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Salmo 33 - Bienaventurada la nación cuyo Dios es el Señor
Salmo 33 con comentarios de Dennis Edwards
En unos ocho manuscritos, el Salmo 32 y el Salmo 33 se encuentran como un solo salmo continuo. Por lo tanto, algunos eruditos lo consideran la segunda parte del Salmo 32, o una ampliación del último versÃculo, donde encontramos: «Alegraos en el Señor, y regocijaos, justos; y cantad de alegrÃa todos los rectos de corazón». Algunos de los salmos anteriores parecen estar en pares, donde la idea de un salmo se continúa en el siguiente, como se encuentra en los Salmos 9 y 10. El hecho de que el Salmo 33 tenga 22 versÃculos, lo que equivale al número de letras del alfabeto hebreo, lo convierte en una composición completa. [Burgh, William de; Comentario sobre el Libro de los Salmos, DublÃn, 1860, pág. 312.]
33:1-2 ¡Alegraos en el Señor, oh justos! Porque a los rectos es propia la alabanza. Alabad al Señor con arpa; cantad para él con salterio y decacordio.
Un tema recurrente en los Salmos es la importancia de la gratitud y la alabanza en nuestra relación con Dios. El evangelista Nick Vujicic, quien no tiene brazos ni piernas, afirma que nunca ha conocido a un hombre agradecido que estuviera amargado, ni a uno amargado que estuviera agradecido. Es una cosa o la otra. Vemos al apóstol Pablo escribiendo: «Regocijaos en el Señor siempre; y otra vez digo: ¡Regocijaos!» (Filipenses 4:4). En Colosenses escribe:
Colosenses 4:15-17: “Y que la paz de Dios gobierne sus corazones… y sean agradecidos. Que la palabra de Cristo more en abundancia en ustedes, enseñándose y amonestándose unos a otros con salmos, himnos y cánticos espirituales, cantando con gracia en sus corazones al Señor. Y todo lo que hagan, de palabra o de hecho, háganlo todo en el nombre del Señor Jesús, dando gracias a Dios Padre por medio de él”.
En Efesios da un mensaje similar:
Efesios 5:18-20: “Y no os embriaguéis con vino, en lo cual hay disolución; antes bien, sed llenos del EspÃritu, hablando entre vosotros con salmos, himnos y cánticos espirituales, cantando y alabando al Señor en vuestros corazones; dando siempre gracias por todo a Dios Padre, en el nombre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo”.
Salmo 33:3: Cantadle un cántico nuevo; tocad con destreza a gran voz.
En el libro de Apocalipsis, encontramos a las cuatro bestias y a los veinticuatro ancianos postrándose y cantando un cántico nuevo cuando el León de la tribu de Judá, la RaÃz de David, el Cordero inmolado desde la fundación del mundo, abre el librito y desata los siete sellos (Apocalipsis 5:5).
Apocalipsis 5:9-10: «Y cantaron un cántico nuevo, diciendo: Digno eres de tomar el libro y de abrir sus sellos; porque fuiste inmolado, y con tu sangre nos has redimido para nuestro Dios, de todo linaje, lengua, pueblo y nación; y nos has hecho para nuestro Dios reyes y sacerdotes, y reinaremos sobre la tierra».
Más tarde, cuando los 144.000 santos de la tribulación llegan a los cielos, también cantan un cántico nuevo.
Apocalipsis 14:2-3: “Y oà una voz del cielo, como el estruendo de muchas aguas, y como el sonido de un gran trueno; y oà la voz de arpistas que tañeban sus arpas; y cantaban como un cántico nuevo delante del trono, y delante de los cuatro seres vivientes, y de los ancianos; y nadie podÃa aprender el cántico sino aquellos ciento cuarenta y cuatro mil que fueron redimidos de entre los de la tierra.”
Salmo 33:4: “Porque la palabra del Señor es recta, y todas sus obras son hechas con verdad.”
La palabra de Dios es recta y verdadera. A lo largo del Antiguo Testamento encontramos que Dios es fiel a su palabra.
Salmo 119:160: “Tu palabra es verdad desde el principio, y cada uno de tus justos juicios permanece para siempre.”
