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Salmo 33
Verso 1
Alegrai-vos no Senhor. Alegria é a alma do louvor. Deleitar-se em God is truly exalted, even if we do not allow anyone to do so. music note comes from our lips. What God is, and that he is such a God, and our God, our forever, must awaken in us a joy incessant and overflowing.
Rejoicing in temporary comforts is dangerous, rejoicing in oneself is To rejoice in sin is fatal, but to rejoice in God is heavenly.
He who would have a double heaven must begin below to rejoice as those above. Oh just. This is peculiarly your duty, your obligations are greater, and its spiritual nature more suited to work, be you then first in joyful service. Even the just are not always happy and they need to be encouraged to enjoy their privileges. Because praise is pleasant for the straight. God has an eye for the things that are Returning. When the saints wear their coral garments, they seem righteous. in the eyes of the Lord. A harp matches a hand washed in blood.
No jewel more ornamental to a sacred face than sacred praise. worship is not gracious from unforgiving professional singers; it is like a a gold jewel in a pig's snout. Twisted hearts make crooked music, but the challenges are the pleasure of the Lord. Praise is the clothing of the saints in sky, it is certain that they must fit below.
Verse 2
Praise the Lord with harp. Men need all the help that They could incite them to praise. This is the lesson to be learned from the use of musical instruments under the old dispensation. Israel was in school and used childish things to help her learn; but these days, when Jesus gives us spiritual masculinity, we can make melody without strings and pipes. We who do not believe that these things are useful in adoration, so that they do not spoil their simplicity, do not affirm them as illegals, and if any George Herbert or Martin Luther can worship God better with the help of melody instruments, whoever will overcome you Right? We don't need them, they would prevent us from helping our own. praise, but if others are different, they are not living in freedom of the gospel? Sing for him. This is the sweetest and best of music. No instrument like the human voice. As help for singing, the the instrument is the only one to be tolerated, as the keys and strings do not praise the Lord. With the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. The Lord must have a complete octave, for all the notes belong to him and the whole music belongs to he. Where several musical pieces are mentioned, we are taught to praise the God with all the powers that we possess.
Verse 3
Sing to him a new song. All the songs of praise they must be for him. Singing for the sake of singing is worthless; we must take our tribute to the king and not cast it to the winds. Most of the worshipers do Does it matter? Our faculties should be exercised when we were magnifying the Lord, so that we do not run in an old rhythm without thinking; We must make each hymn of praise a new song.
Keeping the freshness of worship is a big deal and, in particular, it is indispensable. Let us not show the old and worn-out praise, but let us put life, soul, and heart in every corner, for we have new mercies every days and we see new beauties in the work and in the word of our Lord. Throw skillfully. It is miserable to hear God praised in a careless manner. He deserves the best we have. Every Christian must strive to sing of according to the rules of art, so that he can keep time and tune in with the congregation. the sweetest melodies and the sweetest voices, with the sweetest words are too small for our Lord God; they do not let's offer limping rhymes, adjusted to rough melodies, and shout for discordant voices. With a loud noise. Courage must be visible in divine worship. Well-crafted whispers are dishonorable here. It is not that the Lord cannot hear us, but it is natural that great exultation expresses itself from the more vehement way. Men shout when they see their kings; not shall we offer hosannas to the son of David?
Verse 4
For the word of the Lord is right. His commands, both natural, moral, and spiritual, are correct, and especially your Word incarnate, who is the Lord our righteousness. Everything that God has commanded must be good, just and excellent. There are no anomalies in God's universe, except for what sin did; its command made all good things. When we look for your word of promise and we remember your faithfulness, what reasons We have for joy and gratitude! And all of your works are done in truth.
His work is the flow of his word, and it is true for him. He does not say either says nothing wrong; in actions and speeches he agrees with himself and with the pure truth. There is no lie in the word of God and no deception in his works; in creation, providence, and revelation, pure truth is abundant.
To act the truth, just as to express it, is divine. Do not allow children of God produces His principles in practice more than in the heart. May God we serve! The more we know him, the more our best natures they approve their supreme excellence; even their distressing works are of agreement with your true word.
Why should I complain about the lack of distress, Afflictions or pain? He did not say less to me; The heirs of salvation, I know of your word, Through much tribulation, he must follow his Lord.
