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Psalms 33:6

33:5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. goodness: or, mercy
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

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By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

33:7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

What does Psalms 33:6 mean?

Psalms 33:6 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include דָּבָר (dâbâr), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim). It connects to 11 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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By
the
wordדָּבָרdâbâr/daw-baw'/H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
of
the
LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
were
the
heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim/shaw-mah'-yim/H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
made;עָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
and
all
the
hostצָבָאtsâbâʼ/tsaw-baw'/H6635a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
of
them
by
the
breathרוּחַrûwach/roo'-akh/H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
of
his
mouth.פֶּהpeh/peh/H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to

Commentary on Psalms 33:6

HENRY_FULL · Psalms 33:6
ts, testifies in this psalm, as clearly and fully as any where in all the Old Testament, "the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow" ( 1 Pet. i. 11 ); of him, no doubt, David here speaks, and not of himself, or any other man. Much of it is expressly applied to Christ in the New Testament, all of it may be applied to him, and some of it must be understood of him only. The providences of God concerning David were so very extraordinary that we may suppose there were some wise and good men who then could not but look upon him as a figure of him that was to come. But the composition of his psalms especially, in which he found himself wonderfully carried out by the spirit of prophecy far beyond his own thought and intention, was (we may suppose) an abundant satisfaction to himself that he was not only a father of the Messiah, but a figure of him. In this psalm he speaks, I. Of the humiliation of Christ ( ver. 1-21 ), where David, as a type of Christ, complains of the very calamitous condition he was in upon many accounts. 1. He complains, and mixes comforts with his complaints; he complains ( ver. 1, 2 ), but comforts himself ( ver. 3-5 ), complains again ( ver. 6-8 ), but comforts himself again, ver. 9, 10 . 2. He complains, and mixes prayers with his complaints; he complains of the power and rage of his enemies ( ver. 12, 13 , 16 , 18 ), of his own bodily weakness and decay ( ver. 14, 15 , 17 ); but prays that God would not be far from him ( ver. 11 , 19 ), that he would save and deliver him, ver. 19-21 . II. Of the exaltation of Christ, that his undertaking should be for the glory of God ( ver. 22-25 ), for the salvation and joy of his people ( ver. 26-29 ), and for the perpetuating of his own kingdom, ver. 30, 31 . In singing this psalm we must keep our thoughts fixed upon Christ, and be so affected with his sufferings as to experience the fellowship of them, and so affected with his grace as to experience the power and influence of it. Sorrowful Complaints. 1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 42:3

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

Psalms 55:16

As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.

Psalms 55:17

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

Lamentations 3:8

Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

Lamentations 3:44

Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.

Matthew 26:44

And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

Luke 6:12

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

Luke 18:7

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

Luke 22:41

And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,

1 Thessalonians 3:10

Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

2 Timothy 1:3

I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 33:6.

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 6:7

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. both: Heb. from man unto beast

Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 11:4

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Genesis 2:1

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

Genesis 2:18

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. meet: Heb. as before him

Genesis 2:19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Adam: or, the man

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea: Heb. Yea, because, etc.

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What does Psalms 33:6 say?

Psalms 33:6 (King James Version) reads: "By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth."

Is Psalms 33:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 33:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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