "sing praises," "sing," "play"-thus all modes of expression are appealed t...
Come, "by faith and good works." (St. Jerome) --- Enlightened. Hebrew also, "flow together." (St. Jerome) --- You need not be afraid of impoverishing him. (Calmet) --- The points would require, (Berth...
Do we not discover Christ, the uncreated Word, and the Holy Ghost, the breath or spirit of every living thing, in this verse? Reader! if it be so in the old creation of nature, think, I pray you, whet...
Psalms 32 _ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 32-34 = _ Day 6_ (_Evening_)....
6._By the word of Jehovah. _That he may stir us up to think more closely of God’s works, he brings before us the creation of the world itself; for until God be acknowledged as the Creator and Framer o...
Psalms 33 has its just place after the forgiveness of the people. Before we pass on to these psalms, remark how the guilelessness of heart produced by complete forgiveness leads to that intimacy with...
BY THE WORD OF THE LORD WERE THE HEAVENS MADE,.... The aerial and starry heavens, and the heaven of heavens, the third heaven, the seat of the divine Majesty, and the habitation of angels and glorifie...
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. Ver. 6. _By the word of the Lord were the heavens made_] His fiat, or, Let them be, gave them a bei...
_By the word of the Lord were the heavens made_ Either 1st, By Christ who is often called God's word, even by the Chaldee paraphrast; as also John 1:1, where he is said to be that Word by whom all thi...
By the Word of the Lord, the great Word which was in the beginning with God, John 1:1, WERE THE HEAVENS MADE, Proverbs 8:22; AND ALL THE HOST OF THEM BY THE BREATH OF HIS MOUTH, by the power of His Sp...
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 cr...
1-11 Holy joy is the heart and soul of praise, and that is here pressed upon the righteous. Thankful praise is the breath and language of holy joy. Religious songs are proper expressions of thankful...
BY THE WORD OF THE LORD; either, 1. By the hypostatical Word, Christ, who is oft called God's _Word_, even by the Chaldee paraphrast; as also 1 THESSALONIANS 1:1, where he is said to be that _Word_ by...
Psalms 33:6 word H1697 LORD H3068 heavens H8064 made H6213 (H8738) host H6635 breath H7307 mouth H6310...
2). GROUNDS FOR PRAISING YHWH (4-12). a). Because of His moral activity (4-5). Psalms 33:4 ‘For the word of YHWH is right, And all his work is done in faithfulness. He loves righteousness and jus...
Psalms 33:6 Psalms 19:1 I. The whole of revelation reposes on this broad platform: how God and nature stand to one another. Now there are two opposite extremes into which our conceptions on this poin...
Psalms 33:1. _Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright._ Notice the connection between the words «rejoice «and «praise.» Joy is the soul of praise. God is not extolle...
Psalms 33:1. _Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright._ False gods were worshipped with dolorous sounds, accompanied by cutting with knives and with lancets; but our...
CONTENTS: Praise of God's wisdom and power. CHARACTERS: Psalmist, God. CONCLUSION: The righteous who know the goodness of God should never be empty of His praises. Though the residence of God's glor...
Psalms 33:2. _The psaltery,_ a little harp of sweet sound, and very generally used in unison with the voice. Psalms 33:6. _By the word of the Lord were the heavens made,_ as in Genesis 1. By the Word...
_By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth._ THE BIBLICAL CONCEPTION OF NATURE For this, see the first chapter of Genesis. There are two oppo...
_Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous._ THE SPIRIT OF REJOICING: LIFE ADJUSTED TO THE WILL OF GOD “Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.” It is the vital condition of all spiritual rejoicing that we ar...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 33:1. This is a hymn of praise to the God who made all things, who rules all things for his own purposes, and who has chosen a people to be his own and to bless the whole wo...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 33:4 The first reason for praise is God’s WORD (vv. Psalms 33:4, Psal
INTRODUCTION “This psalm is a fit companion, but by no means the second half, of the preceding one, being distinct from it both in matter and form. It indicates a more tranquil frame of mind, such as...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm has no title in the Hebrew, and in some manuscripts it is joined on to the preceding psalm, and forms one with it. But the difference of subject-matter and of tone render it high...
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely [or beautiful] for the upright (Psalms 33:1). Now, this is something that you might not be able to do as you read it. Praise the LORD with a...
2 Peter 3:5; Deuteronomy 4:19; Genesis 1:1; Genesis 2:1; Genesis 2:7;...
THE TRIUNE GOD Psalms 33:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is important for us to get a scriptural vision of the triune God. In the Book of Genesis we read, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the e...