God writes with a pen that never smudges, speaks with a tongue that It never slips, it acts with a hand that never fails. Bless your name.
Verse 5
He loves justice and judgment. He loves the theory and practice of law. intensely. He not only approves of the true and the just, but his soul but more intimate delights. The character of God is a sea, each drop of which should to become a source of praise for his people. The justice of Jesus is peculiarly dear to the Father and, because of Him, takes pleasure in those who are. imputed. Sin, on the other hand, is infinitely abominable to the Lord, and Woe to those who die in it; if he sees no justice in them, he will deal. with righteousness with them, and the severe and final judgment will be the outcome. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. Come here, astronomers, geologists, naturalists, botanists, chemists, miners, yes, all of you who study the God's works, for all their true stories confirm this declaration. From the mosquito in the sun's rays to the leviathan in the ocean, all creatures possess the generosity of the Creator. Even the desert without paths shines with some undiscovered mercy and the caves of the ocean Hiding the treasures of love. The Earth may have been so full of terror. much for free, but instead, she is full of kindness. He who he cannot see it and still lives in it, like the fish lives in water, deserves to die.
If the earth is full of mercy, what must heaven be like where goodness is? concentrates its rays? and still lives like the fish lives in water, deserves to die.
If the earth is full of mercy, what must heaven be like where goodness is.
It concentrates its rays? And still lives like a fish lives in water, it deserves to die.
If the earth is full of mercy, what must the heaven where goodness is be like? concentrates its rays?
Verse 6
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made. The angelic heavens, the sidereal heavens and the firmament or the earthly heavens were all made for to start to exist by a word; and if we say by the Word: 'For without him "nothing of what is done is done." It is interesting to note the mention of the Spirit in next clause, and all their host by the breath of his mouth; the breath is the same as elsewhere translated as Spirit. Thus the three persons of the divinity unite in the creation of all things. How easy for the Lord to make the heavier spheres and the more glorious angels! ONE, a breath could do this. It is so easy for God to create the universe as much as a man breathes, or rather, much easier, because the a man does not breathe in an independent way, but borrows breath from its Creator in its nostrils. It can be gathered from this verse that the the constitution of all things is of infinite wisdom, for its word can to signify your appointment and determination. A wise and merciful Word arrangement and a living Spirit sustains all of Jehovah's creation.
Verse 7
He gathers the waters of the sea like a pile. The waters were once spread like corn scattered on the threshing floor: they are now collected in a place like a hill. Who else could have gathered them in a channel, But your great Lord, to whom did the waters flee? The miracle of the Sea.
Red is repeated in nature day by day, as the sea now invades the would soon devour the earth if it weren't for the limits they are maintained by divine decree. He places the depth in warehouses. The depths of the main ones are the large cellars and storage facilities from God to the stormy element. Vast reservoirs of water are secreted in the bowels of the earth, from where our springs and wells emerge water. What a merciful provision for an urgent need? Can no, the text also refers to clouds, and the magazines about hail, snow and rain, these treasures of merciful wealth for the fields of the earth?
These aqueous masses are not stacked like in wooden rooms, but in warehouses for future beneficial use. Abundant tenderness is seen in the forecast. of our celestial Joseph, whose granaries are already full against the time of need of the Earth. These stores may have been, as they already were, the ammunition of revenge, and now they are part of the commission of mercy. once were, the ammunition of revenge, they are now part of the commissariat of mercy. As they once were, the ammunition of revenge, they are now a part of the mercy commission.
Versículo 8. Que toda a terra tema o Senhor. Não apenas judeus, mas gentios.
The psalmist was not a man blinded by national prejudice, he did not He wished to restrict the worship of Jehovah to the seed of Abraham. He seeks tributes even for distant nations. If they are not sufficiently educated to be able to praise, at least let it be the fear. There is an inferior type of worship in the tremor that admits involuntarily the unlimited power of the thundering God. A blasphemer challenger is out of place in a world covered with signs of divine power and of Divinity: the whole earth cannot provide a suitable place for the construction of a synagogue of atheism, not a man in whom one is about to profane the name of God. May all the inhabitants of the world do so admire them. Let them abandon their idols and reverently consider the the only living God. What is placed here as a desire can also be read like a prophecy: the worship of God will still be universal.