Números 23:19 “Dios no es hombre, para que mienta, ni hijo de hombre para que se arrepienta. ¿Lo dijo, y no lo hará? ¿O habló, y no lo cumplirá?”
Josué 23:14b “Ninguna de las buenas cosas que el Señor vuestro Dios habló acerca de vosotros ha fallado; todas os han sucedido, y ninguna ha fallado.”
IsaÃas 34:16 “Buscad en el libro del Señor y leed: Ninguno de ellos fallará, ni faltará su compañera; porque mi boca lo ha ordenado, y su EspÃritu los ha reunido.”
En el Nuevo Testamento, Jesús se llama a sà mismo “el camino, la verdad y la vida” (Juan 14:6). Él dice que si perseveramos en sus palabras, conoceremos la verdad, y la verdad nos hará libres (Juan 8:31-32). Justo antes de morir, dijo que irÃa al Padre, pero que enviarÃa al EspÃritu Santo, quien nos guiarÃa a toda la verdad (Juan 16:13).
El apóstol Pablo nos advierte que el mayor don espiritual es el amor, y que el amor se regocija en la verdad (1 Corintios 13:6). Nos dice que debemos hablar la verdad con amor (Efesios 4:15).
Salmo 33:5-9 Él (Dios) ama la justicia y el juicio; de la bondad del Señor está llena la tierra. Por la palabra del Señor fueron hechos los cielos, y todo su ejército por el aliento de su boca. Él reúne las aguas del mar como un montón; Él almacena las profundidades en depósitos. Tema al Señor toda la tierra; teman ante él todos los habitantes del mundo. Porque él habló, y fue hecho; él mandó, y existió.
En Génesis 1, vemos que Dios creó el mundo con su palabra, y era bueno. En Juan 1, encontramos que el Verbo estaba en el principio con Dios y por el Verbo fueron hechas todas las cosas, «y sin él nada de lo que ha sido hecho, fue hecho» (Juan 1:1-3). Ese Verbo se hizo carne y habitó entre nosotros, lleno de gracia y verdad (Juan 1:14). Su nombre era Jesucristo, el unigénito del Padre.
Las epÃstolas del Nuevo Testamento nos dan la misma idea.
Colosenses 1:16-17: “Porque en él (Jesús) fueron creadas todas las cosas, las que están en los cielos y las que están en la tierra, visibles e invisibles; sean tronos, sean dominios, sean principados, sean potestades; todo fue creado por medio de él y para él; y él es antes de todas las cosas, y en él todas las cosas subsisten.”
Hebreos 1:1-3: “Dios, habiendo hablado en otro tiempo y de muchas maneras a los padres por los profetas, en estos últimos dÃas nos ha hablado por medio de su Hijo, a quien designó heredero de todo, y por quien asimismo hizo el universo; el cual, siendo el resplandor de su gloria, y la imagen misma de su sustancia, y quien sustenta todas las cosas con la palabra de su poder, habiendo efectuado la purificación de nuestros pecados por medio de sà mismo, se sentó a la diestra de la Majestad en las alturas.”
Salmo 33:10-11 El Señor frustra el consejo de las naciones; invalida las maquinaciones de los pueblos. El consejo del Señor permanece para siempre, los pensamientos de su corazón por todas las generaciones.
De igual manera, en Proverbios leemos:
Proverbios 19:21: «Muchas maquinaciones hay en el corazón del hombre; sin embargo, el consejo del Señor permanecerá».
Finalmente, el Señor reinará por mil años y luego por la eternidad. Lo que Dios ha dicho se cumplirá. Jesús dijo: «El cielo y la tierra pasarán, pero mis palabras no pasarán» (Mateo 24:35).
IsaÃas 14:27: «Porque el Señor de los ejércitos lo ha determinado, ¿y quién lo invalidará? Y su mano extendida, ¿y quién la revocará?».
Salmo 33:12: «Bienaventurada la nación cuyo Dios es el Señor, y el pueblo que él escogió como heredad para sû. Como explicó el apóstol Pablo en su epÃstola a los Gálatas: «Y si sois de Cristo, ciertamente linaje de Abraham sois y herederos según la promesa» (Gálatas 3:29). También escribió: «El EspÃritu mismo da testimonio a nuestro espÃritu de que somos hijos de Dios. Y si hijos, también herederos; herederos de Dios y coherederos con Cristo» (Romanos 8:16-17a).
