Psalm 32 (33)
By David
Rejoice greatly in the Lord, O righteous
Ones;
Praise is fitting for the upright.
Give thanks to the Lord on the lyre;
Sing praises to Him on a ten-stringed
Instrument.
Sing to him a new song;
Sing praises beautifully with a shout,
For the word of the Lord is right,
And all His works are done in
Faithfulness.
He loves mercy and judgment;
The earth is full of the Lord’s mercy.
By the word of the Lord the heavens
We’re established,
And all the host of them by the breath
Of His mouth,
Who gathers the waters of the sea
Together as in a wineskin.
Who put the abysses in storehouses.
Let all the earth fear the Lord,
And let all the world’s inhabitants be
Shaken by Him;
For He spoke, and they were made,
He commanded, and they were created.
The Lord scatters abroad the counsels
Of the nations,
And He sets aside the reasoning of
Peoples;
And He rejects the counsels of rulers.
The counsel of the Lord abides forever,
The thoughts of His heart from
Generation to generation.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the
Lord,
The people He chose as an inheritance
For Himself.
The Lord looked attentively from
Heaven;
He saw all the sons of men,
From His prepared dwelling-place,
He looked upon all who dwell on the
Earth,
He who alone fashioned their hearts,
He who understands all their works.
A king is not saved by his large army,
And a giant shall not be saved by his
Immense strength;
A horse is a false hope for salvation
And it shall not be saved by its
Enormous power.
Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on
Those who fear Him,
And on those who hope in His mercy,
To deliver their souls from death
And to keep them alive in famine.
Our soul shall wait for the Lord;
He is our helper and protector;
For our hearts shall be glad in Him
And we hope in His holy name.
Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us,
As we hope in You.
Commentary from the Orthodox Study Bible
Ps 32 is a prophecy revealing the Trinity as the Creator of the world. The Lord refers to the Father. The Word of Hod is the Son of the Father, and the Holy Spirit is the breath of His mouth. Therefore, the Father created the world through His Son and His Spirit, who are His coequals. The Father spoke and commanded the words in Gn 1, and the Son and the Holy Spirit fulfilled that which was commanded.
Therefore the saints worship the Trinity as the Creator of the world, and they hope in the Trinity to raise them from the dead in the world to come.
Comments
Yes, Lord, “let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we hope in You.”
This psalm reminds me that God is the creator, the one who grants favor in battle, and the one before whom we fall on our knees and ask for mercy. He is so good and merciful, who better to ask?
Thank you, God, for your mercy. We sing praises to you, God, for your goodness and mercy!!