Psalms 33 · Verse 5

Psalms 33:5

He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
Psalms 33:5, King James Version

Psalms 33:5 in other translations

BSBThe LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.
WEBHe loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the LORD.
ASVHe loveth righteousness and justice: The earth is full of the lovingkindness of Jehovah.
YLTLoving righteousness and judgment, Of the kindness of Jehovah is the earth full.
DARBYHe loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the loving-kindness of Jehovah.
BBEHis delight is in righteousness and wisdom; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.
WebsterHe loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

What does Psalms 33:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 33:4-9

4-9. Reasons for praise: first, God's truth, faithfulness, and mercy, generally; then, His creative power which all must honor.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 He loveth righteousness - What he delights in himself, he loves to see in his followers. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord - To hear its worthless inhabitants complain, one would think that God dispensed evil, not good. To examine the operation of his hand, every thing is marked with mercy and there is no place where his goodness does not appear. The overflowing kindness of God fills the earth. Even the iniquities of men are rarely a bar to his goodness: he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends his rain upon the just and the unjust.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 33:1-11

Holy joy is the heart and soul of praise, and that is here pressed upon the righteous. Thankful praise is the breath and language of holy joy. Religious songs are proper expressions of thankful praise. Every endowment we possess, should be employed with all our skill and earnestness in God's service. His promises are all wise and good. His word is right, and therefore we are only in the right when we agree with it…

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Psalms 33:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֹ֭הֵב'O.hev[he is] lovingH157
צְדָקָ֣הtze.da.KahrighteousnessH6666
וּמִשְׁפָּ֑טu.mish.Patand justiceH4941
חֶ֥סֶדChe.sed[the] covenant loyalty ofH2617
יְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068
מָלְאָ֥הmal.'Ahit is fullH4390
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe earthH776

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 33:5

  • Psalms 11:7

    For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

  • Psalms 119:64

    The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.

  • Matthew 5:45

    That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

  • Psalms 104:24

    O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

  • Psalms 45:7

    Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

  • Acts 14:17

    Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

  • Psalms 145:15-16

    The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

  • Revelation 15:3-4

    And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

  • Psalms 99:4

    The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

  • Hebrews 1:9

    Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He.
11:7; 45:7; 99:4; Heb 1:9; Re 15:3,4
earth.
104:24; 119:64; 145:15,16; Mt 5:45; Ac 14:17
goodness. or, mercy.

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Context

  • Psalms 33:4

    For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth.

  • Psalms 33:5

    He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

  • Psalms 33:6

    By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

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Psalms 33:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El ama justicia y juicio: de la misericordia de Jehová está llena la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il aime la justice et le jugement; la terre est pleine de la bonté de l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er liebt Gerechtigkeit und Recht; die Erde ist voll der Güte Jehovas.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Exquisivi Dominum, et exaudivit me; et ex omnibus tribulationibus meis eripuit me.