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Psalm 33:4-5, 18-19, 20+22 (22)

How Many Are Your Works, O Lord

October 17, 2027

Rainy Season in the Tropics, Frederic Edwin Church
Rainy Season in the Tropics, Frederic Edwin Church, 1866Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Church painted this after the death of two of his children, from studies made in South America: a double rainbow over a gorge still running with rain.The psalm's creation is not a tidy one but a vast and watered world, and the rainbow is a promise set in weather rather than above it.Frederic Edwin ChurchThe leading American landscape painter of his generation (1826-1900), who travelled to South America and the Arctic for his subjects and exhibited single canvases as ticketed events.Fine Arts Museums of San FranciscoThe city's two museums, the de Young and the Legion of Honor, holding American and European painting respectively.Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Roman Lectionary
GospelMark 10:35-45Mk 10:35-45 orMark 10:42-45Mk 10:42-45
Second ReadingHeb. 4:14-16Heb 4:14-16
First ReadingIsa. 53:10-11Is 53:10-11
Responsorial PsalmPs. 33:4-5, 18-19, 20+22 (22)Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20+22 (22)

Overview & Insights

“O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all.” (Psalm 104:24)

Psalm 104 hymns Yahweh as Creator. Every four or five verses (or lines of Hb. poetry) appear to be marked off by repeated terms and to treat a distinct realm of creation (vv. 1–4, 5–9, 10–13, 14–18, 19–23, 24–26, 27–30, 31–35; see further Allen, Psalms 101–150 , pp. 31–32). The psalm is very cosmopolitan, echoing motifs from Israelite creation traditions (e.g., Gen. 1, showing both parallels and contrasts), wisdom traditions, Canaanite Baal imagery, and the Egyptian “Hymn to Aton” (written in the mid-fourteenth century; see ANET , pp. 369–71). It therefore demonstrates in the language of the ancient culture that Yahweh is the true divine King over creation.

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Commentary

Psalm 33: Praise to the Faithful CreatorPs 33: Praise to the Faithful Creator Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse by verse evangelical commentary on this hymn of praise and trust.

Psalm 33:4 CommentariesPs 33:4 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentaries on the word of the LORD and his watchful care in one place.

Background & Word Study

Psalms 33 in HebrewPs 33 in Hebrew Sefaria

The Hebrew text with English alongside and traditional Jewish commentary links.

Psalm 33:4 Hebrew InterlinearPs 33:4 Hebrew Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers for close study.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Psalm 33Catena on Ps 33 Catena

Patristic comments verse by verse on the eye of the LORD upon those who hope in his love.

Questions preachers ask

What does Psalm 104 praise?

A hymn to the Creator who clothes himself in light and sustains every creature; when he sends his Spirit they are created, and he renews the face of the ground.

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