Todos los que creen y obedecen a Jesucristo son la nación de Dios, sin importar en qué nación de la tierra vivan. Somos hijos de la promesa, como Isaac, no hijos de la carne, como Ismael. Como aclaró Pablo: «Los que son hijos de la carne no son hijos de Dios, sino que los hijos de la promesa son contados como descendientes» (Romanos 9:8).
El EspÃritu de Dios llama a toda la humanidad a arrepentirse y a entrar en el rebaño del verdadero Pastor. Toda la humanidad, cada persona, es llamada de alguna manera. Jesús dijo: “Muchos son llamados, pero pocos escogidos” (Mateo 22:14). Tan pocos eligen Su camino, “porque estrecha es la puerta y angosto el camino que lleva a la vida, y pocos son los que la hallan” (Mateo 7:14).
Salmo 33:13-15 El Señor mira desde el cielo; contempla a todos los hijos de los hombres. Desde su morada, contempla a todos los habitantes de la tierra. Forma sus corazones por igual; considera todas sus obras.
Dios observa. Por eso, “El temor del Señor es el principio del conocimiento” (Proverbios 1:7).
Salmo 33:16-19 No hay rey salvo por la multitud de un ejército; el valiente no se libra por mucha fuerza. Vano es el caballo para salvarse; ni con mucha fuerza librará a nadie. He aquÃ, el ojo del Señor está sobre los que le temen, sobre los que esperan en su misericordia; Para librar sus almas de la muerte y mantenerlos con vida en tiempos de hambre.
Dios es nuestra verdadera fortaleza, nuestro refugio, nuestro protector, nuestro salvador. «Es mejor confiar en el Señor que confiar en el hombre», Salmo 118:8, el versÃculo central de la Biblia. Es mejor confiar en el Señor que confiar en cualquier otra cosa para protegernos y salvarnos. Nuestra obediencia a Dios es nuestra mejor protección contra el mal.
Salmo 33:20-22 Nuestra alma espera en el Señor: Él es nuestra ayuda y nuestro escudo. Porque nuestro corazón se regocijará en Él, porque hemos confiado en su santo nombre. Que tu misericordia, oh Señor, esté con nosotros, conforme a nuestra esperanza en Ti.
Oración: Señor, Tú eres nuestro escudo y nuestro socorro en tiempos de necesidad. Te pedimos que nos guÃes y guÃes por el camino que deseas que andemos. Tú eres nuestra esperanza, ayúdanos a seguirte de cerca. Que tu misericordia y verdad nos guÃen y nos mantengan en el camino que tienes preparado para nosotros. Protégenos de las trampas del maligno. Acompaña a nuestros seres queridos. Que los acerques a ti dÃa a dÃa. En el nombre de Jesús, oramos. Amén.
Publicado originalmente el 3 de febrero de 2025 La Voz Diaria - 3 de febrero
Psalm 33 - Blessed Is the Nation Whose God Is the Lord
Psalm 33 with Commentaries
by Dennis Edwards
In some eight manuscripts Psalm 32 and Psalm
33 are found as one continuous psalm. Some scholars therefore consider it the
second part of Psalm 32, or an amplification of the last verse where we
find, “Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice you righteous: and shout for joy all
you that are upright in heart.” Some of the earlier psalms seem to be in pairs, where the idea of one psalm is continued in the next, as is found in Psalm 9
and 10. The fact that Psalm 33 has 22 verses, which is equal to the number of letters
in the Hebrew alphabet, makes for regarding it as a complete composition.
[Burgh, William de; A Commentary on the Book of Psalms, Dublin, 1860, page
312.]
33:1-2 Rejoice
in the Lord, O you
righteous: for praise is comely (or appropriate) for the
upright. Praise the Lord with
harp: sing unto Him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
A recurrent theme in the Psalms
is the importance of thankfulness and praise in our relationship with God.
