Psalms 33 · Verse 7

Psalms 33:7

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Psalms 33:7, King James Version

Psalms 33:7 in other translations

BSBHe piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
WEBHe gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
ASVHe gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.
YLTGathering as a heap the waters of the sea, Putting in treasuries the depths.
DARBYHe gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up the deeps in storehouses.
BBEHe makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.
WebsterHe gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: he layeth up the depth in store-houses.

What does Psalms 33:7 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 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together - He separated the water from the earth and, while the latter was collected into continents, islands, mountains, hills, and valleys, the former was collected into one place, and called seas; and by his all-controlling power and providence the waters have been retained in their place, so that they have not returned to drown the earth: and he has so adapted the solar and sonar influence exerted on the waters, that the tides are only raised to certain heights, so that they cannot overflow the shores, nor become dissipated in the atmospheric regions. In this one economy there is a whole circle of science. The quantity of matter in the sun, moon, and in the earth, are all adjusted to each other in this astonishing provision: the course of the moon, and the diurnal and annual revolutions of the earth, are all concerned here; and so concerned, that it requires some of the nicest of the Newtonian calculations to ascertain the laws by which the whole is affected.

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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 33:7 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.

כֹּנֵ֣סko.Nes[he is] gatheringH3664
כַּ֭נֵּדKa.nedlike <the> heapH5067
מֵ֣יmei[the] waters ofH4325
הַיָּ֑םhai.Yamthe seaH3220
נֹתֵ֖ןno.Ten[he is] puttingH5414
בְּאֹצָר֣וֹתbe.'o.tza.Rotin storehousesH214
תְּהוֹמֽוֹת\׃te.ho.Mot[the] deepsH8415

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

Cross references for Psalms 33:7

  • Joshua 3:16

    That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

  • Exodus 15:8

    And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

  • Joshua 3:13

    And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.

  • Genesis 1:9-10

    And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

  • Habakkuk 3:15

    Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.

  • Psalms 104:6-9

    Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

  • Job 38:8-11

    Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

  • Job 26:10

    He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

  • Jeremiah 5:22

    Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

  • Proverbs 8:29

    When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

  • Psalms 78:13

    He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He gathereth.
104:6-9; Ge 1:9,10; Job 26:10; 38:8-11; Pr 8:29; Jer 5:22
heap.
Ex 15:8; Jos 3:13,16; Hab 3:15

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Context

  • 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.

  • Psalms 33:7

    He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

  • Psalms 33:8

    Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

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Psalms 33:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El junta como en un montón las aguas de la mar: él pone en depósitos los abismos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il amasse comme un monceau les eaux de la mer, il met dans des réservoirs les abîmes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er sammelt die Wasser des Meeres wie einen Haufen, legt in Behälter die Fluten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Iste pauper clamavit, et Dominus exaudivit eum, et de omnibus tribulationibus ejus salvavit eum.