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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 33:9

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

Ver. 9. For he spake, and it was done] So true is that saying, Dei dicere est facere. For God to say is to do. And a great shame it is to men to disobey the great Creator; and not rather to follow the example of the unreasonable and insensible creatures.

And it stood fast] The whole order of nature remaineth as he set it; firm, fast, and unmoveable.

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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