9. For he spoke, and it was done. Creation was the fruit of a word. Jehovah said: "Light, And the light was. The acts of the Lord are sublime in their ease and instantaneity. in the past, and it can be ours even today. He commanded, and she stood firm. nothing, creation manifested itself, and has been confirmed in existence. The same power what first elevated, now causes the universe to remain, although not we can observe it, there is such a great demonstration of sublime power in confirm as in creating. the man who learned to tilt everything about the secure word from the one who built the heavens!
Verse 10
The Lord brings to nothing the counsel of the nations. While His will is made, he worries about anticipating the will of his enemies.
Before they spring into action, he defeats them in the council chamber; and when, well armed with boats, they march to the attack, he frustrates their hunters and makes their promising conspiracies end up as nothing.
Not only the madness of the pagans, but also their wisdom, will yield to power of the cross of Jesus: what comfort this is for those who have to to work where sophistries and so-called philosophies are placed in opposition to the truth as it is in Jesus. He makes the devices of no effect to the people. Their persecutions, slanders, falsehoods, are like throws against a granite wall - they do not produce no result; because the Lord overcomes evil and brings good from it. A God's cause is never in danger: the infernal office is surpassed by infinite wisdom and satanic malice is controlled by unlimited power.
Verse 11
The counsel of the Lord stands forever. It does not change.
Your purpose, your decree is not frustrated, your projects are accomplished. God there is a predestination according to the counsel of his will, and no one The wrath of your enemies can frustrate your decree for a moment. The the purposes of men are blown to and from the thread of the web or from the bottom of cardo, mas os propósitos eternos são mais firmes que a terra. Os pensamentos from your heart to all generations. Men come and go, children follow your parents to the grave, but the untroubled mind of God goes on uninterrupted serenity, producing orderly results with certainty infallible. No man can expect that his will or plan is realized of age in era; the wisdom of one period is the madness of another, but the wisdom of the Lord is always wise, and His designs go from century to century. Your power to fulfill your purposes is not in any way diminished by the lapse of years. He who was absolute over the Pharaoh in Egypt it is not one less today King of kings and Lord of lords; they still make their chariot wheels we will advance in imperial greatness, none being able to resist for a moment to your eternal will.
Verse 12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Israel was happy. in the worship of the only true God. It was the blessing of the nation chosen who received a revelation from Jehovah. While others were they were humiliated before their idols, the chosen people were elevated by a spiritual religion that introduced them to the invisible God and led them to trust There. All who trust in the Lord are blessed in the greatest and most deep sense, and no one can reverse the blessing. And the people to whom he chosen for your own inheritance. Election is at the bottom of everything. The choice God governs the day; no one accepts Jehovah as their God until he them consider your people. What an ennobling choice this is! We are selected for no property, and for no ignoble purpose: we are made the peculiar domain and delight of our Lord God. Being so we bless and rejoice in our share and show the world through our life that we serve a glorious Master.
Verse 13
The Lord looks down from heaven. The Lord is represented as living above and looking down; seeing all things, but peculiarly observing and caring for those who trust in him. It is one of our greatest privilege is to always be under the gaze of our Father, never be out of the sight of our best friend. He sees all the children of men.
All the sons of Adam are as well observed as Adam himself, his only parent in the garden. From the frozen pole to the scorching equator, living in hills and valleys, in cabins and palaces, the divine eye also consider all family members of the man.
Verse 14
From the place of His dwelling, He looks upon all the inhabitants of the earth. Here the feeling repeats itself: it is worth repeating, and it is necessary to repeat, for man is more likely to forget it. Just like great men do they sit in their windows and observe the crowd below, the same happens with the Lord; he looks intensely at his responsible creatures and not forget everything you see.
Verse 15
He forms their hearts alike. For it means that all the hearts are equally shaped by the Lord, the hearts of kings and also the hearts of beggars. The text does not mean that all hearts are originally created by God, such a statement would hardly be true, since there is the greatest variety in the constitutions and dispositions of men. All men must equally have possession of life to the Creator and, therefore, has no reason to boast. What reason does the vessel have to glorify himself in the presence of the potter? He considers all his words.
It is not in vain that God sees the deeds of men: He weighs and judges them. He reads the secret design in the external behavior and solves the good problem apparent in its real elements. This consideration anticipates a judgment when the results of divine thoughts will be distributed in measures of happiness or anguish. Consider your ways, oh man, for God consider it!