Evangelist Nick Vujicic, who has no arms or legs, says, he has never met a
thankful man who was bitter, or a bitter man who was thankful. It’s one or the
other. We see Apostle Paul writing, “Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I
say, rejoice,” Philippians 4:4. In Colossians he writes,
Colossians 4:15-17 “And let
the peace of God rule in your hearts,…and be thankful. Let the word of Christ
dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the
Lord. And whatsoever you do in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.”
In Ephesians he gives
a similar message:
Ephesians 5:18-20 “And be
not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; speaking
to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making
melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always for all things unto God
and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Psalm 33:3 Sing
unto Him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
In the book of Revelation,
we find the four beasts and the twenty-four elders falling down and singing a
new song when the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, the Lamb slain
from the foundation of the world, opens the little book and looses the seven
seals, Revelation 5:5.
Revelation 5:9-10 “And they
sung a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book, and to open the seals
thereof: for you were slain, and have redeemed us to our God by your blood out
of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and has made us unto our
God kings and priests; and we shall reign on the earth.”
Later, when the 144,000
tribulation saints arrive in the heavenlies, they also sing a new song.
Revelation 14:2-3 “And I
heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a
great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps; and
they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beast,
and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and
four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.”
Psalm 33:4 For the
word of the Lord is
right; and all His works are done in truth.
God’s word is right, and God’s word is true. Throughout the Old
Testament we find that God is true to His word.
Psalm 119:160 “Your word is true from the
beginning: and everyone of Your righteous judgments endures forever.”
Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man, that He
should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent: has He said, and
shall He not do it? Or has He spoken, and shall He not make it good?”
Joshua 23:14b “Not one thing has failed of
all the good things which the Lord your God spoke concerning you; all are come
to pass unto you, and not one thing has failed thereof.”
Isaiah 34:16 “Seek you out of the book of
the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for
My mouth it has commanded, and His Spirit it has gathered them.”
In the New Testament, Jesus calls Himself, “The way, the
truth, and the life,” John 14:6. He says if we continue in His
words, we would know the truth, and the truth would make us free, John 8:31-32.
Just before His death, He said He was going to the Father, but He would send
the Holy Spirit, which would lead and guide us into all truth, John 16:13.
Apostle Paul admonishes us that the greatest spiritual gift is
love, and that love rejoices in the truth, 1 Corinthians 13:6. He tells
us we should speak the truth in love, Ephesians 4:15.
Psalm 33:5-9 He (God) loves
righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. By the
word of the Lord were
the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. He
gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap: He lays up the
depth in storehouses. Let all
the earth fear the Lord: let
all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. For He spoke, and
it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
In Genesis 1, we see that God spoke the world into
existence and it was good. In John 1, we find the Word was in the
beginning with God and by the Word all things were made, “and without Him was
not anything made that was made,” John 1:1-3. That Word was later made
flesh, and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth, John 1:14. His name
was Jesus Christ, the only begotten of the Father.
The New Testament epistles give us the same idea.
Colossians 1:16-17 “For
by Him (Jesus) were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in
earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or
principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: and He
is before all things, and by Him all things consist.”
Hebrews 1:1-3 “God, who at different times
and various manners spoke in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, has in
these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all
things, by whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory,
and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of
His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand
of the Majesty on high.”
Psalm 33:10-11 The Lord brings the
counsel of the heathen to nought: He makes the
devices of the people of none effect. The
counsel of the Lord stands for
ever, the thoughts of His heart to all
generations.
Similarly in the Proverbs we read,
Proverbs 19:21 “There are many devices in a
man’s heart; nevertheless, the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.”
Eventually the Lord will rule for a thousand years and then for
eternity. What God has said shall be done. Jesus said, “Heaven and earth shall
pass away, but My words shall not pass away,” Matthew 24:35.
Isaiah 14:27 “For the Lord of hosts has
purposed, and who will disannul it? And His hand is stretched out, and who
shall turn it back?”
Psalm 33:12 Blessed
is the nation whose God is the Lord; and
the people whom He has chosen for his own inheritance.
As Apostle Paul has explained in his epistle to the Galatians,
“And if you be Christ’s, then are you Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to
the promise,” Galatians 3:29. He also wrote, “The Spirit itself bears
witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. And if children, then
heirs, heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ,” Romans 8:16-17a.
