Psalms 33:14

From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
place	מִֽמְּכוֹן mi.me.khon-	H4349	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
habitation	שִׁבְתּ֥וֹ shiv.To	H3427	properly · verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
looketh	הִשְׁגִּ֑יחַ hish.Gi.ach	H7688	to peep · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
inhabitants	יֹשְׁבֵ֣י yo.she.Vei	H3427	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
earth	הָאָֽרֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Kings 8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (fo…
1 Kings 8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have b…
1 Kings 8:30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heav…
1 Kings 8:43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know…
Psalms 123:1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that i…
Isaiah 66:1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the plac…
Luke 11:2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in he…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 33:12–end

We are here taught to give to God the glory, I. Of his common providence towards all the children of men. Though he has endued man with understanding and freedom of will, yet he reserves to himself the government of him, and even of those very faculties by which he is qualified to govern himself. 1. The children of men are all under his eye, even their hearts are so; and all the motions and operations of their souls, which none know but they themselves, he knows better than they themselves, Psa 33:13, Psa 33:14. Though the residence of God's glory is in the highest heavens, yet thence he not only has a prospect of all the earth, but a particular inspection of all the inhabitants of the earth…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 33:13

looketh--intently (Isa 14:16).

John Gill on Psalms 33:14

From the place of his habitation,.... Which is heaven, that is, the habitation of his holiness, and of his glory, Isaiah 63:15; he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth; good and bad; and not the nation of Israel only, but the Gentile world, whom in former times he overlooked, but under the Gospel dispensation visits in a way of mercy; by sending his son to die for them, by spreading his Gospel among them, by calling them by his grace, by planting churches in the midst of them, and by continuing his word and ordinances with them.

John Calvin on Psalms 33:13-17

Psalm 33:13-17 13. Jehovah looked down from heaven; he beheld the children of Adam. 14. From the dwelling-place of his throne he looked on all the inhabitants of the earth. 15. He who fashioned their hearts altogether, [680] who understandeth all their works. 16. A king is not saved for the multitude of his host, nor a giant delivered for the greatness of his strength. 17. A horse is a deceitful thing for safety, [681] and will not deliver by the greatness of his strength. 13. Jehovah looked down from heaven. The Psalmist still proceeds with the same doctrine, namely, that human affairs are not tossed hither and thither fortuitously, but that God secretly guides and directs all that we see…

The Church Fathers

"From His prepared habitation:" from His habitation of assumed Humanity, which He prepared for Himself. "He looks upon all the inhabitants of the earth" [Psalm 33:14]: He looks mercifully upon all who live in the flesh, that He may be over them in ruling them.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 33

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Dictionary and topics

Providence — Literally means foresight, but is generally used to denote God’s preserving and governing all things by means of second causes (Ps. 18:35; 63:8; Acts 17:28; Col. 1:17; Heb. 1:3). God’s providence…
Word, The — (Gr. Logos), one of the titles of our Lord, found only in the writings of John (John 1:1-14; 1 John 1:1; Rev. 19:13). As such, Christ is the revealer of God. His office is to make God known. “No man…
Man · EQUALITY OF — EQUALITY OF

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 33:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 33:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 33:13

John Gill on Psalms 33:14

John Calvin on Psalms 33:13-17

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 33:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 33:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 33:13

John Gill on Psalms 33:14

John Calvin on Psalms 33:13-17

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 33:12-19

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 33:13-19

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 33:14