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Psalms

Chapter 33


{Describes the Situation of National Deliverance
  As when David Defeated Goliath
  Or as in II Samuel 18:8 When Joab Defeated
  Absalom's Revolutionary Army}

1~~'Rejoice in'/'Shout in victory'/'Sing with happiness to' {an order}
Jehovah/God,
O you righteous/'SuperGrace Believer'
  {tsaddiyq - David in view here}.

"For praise is beautiful/suitable {na'veh}
for the upright/'SuperGrace Hero'" /
"a psalm fitting for those who have integrity".

{Singing Accompanied with Musical Instrument - to the Grace of God}
2~~ Be motivated to
praise/'acknowledge the Grace/benevolence of'
Jehovah/God
with a lyre/harp
  {picture of David playing his harp in his tent with
  the head of Goliath after slaying him}.

Sing unto Him with the 'harp of 10 strings'/
 zither . . . an instrument of ten strings.

3~~Sing unto Him a new song.
Play skillfully with a loud strumming/noise.

4~~For the Word/doctrine {dabar}
of Jehovah/God is integrity/straight/correct/upright {yashar}
  {and bible doctrine leads to straight thinking -people will let you down,
  but bible doctrine will keep you straight}.

And all His provisions/works/'divine good production' . . .
{are done} in faithfulness/doctrine/truth {'emuwnah}.

5a~~He{God} keeps on loving righteousness
 {Who has the righteousness that God loves? David!
  A SuperGrace Believer Operating on Divine viewpoint -
  'a heart/right lobe after His own heart/right lobe'}
and justice/judgment.

{Note: Holiness is the combination of God's righteousness and His justice. For believers in the Church Age, we call sharing the righteousness and justice of God, as having 'integrity'.

5b~~Therefore, the land is full of the grace {checed} of Jehovah/God.

{Note: In the cases of Goliath and the Absalom revolution, the people have been delivered by God through His SuperGrace representatives - David and Joab.}

{Basis of David's Victory over Goliath or Absalom - Doctrine in His Soul}
{Illustrations of the Omnipotence of God}
6-7~~By the word/doctrine {dabar}
of Jehovah/God were the heavens manufactured {'asah}.
And all the hosts/armies of them . . . {were made}
by the breath/spirit { ruwach} from His mouth. 7~~

He gathered/'accumulated in a mass'
the waters of the sea together in their boundaries.

He laid up the depth in storehouses {all creation is orderly}.

8~~Let all the earth respect/fear {yare'} Jehovah/God.

Let all the inhabitants of the land
'operate in a sphere of grace'/'keep on standing in awe {guwr} of Him'/
'be His guest'.

9~~For He spoke/decreed . . . and it was.
He commanded . . . and it was established.

{God Controls History}
10~~Jehovah/God causes to frustrates
the plan of the nations/heathen to no effect
  {note David says God did it NOT himself}.

He blocks/nullifies the divisiveness of antagonistic people.

{Plan of God Simplified and Identified}
11~~The plan {`etsah} of Jehovah/God stands forever,
the purpose/thoughts/'bible doctrine' {machashabah}
of His 'right lobe'/heart . . . to all generations.

{Note: The Plan of God in ONE WORD is machashabah. It means THOUGHTS - the plural of THINK - many thoughts! The Plan of God if for God to share/communicate His Divine Thoughts (viewpoint) to you - for you to live by in time.}

{Note: Similarly, the importance of Bible Doctrine is to be able to distinguish between faith as a system of perception and, faith as a means of application. What you believe is the difference between gnosis and epignosis. Once you believe it, it becomes epignosis and you GROW. But you MUST believe it to grow spiritually.}

12~~Happinesses {'esher - plural} . . . the nation/'national entity'
whose Elohiym/Godhead . . . {is} Jehovah/God.

And, the people whom He has chosen
for His own inheritance/portion {salt of the earth principal}.

13~~Jehovah /God observes from heaven.

He has seen {from eternity past} all the sons of men.

14~~From the place of His habitation
  {headquarters in heaven}
He 'views from a higher place' {shagach}
upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

15~~He knows their hearts/'right lobes' {leb} alike
  {the thinking of SuperGrace Believers is 'divine
  viewpoint acquired from the study of the Word'}.

He discerns {biyn} all their works/production/
'divine good production' {ma`aseh}.

{Only the Lord Delivers}
16-17~~There is no king is delivered
by the multitude of an army/host.
  {King Saul in view here - for 40 days the army was
  humiliated by Goliath's challenge and could also be
  David on the run, regrouping and destroying Absalom's
  much larger army}

A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. 17~~

An horse . . . {is} an empty thing for safety.

Neither shall any escape from danger by his great strength
  {ask Goliath}.

18-19~~Behold, the eye of Jehovah /God
is upon them
who respect/fear Him
upon those who 'trust under pressure' {yachal}
in His grace {checed}19~~
to 'snatch from danger' {natsal}
their soul from death
  {God protects from military disaster},
and to keep them alive in famine/'economic depression'
  {God also protects from economic disaster}.

20~~Our soul 'waits with confidence and desire' {chakah}
on Jehovah /God.
He . . . {is} our help {`ezer}
and our shield
  {magen - David did not take Saul's shield!
  The Lord was his shield}.

21~~For our 'right lobe'/heart
shall have 'inner happiness'/+H {samach} in Him,
because we have trusted/'faith rested' {batach}
in His Holy Name.

22~~Let your grace {checed},
O Jehovah/God, be upon us,
according as we 'have perfect confidence in pressure' {yachal}
in You.