All that believe and obey Jesus Christ are the nation of God, no
matter in whatever nation on earth they may exist. We are the children of
promise, like Isaac, not the children of the flesh, like Ishmael. As Paul has clarified,
“They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God:
but the children of the promise are counted for the seed,” Romans 9:8.
God’s spirit is calling all mankind to repent and come into the
true Shepherd’s fold. All mankind, each and every person is called in some way.
Jesus said, “Many are called, but few are chosen,” Matthew 22:14. So few
choose His way, “because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which
leads to life, and few there be that find it,” Matthew 7:14.
Psalm 33:13-15 The Lord looks from
heaven; He beholds all the sons of men. From the
place of His habitation, He looks upon
all the inhabitants of the earth. He
fashions their hearts alike; He
considers all their works.
God is watching. For that reason, “The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of knowledge,” Proverbs 1:7.
Psalm 33:16-19 There is
no king saved by the multitude of a host: a mighty man is not delivered by much
strength. A horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any
by his great strength. Behold,
the eye of the Lord is
upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope
in His mercy; To
deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
God is our true strength, our refuge, our protector, our saviour. “It
is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man,” Psalm 118:8,
the middle verse of the Bible. It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put
confidence in anything else to protect and save us. Our obedience to God is our
best protection from evil.
Psalm 33:20-22 Our soul
waits for the Lord: He is our
help and our shield. For our
heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have
trusted in His holy name. Let Your mercy,
O Lord, be upon us, according
as we hope in You.
Prayer: Lord, You are our shield and our helper in time of
need. We look to You to lead and guide us in the way wherein You would have us
walk. You are our hope, help us follow You closely. Let Your mercy and truth
guide us and keep us in the path You have for us. Protect us from the snares of
the evil one. Be with our loved ones. May You draw them close to You day by
day. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.
Originally published February 3, 2025 Link to The Daily Voice - February 3
SALMO 33 - Bem-aventurada a nação cujo Deus é o Senhor
Salmo 33 Bem-aventurada a nação cujo Deus é o
Senhor - com comentários de Dennis Edwards
Em cerca de oito manuscritos, o Salmo
32 e o Salmo 33 encontram-se como um salmo contÃnuo. Alguns
estudiosos consideram-no, por isso, a segunda parte do Salmo 32, ou uma
ampliação do último versÃculo onde encontramos: “Alegrai-vos no Senhor, e
regozijai-vos, ó justos: e gritai de alegria todos vós que sois rectos de
coração.” Alguns dos salmos anteriores parecem estar em pares em que a ideia de
um salmo é continuada no seguinte, como se encontra no Salmo 9 e 10.
O facto de o Salmo 33 ter 22 versÃculos, o que é igual ao número de
letras no alfabeto hebraico faz com que seja considerado uma composição
completa. [Burgh, William de; Um comentário ao Livro dos Salmos, Dublin, 1860,
página 312.]
Salmo 33:1-2 Regozijai-vos
no Senhor, vós justos, pois aos retos fica bem o louvor. Louvai
ao Senhor com harpa, cantai-lhe louvores com saltério de dez cordas.
Um tema recorrente nos
Salmos é a importância da gratidão e do louvor na nossa relação com Deus. O
evangelista Nick Vujicic, que não tem braços nem pernas, diz que nunca conheceu
um homem grato que fosse amargo, ou um homem amargo que fosse grato. É um ou
outro. Vemos o apóstolo Paulo a escrever: “Alegrai-vos sempre no Senhor; outra
vez digo, alegrai-vos”, Filipenses 4:4. Em Colossenses escreve:
Colossenses 4:15-17 “E a paz de Cristo, para a qual também fostes chamados em um
corpo, domine em vossos corações; e sede agradecidos. A palavra de
Cristo habite em vós ricamente, em toda a sabedoria; ensinai-vos e
admoestai-vos uns aos outros, com salmos, hinos e cânticos espirituais,
louvando a Deus com gratidão em vossos corações. E tudo quanto fizerdes
por palavras ou por obras, fazei-o em nome do Senhor Jesus, dando por ele
graças a Deus Pai.”
