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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 33 Though this psalm has no title to it, it seems to be a psalm of David, from the style and matter of it; and indeed begins with the same words with which the preceding psalm is ended. Theodoret is of opinion it was written by David as a prophecy concerning Hezekiah, as a song to be sung by the people after the destruction of the Assyrian army.
John Gill
Our soul waiteth for the Lord,.... This, and what follows, are the words of the church, expressing her expectation, faith, and joy, by reason of what is suggested in the preceding verses. She signifies her expectation of good by waiting for the Lord; either for his coming in the flesh, and salvation by him; for which the patriarchs, prophets, and all the Old Testament saints, waited, Genesis...
Matthew Henry
This is a psalm of praise; it is probable that David was the penman of it, but we are not told so, because God would have us look above the penmen of sacred writ, to that blessed Spirit that moved and guided them. The psalmist, in this psalm, I. Calls upon the righteous to praise God, ver. 1-3. II. Furnishes us with matter for praise. We must praise God, 1. For his justice, goodness, and truth,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. Notice the three “ours.” Personal possession is the very soul of piety; all else is mere verbiage. Not, “What hearest thou?” but, “What hast thou?” Not, “What he thou talk about?” but, “What dost thou possess?” That is the thing: “Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. Dear friends, notice those three “ours”-three firm clasps, three strong holdfasts: “Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.” Why did he not say, “Our souls wait,” for there are many of us? Ah! but we are so alike in this one thing that it is as if we had only one soul in all these many bodies, so the psalmist...