Psalms 33:22
in Psalms 33May Your loving devotion rest on us, O LORD, as we put our hope in You.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Let thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, According as we have hoped in thee.
KJV
Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
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This verse in Psalms 33
Commentary
9 notes on this verseHere is a large and comprehensive prayer to close with. It is an appeal for mercy, which even joyful believers need; and it is sought for in a proportion which the Lord has sanctioned. "According to your faith be it unto you, "is the Master's word, and he will not fall short of the scale which he has himself selected. Yet, Master, do more than this when hope is faint, and bless us far above what we ask or even think.
This site's exposition
Our soul waits for the LORD
on Psalms 33:20-22
The psalm ends in the congregation's own voice, He is our help and our shield. That help and that shield answer the army and the horse of verses 16 and 17. The last verse asks that loving devotion rest on them.
This site's exposition
as we put our hope in You
The word as sets a measure, and Charles Spurgeon and Albert Barnes both took the hope as the scale of the mercy asked. Spurgeon and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown tie it to Matthew 9:29. The same loving devotion filled the earth in verse 5.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"Let Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we have hoped in You" [Psalm 33:22]: let Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us; for hope confounds not, because we have hoped in You.
The Medieval Church1 voice
Then when he says, "Let your mercy be upon us," the effect of prayer is set forth; for prayer is the interpreter of hope, and therefore it follows upon hope. And although every particular benefit is from divine mercy, two are especially from it. The …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. 4 For the word of the L ORD is right; and all his works are done in truth. 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the L ORD .
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us - We cannot abide in this state unless upheld by thee; and, as we disclaim all merit, we seek for a continuance of thy mercy, and this we cannot expect but in a continual dependence on thee. “Let thy mercy, O Lord be upon us, according as we hope in thee.”
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us - Let us find or obtain thy mercy or thy favor. According as we hope in thee - It may be remarked in regard to this: (a) it is but “reasonable” that we should look for the favor of God only as we trust in him, for we could not with propriety expect his favor beyond the measure of our confidence in him. (b) This may be regarded as the most that we are entitled to hope from God. We have no reason to suppose that he will go beyond our wishes and prayers, or that he will confer favors on us which we neither expect nor desire. (c) One of the reasons why the people of God are no more blessed, or why they receive no more favors from him, may be found in what is here suggested. As they expect little, they obtain little; as they have no intense, burning, lofty desire for the favor of God, either for themselves personally, or for their families, or for the world, so they obtain but slight tokens of that favor. (d) The true principle, therefore, upon which God is willing to bestow His favors, and which will be the rule that He will observe, is, that if people desire much, they will obtain much; that if they have big expectations, they will not be disappointed; and that God is willing to bestow His mercies upon His people and upon the world to the utmost of their desires and hopes. Compare Psa 81:10, “Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.” Psa 37:4, “delight thyself in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thy heart.” How intense and fervent, then, should be the prayers and the petitions of the people of God! How earnest the supplications of sinners that God would have mercy on them!
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהִֽי־ | yehi- | may it be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| חַסְדְּךָ֣ | chasdekha | covenant loyalty your | H2617 → | 247 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עָלֵ֑ינוּ | ʾaleinu | toward us | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כַּ֝אֲשֶׁ֗ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִחַ֥לְנוּ | yichalnu | we hope | H3176 → | 41 times |
| לָֽךְ׃ | lakh | for you |
יְהִֽי־may it be
yehi-H1961 →3559 times
חַסְדְּךָ֣covenant loyalty your
chasdekhaH2617 →247 times
יְהוָ֣הO Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
עָלֵ֑ינוּtoward us
ʾaleinuH5921 →5755 times
כַּ֝אֲשֶׁ֗רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
יִחַ֥לְנוּwe hope
yichalnuH3176 →41 times
לָֽךְ׃for you
lakh
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 13:5But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
it leads to
- Psalms 119:81
My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 12:2
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Jude 1:21
keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
- Habakkuk 3:18
yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
- Psalms 52:8
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
- Psalms 119:81
Through
Matthew 9:29Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”
it leads to
- Matthew 15:28
“O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
- Mark 10:52
“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.
- Matthew 9:22
Jesus turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was cured from that very hour.
- Matthew 15:28
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About Psalms
This page draws on 11 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 33; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 2; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Psalms; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Exposition on the Psalms of David.