Em Efésios dá uma mensagem semelhante:
Efésios 5:18-20 “E não vos
embriagueis com vinho, em que há contenda; mas enchei-vos do EspÃrito; falando
entre vós em salmos, hinos e cânticos espirituais, cantando e salmodiando ao
Senhor no vosso coração; dando sempre graças por tudo ao nosso Deus e Pai, em
nome de nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo.”
Salmo 33:3 Cantai-lhe um cântico novo; tocai bem e com júbilo.
No livro do Apocalipse,
encontramos os quatro animais e os vinte e quatro anciãos prostrados e a cantar
um cântico novo quando o Leão da tribo de Judá, a Raiz de David, o Cordeiro
morto desde a fundação do mundo, abre a porta. abre os sete selos, Apocalipse
5:5.
Apocalipse 5:9-10 “E entoavam um cântico novo, dizendo: Digno és de tomar
o livro, e de abrir os seus selos; porque foste morto, e com o teu sangue
compraste para o nosso Deus homens de toda a tribo, e lÃngua, e povo, e nação;
e nos fez reis e sacerdotes para o nosso Deus; e reinaremos na terra.”
Mais tarde, quando os
144.000 santos da tribulação chegarem aos lugares celestiais, também cantarão
um cântico novo.
Apocalipse 14:2-3 “E ouvi uma voz vinda do céu, como a voz de muitas
águas, e como a voz de um grande trovão: e ouvi a voz dos harpistas a tocar com
as suas harpas; e entoavam um cântico novo diante do trono, e diante dos quatro
animais, e dos anciãos: e ninguém podia aprender aquela canção, excepto os
cento e quarenta e quatro mil, que foram resgatados da terra.”
Salmo 33:4 Porque a
palavra do Senhor é reta; e todas as suas obras são feitas com fidelidade.
A palavra de Deus é
correta e a palavra de Deus é verdadeira. Em todo o Antigo Testamento
descobrimos que Deus é fiel à Sua palavra.
Salmo 119:160 “A tua palavra é a verdade desde o princÃpio, e cada um
dos teus justos juÃzos dura para sempre.”
Números 23:19 “Deus não é homem, para que minta; nem o filho do homem,
para que se arrependa; Ou ele falou e não o fará?”
Josué 23:14b “Nada falhou de todas as boas palavras que o Senhor teu
Deus proferiu a teu respeito; tudo se cumpriu para vós, e nada falhou.”
IsaÃas 34:16 “Buscai no livro do Senhor, e lede: nenhuma destas
coisas faltará, nenhuma faltará ao seu companheiro: porque a minha boca deu
ordem, e o seu EspÃrito os congregou.”
No Novo Testamento,
Jesus chama-se a Si mesmo “O caminho, a verdade e a vida”, João 14:6a.
Ele diz que, se permanecermos nas Suas palavras, conheceremos a verdade, e a
verdade libertar-nos-á, João 8:31-32. Pouco antes da Sua morte, Ele
disse que iria para o Pai, mas enviaria o EspÃrito Santo, que nos guiaria para
toda a verdade, João 16:13.
O apóstolo Paulo
adverte-nos que o maior dom espiritual é o amor, e que o amor se alegra na
verdade, 1 CorÃntios 13:6. Ele diz-nos que devemos falar a verdade em
amor, Efésios 4:15.
Salmo 33:5-9 Ele
ama a retidão e a justiça; a terra está cheia da benignidade do Senhor. Pela palavra do Senhor foram feitos os céus, e todo o exército deles
pelo sopro da sua boca. Ele ajunta as águas do mar como
num montão; põe em tesouros os abismos. Tema ao Senhor a
terra toda; temam-no todos os moradores do mundo. Pois ele
falou, e tudo se fez; ele mandou, e logo tudo apareceu.
Em Génesis 1,
vemos que Deus falou e o mundo veio à existência e ele era bom. Em João 1,
verificamos que o Verbo estava no princÃpio com Deus e pelo Verbo todas as
coisas foram feitas, “e sem ele nada do que foi feito se fez”, João 1:1-3.
