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Psalm 33:5-7
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 33:5-7
New Catholic Bible
5 The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is filled with his kindness.
6 The heavens were made by the word[a] of the Lord,
and all their host by the breath of his mouth.
7 He gathers the waters of the sea as in a bowl;[b]
he places the deep in storehouses.
Footnotes
- Psalm 33:6 The Fathers of the Church applied this verse to the Blessed Trinity: Lord = Father; word = Son; breath = Spirit. All their host: the stars of the sky were viewed as an army (see Neh 9:6; Isa 40:26; 45:12; Jer 33:22). See also note on Ps 24:10.
- Psalm 33:7 He gathers the waters . . . as in a bowl: God rules the dangerous waters so easily that it is like a person putting water into a bowl (see Ps 104:9; Gen 1:9f; Job 38:8-11; Prov 8:29; Jer 5:22).