16. No king is saved by the multitude of an army. Mortal power is a fiction, and those who trust it are naive. Series of men armed forces failed to maintain an empire, or even to save the life of your monarch when a decree from the court of heaven was sent for the overthrow of the empire. All who see God preserve the poorest from their people when they are alone and without friends, but ten thousand armed men do not can guarantee safety to one whom God leaves for destruction. A A powerful man is not overpowered by much force. Far from protecting the others, the brave veteran is unable to surrender. When the time comes to die, neither the strength of your arms nor the speed of your legs we can save him. The weakest believer dwells safely under the shadow of the throne of Jehovah, while the most powerful sinner is in danger at every hour.Why do we talk so much about our armies and our heroes? only the Lord He has strength, and only He deserves praise.
17. The horse is vain for safety. Military strength among the Easterners. rested a lot in scythed horses and carriages, but the psalmist calls them a lie, a deceptive confidence. Certainly the knight on his horse A gallant can be sure, whether by bravery or by flight? It is not so, you the horse must take you to danger or crush you with its fall. Nor will it be able to to free someone by their great strength. Thus, the strongest defenses are less Nothing is needed when it is most necessary. Only God is trustworthy and worshipped.
Sennacherib, with all his trials, is no match for an angel of the Lord, the horses and chariots of the pharaoh find it useless to pursue the anointed of the Lord, and thus all the fierce power of the earth and hell will be completely encountered defeated when rising up against the Lord and His chosen one.
Verse 18
Behold. For this is a greater wonder than the hosts. and the horses, a safer trust than carriages or shields. The the eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear Him. This peculiar eye of care is his glory and defense. No one can take them by surprise, for the observer celestial foresees the designs of its enemies and provides against them. Those those who fear God need not fear anything else; let them fix his eyes of faith in him, and his eyes of love will always be upon them. About they who hope in His mercy. This would think it to be a small evidence of grace, and yet it is valid. The humble hope will have its part and also your brave faith. Tell me, my soul, is this not a encouragement for you? You do not wait for the mercy of God in Christ Jesus? Then the Father's eye is upon you just as much as upon the eldest. born into the family. These kind words, like soft bread, are meant for babies in grace, who need baby food.
Verse 19
To deliver your soul from death. The hand of the Lord goes with the eyes dele; ele soberanamente preserva aqueles a quem ele graciosamente observa.
Rescues and restorations cover the lives of the saints; death cannot touch them. until the King signs your warrant and gives you permission, and even so your touch it is not so much mortal as immortal; it does not kill us so much as it kills our mortality. And to keep them alive in hunger. The scarce hunger knows its master. God has food and oil for His Elias somewhere. "In "Truth, you shall be fed" is a divine provision for the man of faith.
The preservative of men will not tolerate the hunger of the righteous. Power in hands humans are overcome by hunger, but God is good in a pinch, and proves his generosity in the most difficult circumstances. Believer, hope in your God In storms. His eyes are upon you and his hand will not take long.
Verse 20
Our soul waits for the Lord. Here the pious confesses his trust in him, whom the Psalm exalts. Waiting is a great lesson. To to stay silent in expectation, patient in hope, single in trust, is one of the brilliant achievements of a Christian. Our soul, our life, must depend on God; we should not trust Him with some gut feelings, but with everything we have and are. He is our help and our shield. Our help in work, our shield in danger. The Lord answers all things to His people. He is everything in everything. Note the three "ours" in the text. These words durables are precious. Personal possession makes a Christian man; everything else it's just talk.
21. For our hearts will rejoice in him. The recommended duty and commanded in the first verse is presented here to the Lord. We, who we trust, we cannot stop being a joyful heart, our nature but the closest must triumph in our faithful God. Because we trust in his holy name. The root of faith at the right time brings the flower of joy. Doubts generate sadness, trust creates joy.
Verse 22
Here is a big and comprehensive prayer to close. It is a a plea for mercy, which even joyful believers need; and it is sought in a proportion that the Lord sanctioned. "According to your faith, let it be done to you," is the word of the Master, and he does not will fall short of the scale he selected himself. However, Master, do but more than that when hope is weak and bless us far above the what we ask for or think.