Mais tarde, este Verbo fez-se carne e habitou entre nós, cheio de graça e de
verdade, João 1:14. O seu nome era Jesus Cristo, o unigénito do Pai.
As epÃstolas do Novo
Testamento dão-nos a mesma ideia.
Colossenses 1:16-17 “Porque n’Ele (Jesus) foram criadas todas as coisas nos
céus e na terra, as visÃveis e as invisÃveis, sejam tronos, sejam dominações,
sejam principados, sejam potestades; e para Ele; e Ele é antes de todas as
coisas, e por Ele todas as coisas subsistem.”
Hebreus 1:1-3 “Havendo Deus antigamente falado muitas vezes, e de
muitas maneiras, aos pais, pelos profetas, a nós falou-nos nestes últimos dias
pelo Filho, a quem constituiu herdeiro de todas as coisas, por meio de quem Ele
também fez o mundo; o qual, sendo o resplendor da sua glória, e a expressa
imagem da sua pessoa, e sustentando todas as coisas pela palavra do seu poder,
havendo feito por si mesmo a purificação dos pecados, assentou-se à direita da
Majestade nas alturas.”
Salmo 33:10-11 O Senhor desfaz o
conselho das nações, anula os intentos dos povos. O
conselho do Senhor permanece para sempre, e os intentos do seu coração por
todas as gerações.
Da mesma forma, nos Provérbios lê-se:
Provérbios 19:21
“Há muitos propósitos no coração do homem; no entanto, o conselho do Senhor
permanecerá.”
Por fim, o Senhor governará durante mil
anos e depois por toda a eternidade. O que Deus disse será feito. Jesus disse:
“O céu e a terra passarão, mas as minhas palavras não passarão”, Mateus
24:35.
IsaÃas 14:27 “Porque o
Senhor dos Exércitos o determinou, e quem o invalidará? E a sua mão está
estendida, e quem a fará recuar?”
Salmo 33:12 Bem-aventurada
é a nação cujo Deus é o Senhor, o povo que ele escolheu para sua herança.
Como o apóstolo Paulo explicou na sua
epÃstola aos Gálatas: “E, se sois de Cristo, então sois descendência de Abraão
e herdeiros conforme a promessa”, Gálatas 3:29. Escreveu ainda: “O
próprio EspÃrito testifica com o nosso espÃrito que somos filhos de Deus. E, se
filhos, somos também herdeiros, herdeiros de Deus e co-herdeiros de Cristo”, Romanos
8:16-17a.
Todos os que crêem e obedecem a Jesus
Cristo são a nação de Deus, não importa em que nação da Terra existam. Somos
filhos da promessa, como Isaac, não filhos da carne, como Ismael. Como Paulo
esclareceu: “Os filhos da carne não são filhos de Deus, mas os filhos da
promessa são contados como descendência”, Romanos 9:8.
O espÃrito de Deus está a chamar toda a
humanidade a arrepender-se e a entrar no rebanho do verdadeiro Pastor. Toda a
humanidade, cada pessoa é chamada de alguma forma. Jesus disse: “Muitos são os
chamados, mas poucos os escolhidos”, Mateus 22:14. Tão poucos escolhem o
Seu caminho, “porque estreita é a porta, e apertado o caminho que conduz Ã
vida, e poucos há que a encontrem”, Mateus 7:14.
Salmo 33:13-15 O
Senhor olha lá do céu; vê todos os filhos dos homens; da
sua morada observa todos os moradores da terra, aquele
que forma o coração de todos eles, que contempla todas as suas obras.
Deus está a observar. Por essa razão, “O
temor do Senhor é o princÃpio do conhecimento”, Provérbios 1:7.
Salmo 33:16-19 Um
rei não se salva pela multidão do seu exército; nem o homem valente se livra
pela muita força. O cavalo é vã esperança para a vitória;
não pode livrar ninguém pela sua grande força. Eis que os
olhos do Senhor estão sobre os que o temem, sobre os que esperam na sua
benignidade, para os livrar da morte, e para os conservar
vivos na fome.
