Psalms 33:11

The A.V. obscures the parallelism between Psalms 33:10. The counsel of the nations and the thoughts of the peoples are contrasted with the counsel of Jehovah and the thoughts of his heart. His counsel stands fast like His work in creation (Psalms 33:9). Cp. Jeremiah 33:20-21. With Psalms 33:10, cp. Isaiah 8:10; Nehemiah 4:15; with Psalms 33:11, cp. Isaiah 5:19; Isaiah 19:17; Isaiah 46:10-11; Micah 4:12; Isaiah 55:8-9; Jeremiah 29:11; and generally, Proverbs 19:21; Proverbs 21:30. To us the words may suggest that "through the ages one increasing purpose runs," and point forward to

"The one far-off divine event

To which the whole creation moves."

The addition in P.B.V., and casteth out the counsels of princes, is derived through the Vulg. from the LXX.