Psalms 33:11
The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
In Context
10The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.
12Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has taken for his heritage.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:25Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.
Psalms 92:5\92:4\For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I will have joy in the works of your hands.
Ecclesiastes 3:14I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.
Isaiah 14:27For it is the purpose of the Lord of armies, and who will make it of no effect? when his hand is stretched out, by whom may it be turned back?
Isaiah 55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord.
Lamentations 3:37Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 33:2-12
An Exhortation to Praise God. 1 Rejoice in the Lord , O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. 2 Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. 3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. 4 For the word of the Lord 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 Lord . 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of… Read the whole commentary →