RRB notes on Psalm 33

Psalms 33 KJV

1. Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

2. Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

3. Sing unto him a new song; [a] play skilfully with a loud noise. [b]

[a] Ezra 3:11; Neh. 12:43.

[b] 1 Chron. 15:20; Psa. 150:3-6.

4. For the word of the LORD is right; [1] and all his works are done in truth.

[1] “The word of the LORD” is more than that. It’s “pure” (Psa. 119:140), eternal (Psa. 119:89), life-giving (John 6:63), “true from the beginning” (Psa. 119:160), “incorruptible” (1 Peter 1:23), and able to “save your souls” (James 1:21).

5. He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

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

[c] Gen. 1:16; Isa. 44:24, 45:5-7, 11-12, 18-21, 48:12-13.

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

[d] Job 41:31-32.

8. Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

9. For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

10. The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. [e]

[e] Second Advent (see notes on Psa. 8:1, 10:16).

11. The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

12. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; [f] and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. [g]

[f] Cf. Psa. 9:17. The immediate reference is to Israel.

[g] Deut. 9:26, 29, 32:9; Isa. 19:25; Jer. 12:14.

13. The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.

14. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. [h]

[h] Psa. 73:11; Job 22:13.

15. He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works. [i]

[i] Matt. 10:26.

16. There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: [j] a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

[j] Judg. 7:2; 2 Chron. 13:3-18; 2 Kings 19:32-35. See note on 1 Chron. 21:3.

17. An horse is a vain thing for safety: [2] neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

[2] The “horse” is “vain” if the enemy’s horse is faster than yours, or if the other rider has a bow or gun and you do not, or if your horse stumbles or is crippled, or if your horse tires too quickly, or if you cannot control your horse, etc. The missing factor is “God.”

18. Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him,[k] upon them that hope in his mercy;

[k] See note on Job 28:28 and comments on Phil. 2:12.

19. To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

20. Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. [3]

[3] Notice, again (Psa. 25:22, 28:9), how the Psalm ends with reference to the entire nation of Israel (“them” in vss. 18-19, “our” in vss. 20-21, and “we” in vss. 21-22).

21. For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

22. Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

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Note on Psalm 8:1

Psalms 8:1 KJV

O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! [1] who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

[1] The God of Israel has never had an excellent name “in all the earth,” but He will in the Millennium under a military dictatorship where He is the King (Psa. 72:9, 110:1-7; Isa. 2:2-4, 49:22-23; Rev. 2:26-27; App. 63, 110).

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Note on Psalm 10:16

Psalms 10:16 KJV

The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. [1] [e]

[1] The verse is to be taken literally, showing that it never took place. When Jesus came as the “King of the Jews,” He was crucified. He was not their king “for ever” and hasn’t been since. The “heathen” are not “perished” out of the land; the “heathen” took over the land under Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C., and a successive line of heathen (Persians. Greeks, and Romans) took it over and controlled it until Jesus came. After the Romans left, the Arabians took it over until the Turks took it, and then the British got it back in 1917. But the land is “his land,” meaning that the United Nations (in the 21st Century) is doomed. They will perish “out of his land” because it is not their land (see more than thirty references in Genesis and Deuteronomy in Israel: A Deadly Piece of Dirt, Bible Baptist Bookstore, 2003).

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Note on 1 Chron. 21:3

1 Chronicles 21:3 KJV

And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

The objection is based on the fact that: 1) God didn’t tell him to number the people as He did back in Numbers, and 2) “the just shall live by faith” (Rom. 1:17) and not count on military superiority like the United Nations does (1 Sam. 14:6, 17:47; 1 Kings 20:27-28; 2 Chron. 14:11; Psa. 147:10). Two countries, not as big as Texas, whipped the United States to a standstill (North Korea and Vietnam). The third one, not as big as half the United States, is “taking us to the cleaners” right now. Putting “In God We Trust” on your coins doesn’t do any good at all if you’re trusting in your coins.