Psalms 33

Lord sends a deluge of miseries, as he did in the days of Noah, upon the world of the ungodly.

Psalms 33:7

Thou art my hiding-place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble: thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. Then he may say, Thou, Lord, art my refuge, to whom I fly for safety; and I trust that thou wilt preserve me (though I have been a grievous sinner) from those distresses which surround me; and thereby givo abundant cause to me, and all that are about me, to bless and praise thee for thy merciful deliveranco of me.

Psalms 33:8

/ will instruct thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.*. Hearken therefore unto ine, whosoever thou art who hast any care of thy salvation; and I will bestow some good advice upon thee, and direct thee into the wisest and safest course of life: trust thyself with me to be thy guide, and I from my own experience will give thee faithful counsel, and take care thou do not go amiss.

Psalms 33:9

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no tinderstanding; whose mouth must be held with bit and bridle, lest they come near uuto thee. God hath endued you with reason, both to tell you what you ought to do, and to check you when you do not as you ought; and hath made you capable also of receiving good admonitions from others: do not therefore follow your own unbridled lusts and appetites, much less be refractory and untractable, when God would reduce you from the error of your ways; as if you were not men, but headstrong horses and mules, who can by no means be curbed, nor made to come near thee, that thou mayest manage them at thy pleasure.

Psalms 33:10

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about. Let such ungovernable, obdurate sinners expect to be handled like those brutes, for they shall receive many and grievous strokes, which shall make their hearts to ache. But he that entirely commits himself to the Lord, to be ruled and disposed of according to his will, shall be not only secured by his good providence, but enriched with abundance of his blessings.

Psalms 33:11

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. And therefore whatsoever your present troubles may be, let your heart be glad, O ye that are obediently led and governed by him: rejoice in the confidence you ought to have of his favour towards you: triumph in his loving-, kindness, all ye that sincerely study to do his will; and shout for joy, as if you were already victorious over all your enemies.