Comentario del capítulo
Psalms Capítulo 33
1
Ps 33:1-22.
3
Sin título
3. a new song--fresh, adapted to the occasion
(Ps 40:3; 96:1).
play skilfully--(Compare
1Sa 16:17).
4
Sin título
4-9. Reasons for praise: first, God's truth, faithfulness, and mercy, generally; then, His creative power which all must honor.
6
Sin título
6. In "word" and "breath"--or, "spirit," there may be an allusion to the Son
(Joh 1:1)
and Holy Spirit.
9
Sin título
9. he spake--literally, "said."
it was--The addition of "done" weakens the sense (compare
Ge 1:3-10).
10
Sin título
10, 11. In God's providence He thwarts men's purposes and executes His own.
heathen--literally, "nations."
12
Sin título
12-19. The inference from the foregoing in
Ps 33:12
is illustrated by God's special providence, underlying which is His minute knowledge of all men.
13
Sin título
13. looketh--intently
(Isa 14:16).
15
Sin título
15. fashioneth--or, "forms," and hence knows and controls
(Pr 21:1).
alike--without exception.
considereth--or, "understands"; God knows men's motives.
16
Sin título
16, 17. Men's usual reliances in their greatest exigencies are, in themselves, useless.
17
Sin título
17. On the war horse (compare
Job 39:19-25).
a vain thing--a lie, which deceives us.
18
Sin título
18, 19. Contrasted is God's guidance and power to save from the greatest earthly evil and its most painful precursor, and hence from all.
20
Sin título
20-22. waiteth--in earnest expectation.
21
Sin título
21. his holy name--(Compare
Ps 5:12; 22:22; 30:4).
Our faith measures mercy
(Mt 9:29);
and if of grace, it is no more of debt
(Ro 11:6).
Ps 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
Ps 32:11
(compare
1Co 14:15).
The instruments
(Ps 92:3; 144:9)
do not exclude the voice.