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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Psalms 33:14

From his high throne he looked down at all the people living on earth.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God Continued...;   Man;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Worship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Humility;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Providence;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hymn;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Ethics;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Lip;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jerusalem;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Foreknow;   Omniscience;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Heaven;   Providence;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 22;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He gazes on all the inhabitants of the earthfrom his dwelling place.
Hebrew Names Version
From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the eretz.
King James Version
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
English Standard Version
from where he sits enthroned he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,
New Century Version
From his throne he watches all who live on earth.
New English Translation
From the place where he lives he looks carefully at all the earth's inhabitants.
Amplified Bible
From His dwelling place He looks closely Upon all the inhabitants of the earth—
New American Standard Bible
From His dwelling place He looks out On all the inhabitants of the earth,
World English Bible
From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth.
Geneva Bible (1587)
From the habitation of his dwelling he beholdeth all them that dwell in the earth.
Legacy Standard Bible
From the place of His habitation He gazesOn all the inhabitants of the earth,
Berean Standard Bible
From His dwelling place He gazes on all who inhabit the earth.
Contemporary English Version
from his throne in heaven, and he watches us all.
Complete Jewish Bible
from the place where he lives he watches everyone living on earth,
Darby Translation
From the place of his habitation he looketh forth upon all the inhabitants of the earth;
George Lamsa Translation
From his throne he looks upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
Good News Translation
From where he rules, he looks down on all who live on earth.
Lexham English Bible
From his dwelling place he gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth,
Literal Translation
From His dwellingplace He looks on all the ones living in the earth.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
from his stronge seate he considreth all them yt dwell in the worlde.
American Standard Version
From the place of his habitation he looketh forth Upon all the inhabitants of the earth,
Bible in Basic English
From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
From the place of His habitation He looketh intently upon all the inhabitants of the earth;
King James Version (1611)
From the place of his habitation, he looketh vpon all the inhabitants of the earth.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
from the place where he resteth: he eyeth diligently euery dweller on the earth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He looks from his prepared habitation on all the dwellers on the earth;
English Revised Version
From the place of his habitation he looketh forth upon all the inhabitants of the earth;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Fro his dwellyng place maad redi bifor; he bihelde on alle men, that enhabiten the erthe.
Update Bible Version
From the place of his habitation he looks forth On all the inhabitants of the earth,
Webster's Bible Translation
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
New King James Version
From the place of His dwelling He looks On all the inhabitants of the earth;
New Living Translation
From his throne he observes all who live on the earth.
New Life Bible
From where He sits He looks upon all who live on the earth.
New Revised Standard
From where he sits enthroned he watches all the inhabitants of the earth—
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Out of his settled place of abode, hath he fixed his gaze on all the inhabitants of the earth:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(32-14) From his habitation which he hath prepared, he hath looked upon all that dwell on the earth.
Revised Standard Version
from where he sits enthroned he looks forth on all the inhabitants of the earth,
Young's Literal Translation
From the fixed place of His dwelling, He looked unto all inhabitants of the earth;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
From His dwelling place He looks out On all the inhabitants of the earth,

Contextual Overview

12 Great blessings belong to those who have the Lord as their God! He chose them to be his own special people. 13 The Lord looked down from heaven and saw all the people. 14 From his high throne he looked down at all the people living on earth. 15 He created every person's mind, and he knows what each one is doing. 16 A king is not saved by the power of his army. A soldier does not survive by his own great strength. 17 Horses don't really bring victory in war. Their strength cannot help you escape. 18 The Lord watches over his followers, those who wait for him to show his faithful love. 19 He saves them from death. He gives them strength when they are hungry. 20 So we will wait for the Lord . He helps us and protects us. 21 He makes us happy. We trust his holy name.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 123:1, 1 Kings 8:27, 1 Kings 8:30, Isaiah 57:15, Isaiah 66:1, Luke 11:2, 1 Timothy 6:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:12 - God Genesis 11:5 - General Job 22:14 - General Psalms 14:2 - The Lord Psalms 53:2 - looked Psalms 68:5 - in his Psalms 102:19 - For he Isaiah 63:15 - down Daniel 4:35 - the inhabitants

Cross-References

Genesis 32:3
Jacob's brother Esau was living in the area called Seir in the hill country of Edom. Jacob sent messengers to Esau.
Genesis 33:2
Jacob put the maids with their children first. Then he put Leah and her children behind them, and he put Rachel and Joseph in the last place.
Genesis 33:3
Jacob himself went out before them. While he was walking toward his brother Esau, he bowed down to the ground seven times.
Genesis 33:19
He bought the field where he camped from the family of Hamor, father of Shechem. He paid 100 pieces of silver for it.
Deuteronomy 2:1
"Then we did what the Lord told me to do. We went back into the desert on the road that leads to the Red Sea. We traveled for many days to go around the mountains of Seir.
Judges 5:4
" Lord , in the past you came from Seir. You marched from the land of Edom. You marched and the earth shook. The skies rained. The clouds dropped water.
2 Chronicles 20:10
"But now, here are men from Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir. You would not let the Israelites enter their lands when they came out of Egypt. So the Israelites turned away and didn't destroy them.
Isaiah 40:11
Like a good shepherd, he takes care of his people. He gathers them like lambs in his arms. He holds them close, while their mothers walk beside him.
Ezekiel 25:8
This is what the Lord God says: "Moab and Seir say, ‘The family of Judah is just like any other nation.'
Mark 4:33
Jesus used many stories like these to teach the people. He taught them all they could understand.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

From the place of his habitation,.... Which is heaven, that is, the habitation of his holiness, and of his glory, Isaiah 63:15;

he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth; good and bad; and not the nation of Israel only, but the Gentile world, whom in former times he overlooked, but under the Gospel dispensation visits in a way of mercy; by sending his son to die for them, by spreading his Gospel among them, by calling them by his grace, by planting churches in the midst of them, and by continuing his word and ordinances with them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

From the place of his habitation - From his dwelling - heaven.

He looketh down - He continually sees. The sentiment is repeated here to show that no one can escape his eye; that the condition, the characters, the wants of all are intimately known to him, and that thus he can watch over his people - all that love and serve him - and can guard them from danger. See Psalms 33:18-19.


 
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