Psalms 33:6
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
In Context
5He loveth righteousness and justice: the earth is full of the kindness of the Lord.
Cross References
Genesis 1:6And God said, Let there be an expansion in the midst of the waters, and let it divide between waters and waters.
Genesis 2:7And the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.
Deuteronomy 4:19And that thou lift not up thy eyes unto the heavens, and thou see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, and be misled to bow down to them, and to serve them, those which the Lord thy God hath assigned unto all nations under the whole heaven.
Job 33:4The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.
Psalms 104:30Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Psalms 148:5Let them praise the name of the Lord; for he commanded and they were created.
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 →