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Psalms 33:21

For our heart shall rejoice in Him because we have trusted in His holy name, as the foundation of their faith, love, and hope, from which all salvation comes.

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See also Psalms 33:21 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 33:21. _FOR OUR HEART SHALL REJOICE IN HIM_] Here is the fruit of our confidence: our souls are always _happy_, because we have taken God for our _portion_....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR OUR HEART SHALL REJOICE IN HIM - See the notes at Psalms 13:5. BECAUSE WE HAVE TRUSTED IN HIS HOLY NAME - In “him,” the “name” often being put for the person himself. See the notes at Psalms 20:1...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 33 The Future Praise of Jehovah _ 1. The call to praise Jehovah (Psalms 33:1)_ 2. His praise as the Creator (Psalms 33:4) 3. His praise of His governmental dealings ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    XXXIII. A SONG OF PRAISE. This Ps. has no title in MT. It may have been added at a later time to an older collection, probably Psalms 33:3. The LXX prefix, By David, when he changed his face before Ab...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TRUSTED. confided. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69. HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5. NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The people's concluding profession of patient trust and hope, corresponding to the introductory invitation of Psalms 33:1, and springing naturally out of the consideration of Jehovah's character in Ps...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _his holy name_ See note on Psalms 30:4....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 549 GOD’S CARE OF HIS PEOPLE Psalms 33:18. Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    Psalms 32, 33 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Felicitations to the Forgiven, and Examples of the Songs that they Sing. ANALYSIS Part I., Psalms 32. Stanza I., Psalms 32:1-4, Happy the Forgiven; yet Divine Discipl...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _FOR OUR HEART SHALL REJOICE IN HIM, BECAUSE WE HAVE TRUSTED IN HIS HOLY NAME._ His holy name. His holiness is the center and source of His attributes-and His grace, truth, and faithfulness....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This is an anonymous Ps. of national deliverance, called forth by some historical occasion which it is now impossible to fix with any certainty. From its central conception of God as the ruler of all...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (20-22) HOPE — WAIT — TRUST. — The Hebrew language was naturally rich in words expressive of that attitude of expectancy which was characteristic of a nation whose golden age was not in the past, but...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּי ־בֹ֭ו יִשְׂמַ֣ח לִבֵּ֑נוּ כִּ֤י בְ שֵׁ֖ם

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 33:1 This is the last of the four psalms in Book 1 which have no title, the others being Psalms 1:1; Psalms 2:1, which are introductory, and 10 which is closely connected with 9. Some have ende...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “THE EYE OF JEHOVAH” Psalms 33:13 _ The comprehensiveness of God's providence,_ Psalms 33:13. No one, however lowly or abject, is beneath notice. It is not that all hearts are alike in their aptitude...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is a triumphant song of praise, opening with a call to vocal and instrumental music. "Rejoice," "praise," "give thanks," "sing praises," "sing," "play"-thus all modes of expression are appealed t...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Broken. Their virtue which is denoted by the bones, (Menochius) shall not sink under torments. So Christ encouraged his disciples, by assuring them that a hair of their head should not perish, Matthew...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And do not these verses give back the answer of the Church, and of every individual believer, as if they cried out with one response, Amen, to so much proffered mercy? Yes! the Lord is both a sun and...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    Psalms 32 _ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 32-34 = _ Day 6_ (_Evening_)....

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    21._Surely our heart shall rejoice in him. _As the particle כי _, ki, _which is twice employed in this verse, has various meanings in Hebrew, it may be understood in a twofold sense here. If we expoun...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 33 has its just place after the forgiveness of the people. Before we pass on to these psalms, remark how the guilelessness of heart produced by complete forgiveness leads to that intimacy with...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR OUR HEART SHALL REJOICE IN HIM,.... Not in sin, nor in themselves and in their boastings, all such rejoicing is evil; but in the Lord, "in his Word"; as the Targum is, in the essential Word of God...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. Ver. 21. _Our heart shall rejoice in him_] We shall be sure of a happy issue and event; but yet so as that we pray for it...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _He is our help_ The help of his true Israel, to whom he hath made many promises and glorious discoveries of his goodness. _For our heart shall rejoice in him_ Or, _therefore_ it shall rejoice, for th...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    12-22 All the motions and operations of the souls of men, which no mortals know but themselves, God knows better than they do. Their hearts, as well as their times, are all in his hand; he formed the...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    FOR; or, _therefore_; for this seems to be an inference either from the foregoing or from the following sentence....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 33:21 heart H3820 rejoice H8055 (H8799) trusted H982 (H8804) holy H6944 name H8034 For -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    4). FINAL WORDS. THE PEOPLE WAIT ON YHWH AND HOPE IN HIM (20-22). Psalms 33:20 ‘Our soul has waited for YHWH, He is our help and our shield. For our heart will rejoice in him, Because we have tru...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    TRUST (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 33:1. _Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright._ Notice the connection between the words «rejoice «and «praise.» Joy is the soul of praise. God is not extolle...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 33:1. _Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright._ False gods were worshipped with dolorous sounds, accompanied by cutting with knives and with lancets; but our...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Praise of God's wisdom and power. CHARACTERS: Psalmist, God. CONCLUSION: The righteous who know the goodness of God should never be empty of His praises. Though the residence of God's glor...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Psalms 33:2. _The psaltery,_ a little harp of sweet sound, and very generally used in unison with the voice. Psalms 33:6. _By the word of the Lord were the heavens made,_ as in Genesis 1. By the Word...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Our soul waiteth for the Lord: He is our help and our shield._ WAITING FOR THE LORD I. the subject of the exercise--“our soul.” Not our souls, but “our soul.” Believers are said to be “of one soul....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous._ THE SPIRIT OF REJOICING: LIFE ADJUSTED TO THE WILL OF GOD “Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.” It is the vital condition of all spiritual rejoicing that we ar...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 33:1. This is a hymn of praise to the God who made all things, who rules all things for his own purposes, and who has chosen a people to be his own and to bless the whole wo...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 33:20 As the faithful understand the greatness and wonder of God, they are strengthened to rest their souls on the Lord. They are confident that God’s plans will succeed....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION “This psalm is a fit companion, but by no means the second half, of the preceding one, being distinct from it both in matter and form. It indicates a more tranquil frame of mind, such as...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THIS psalm has no title in the Hebrew, and in some manuscripts it is joined on to the preceding psalm, and forms one with it. But the difference of subject-matter and of tone render it high...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely [or beautiful] for the upright (Psalms 33:1). Now, this is something that you might not be able to do as you read it. Praise the LORD with a...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 16:10; 1 Chronicles 16:35; Isaiah 25:9; John 16:22;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE TRIUNE GOD Psalms 33:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is important for us to get a scriptural vision of the triune God. In the Book of Genesis we read, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the e...

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