the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Psalms 33:22
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Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we have hoped in thee.
Let your loving-kindness, O Yahweh, be on us, According to as we have hoped in you.
Lord , show your love to us as we put our hope in you.
May we experience your faithfulness, O Lord , for we wait for you.
Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
Let your lovingkindness be on us, Yahweh, Since we have hoped in you.
Let Your [steadfast] lovingkindness, O LORD, be upon us, In proportion as we have hoped in You.
Let your steadfast love, O Lord , be upon us, even as we hope in you.
Lord, thi merci be maad on vs; as we hopiden in thee.
May Your loving devotion rest on us, O LORD, as we put our hope in You.
Be kind and bless us! We depend on you.
Let thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, According as we have hoped in thee.
Let your mercy be on us, O Lord, as we are waiting for you.
May your mercy, Adonai , be over us, because we put our hope in you.
Let thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, according as we have hoped in thee.
Lord , we worship you, so show your great love for us.
Let Thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we have waited for Thee.
Let thy mercy (O Lord) be vpon vs: according as we hope in thee.
O Lord, let Your loving-kindness be upon us as we put our hope in You.
Let your steadfast love, O Lord , be upon us, even as we hope in you.
Let thy mercie, O Lord, be vpon vs, as we trust in thee.
Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
May your constant love be with us, Lord , as we put our hope in you.
Be thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, upon us, According as we have waited for thee.
(32-22) Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we have hooped in thee.
Let thy steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us, even as we hope in thee.
Let thy louing kindnes O God be vppon vs: like as we haue put our trust in thee.
Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we have hoped in thee.
May your faithful love rest on us, Lord,for we put our hope in you.
Let your lovingkindness be on us, LORD, Since we have hoped in you.
Let thy mercy, O Lord , be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
Let your loyal love, O Yahweh, be upon us, even as we hope in you.
Let Your mercy be upon us, O Jehovah, even as we trust in You.
Let Thy kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, As we have waited for Thee!
Let thy mercifull kyndnesse (o LORDE) be vpon vs, like as we put oure trust in the.
Let Your favor, LORD, be upon us, Just as we have waited for You.
Let Your mercy, O LORD, be upon us, Just as we hope in You.
Let Your lovingkindness, O Lord , be upon us, According as we have hoped in You.
Let Your lovingkindness, O Yahweh, be upon us,As we wait for You.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 5:11, Psalms 5:12, Psalms 13:5, Psalms 32:10, Psalms 119:49, Psalms 119:76, Matthew 9:29
Reciprocal: Psalms 147:11 - fear Romans 8:24 - saved
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us,.... That is, an application of it in its effects: it is a prayer for a communication of grace and mercy to help in a time of need; and for a discovery of pardoning grace and mercy; and it is a prayer of faith; for the mercy of the Lord is upon his people in great plenty, and it continues; and they have reason to believe it ever will, Psalms 103:17;
according as we hope in thee; not according to any merits of theirs, but according to the measure of grace, of the grace of hope which God had bestowed on them, and encouraged them to exercise on him, in expectation of finding grace and mercy with him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 Psalms 81:10, “Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.” Psalms 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!
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 33:22. 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."
ANALYSIS OF THE THIRTY-THIRD PSALM
This Psalm is eucharistic: the contents are -
I. An exhortation to praise God, Psalms 33:1-3.
II. The arguments he uses to enforce the duty, Psalms 33:4-19.
III. The confidence of God's people in his name. Their happiness, and petition, Psalms 33:20-22.
I. In the three first verses he exhorts men to praise God: but whom?
1. The upright; those who are not upright, cannot praise God.
2. That it be done with zeal and affection; with singing, with voice, and the instruments then in use; with some new song, composed on the occasion, for some new mercy; and that the whole be skilfully expressed.
II. This he urges on several good grounds: -
1. The first argument, in general drawn from the truth, the faithfulness, the justice, and goodness of God: 1. "For the word of the Lord is right." 2. "All his works are done in truth." 3. "He loveth righteousness and judgment." 4. "The earth is full of his goodness."
2. His second argument is drawn from God's power in the creation of all things, and that by his word alone, Psalms 33:6-9; and upon it introduces, "Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him."
3. His third argument is drawn from God's providence in governing the world, which may easily be discerned by those who will diligently consider his ways and proceedings, both to other people and to his Church.
1. He makes void all enterprises undertaken against his will, not only of single men, but of whole nations. "The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to naught; he maketh the devices of the people of none effect."
2. Whereas, on the contrary, what he hath decreed shall be done. "The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever; the thoughts of his heart to all generations." On the consideration of which he breaks out into this epiphonema, or joyous reflection: "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord! and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance!"
After which he returns to his discourse on God's providence, and by a hypotyposis, or splendid imagery, amplifies his former argument. For he sets God before us, as some great king on his throne, providing for all the parts of his empire, examining all causes, and doing justice to every one.
1. "The Lord looks from heaven, and beholds all the sons of men."
2. "From the place of his habitation he looks upon all the inhabitants of the earth."
3. And he is not an idle spectator: "He sees and considers their hearts and their works."
And he sees in what they put their confidence; in their armies, their strength, their horse, but not in him. But all in vain; for "there is no king saved by the multitude of a host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. A horse is a vain thing for safety." Multitude, strength, c., without God, are useless.
Hitherto he had given a proof of God's providence towards all men, but now he descends to a particular proof of it, by his care over his Church, which he wonderfully guides, defends, and protects, in all dangers and assaults: and that notice may be taken of it, he begins with, Behold!
1. "Behold, the eye of the Lord," his tenderest care, "is over them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy."
2. "To deliver their soul from death, and keep them alive in famine."
III. The three last verses contain the acclamation of God's people, who place all their hope and trust in him for, being stimulated by the former arguments, they do three things: -
1. They profess and express their faith and dependence on God: "Our soul waiteth on God, he is our help and our shield."
2. They declare the hope by which they are upheld, and how comforted: "For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name."
3. Upon this hope they commend themselves by prayer to God; "Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee."
