seekeroftruth
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Psalm 33:1 Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous;
it is fitting for the upright to praise him.
2 Praise the Lord with the harp;
make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
3 Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully, and shout for joy.
it is fitting for the upright to praise him.
2 Praise the Lord with the harp;
make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
3 Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully, and shout for joy.
4 For the word of the Lord is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does.
5 The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.
he is faithful in all he does.
5 The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.
6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
7 He gathers the waters of the sea into jars[a];
he puts the deep into storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the Lord;
let all the people of the world revere him.
9 For he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm.
their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
7 He gathers the waters of the sea into jars[a];
he puts the deep into storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the Lord;
let all the people of the world revere him.
9 For he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm.
10 The Lord foils the plans of the nations;
he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
11 But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever,
the purposes of his heart through all generations.
he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
11 But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever,
the purposes of his heart through all generations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people he chose for his inheritance.
13 From heaven the Lord looks down
and sees all mankind;
14 from his dwelling place he watches
all who live on earth—
15 he who forms the hearts of all,
who considers everything they do.
the people he chose for his inheritance.
13 From heaven the Lord looks down
and sees all mankind;
14 from his dwelling place he watches
all who live on earth—
15 he who forms the hearts of all,
who considers everything they do.
16 No king is saved by the size of his army;
no warrior escapes by his great strength.
17 A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;
despite all its great strength it cannot save.
18 But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him,
on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
19 to deliver them from death
and keep them alive in famine.
no warrior escapes by his great strength.
17 A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;
despite all its great strength it cannot save.
18 But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him,
on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
19 to deliver them from death
and keep them alive in famine.
20 We wait in hope for the Lord;
he is our help and our shield.
21 In him our hearts rejoice,
for we trust in his holy name.
22 May your unfailing love be with us, Lord,
even as we put our hope in you.
he is our help and our shield.
21 In him our hearts rejoice,
for we trust in his holy name.
22 May your unfailing love be with us, Lord,
even as we put our hope in you.
a. Psalm 33:7 Or sea as into a heap
When I was in the seventh grade, I was a foot taller than almost all the other kids. My size was a weapon.... I could just tower over the bully of the day and promise to pound them into the dirt if they didn't stop. It worked every time. I was a very popular girl that year.... then the boys hit their growth spurt the following year and our thoughts moved away from fighting. After all it was the 60's.
This poem reminds me of that overpowering feeling of being bigger and badder than those around. Imagine.... God... becoming visible.... huge... taking up almost the whole horizon.... and in His fingers He's got a jar..... it's tiny in comparison to Him but huge compared to us.... and when He dips that tiny jar into the ocean.... the seas dry up a little.... the rains stop a little.... and He stores it up.... until He decides we need the water... He decides when the sun will shine... or the crops will grow.... that's what this poem reminds me of.
This commentary is from the easy English site.
Someone wrote Psalm 33 to say 4 important things:
1. God made everything. He did it by his WORD. This means that when he said something it immediately happened. Examples include the skies, stars and seas (verses 6 – 9)
2. Men make PLANS. God does not always let them happen (verses13 - 15)
3. God’s EYE sees everybody, and what they do. (verses 13 – 15)
4. God is all-POWERful. Armies are strong, but God is stronger (verses16 -17).
Verses 1 – 3: The word "shout" also means "sing" in Hebrew. Only God can make people righteous. It happens when he forgives them. "Forgive" means "GIVE our sin to Jesus to carry AWAY". Sin is doing wrong things. The psalm tells people to praise God with harp, lute and trumpet. Today we would probably use guitar, piano and trumpet. We can use any musical instrument to praise God.
Verses 4 – 9: This part tells us that God made everything by his word. "The breath of his mouth" means "his word". "Full of his kind love" means "the good things that he made". "In a bottle" probably means "in one place".
Verses 10 – 17: This part tells us that God is the authority on earth. In verse 12 "the people that he chose" means the Jews. Since Jesus came to the earth it also means Christians. Verses 16-17 means that armies will not save a country if God has other plans. We do not use horses in our armies today. We use tanks and planes . . . but God is still stronger.
Verses 18 – 22: In this part "kind love" means "the good things that God does for us". We must trust God if we are to enjoy his kind love.
Yep... a huge God taking up most of the horizon.... taking a jar of water that causes the rain to stop.... or pouring a jar of water that causes the rain to start.... that's a God in Charge.Quite frankly.... I'd probably have to go to the ladies room if I looked up and saw a huge God taking up most of the horizon with a jar in His fingers. I'm glad it's only a song.