Deus é a nossa verdadeira
força, o nosso refúgio, o nosso protetor, o nosso salvador. “É melhor confiar
no Senhor do que confiar no homem”, Salmo 118:8, o versÃculo do meio da
BÃblia. É melhor confiar no Senhor do que depositar a confiança em qualquer
outra coisa para nos proteger e salvar. A nossa obediência a Deus é a nossa
melhor proteção contra o mal.
Provérbios 18:10 "O nome do Senhor é uma torre forte; o justo corre
para ela e está seguro."
Salmo 33:20-22 A nossa alma espera no Senhor; ele é o nosso
auxÃlio e o nosso escudo. Pois nele se alegra o nosso
coração, porquanto temos confiado no seu santo nome. Seja
a tua benignidade, Senhor, sobre nós, assim como em ti esperamos.
Oração: Senhor, Tu és
o nosso escudo e o nosso ajudador em momentos de necessidade. Esperamos que
Você nos guie no caminho que deseja que andemos. Tu és a nossa esperança,
ajuda-nos a seguir-Te de perto. Que a Tua misericórdia e verdade nos guiem e
nos mantenham no caminho que tens para nós. Protegei-nos das ciladas do
maligno. Esteja com os nossos entes queridos. Que Tu os atraias para perto de
Ti dia após dia. Em nome de Jesus, oramos. Amém.
Saturday, August 1, 2026
Psalm 32 - The Blessedness of Forgiveness
Psalm 32 A Psalm
of David with Commentaries by Dennis Edwards
32:1-2 Blessed is
he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man
unto whom the Lord imputes
not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
David had sinned in the situation with Bathsheba. His sexual
desires led to the death of Uriah, Bathsheba’s husband. David tried to hide his
sin. He had Uriah killed in battle purposely by enemy fire through withdrawing
his protection. Psalm 51 describes David’s lament and repentance to the
Lord on being found out by the prophet Nathan. The situation is detailed in 2
Samuel 11 & 12. Traditionally, Psalm 32 is another psalm
of repentance connected with the Uriah/Bathsheba event.
Psalm 32:3-4 When I kept silence, my
bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night Your hand
was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
In the Old Testament we read,
Proverbs 28:13 “He that covers his sins
shall not prosper: but whoso confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy.”
In Hebrews we find,
Hebrews 12:11 Now no chastening for the
present seems to be joyous, but grievous, nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable
fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
David did hide his sin. It wasn’t until the prophet Nathan came
and exposed him that he repented and confessed. No doubt God had been working
on him as we see in the lines of the psalm “my moisture is turned into drought of summer.”
Let’s read the account from Samuel.
2 Samuel 12:7-14 “And
Nathan said to David, you are the
man. Thus says the Lord God
of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I
delivered you out of the hand of Saul; And I
gave you your master's house, and your
master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the
house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover
have given unto you such and such (more) things.
“Wherefore have you
despised the commandment of the Lord, to do
evil in His sight? You have killed
Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken
his wife to be your wife, and have slain
him with the sword of the children of Ammon. Now
therefore the sword shall never depart from your house;
because you have despised me, and have taken
the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
“Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will raise up
evil against you out of your own house, and I will
take your wives before your eyes,
and give them unto your neighbour, and he shall
lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. For you
did it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the
sun.
“And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die. Howbeit, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto you shall surely die.”
David’s sin was great, but his repentance was also great. Through
it, we, the sinner, have received some beautiful prayers of repentance that have
been a blessing to ourselves, and to many other sorrowful sinners like David.
We all have fallen short of the glory of God.
Psalm 32:5 I acknowledge my sin unto You, and my iniquity have I not hid. I
said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
We see that David acknowledged his sin once he was caught. How
much better for us to confess our sins to the Lord knowing that He knows them
anyway.
Jesus said that there is nothing hidden that shall not be
revealed. He said, that which was done in secret shall be shouted upon the
housetops, Luke 12:2-3. In the Old Testament we read, “Be
sure your sin will find you out,” Numbers 32:23b.
The epistle of John deals with the question of covering, or
confessing our sin.
1 John 1:8-9 “If we say that we have no
sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sin,
He (God) is faithful and just to forgive us our sin, and cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.”
The truth is that we have all sinned and come short of the glory
of God. There is none of us who only does good. We are all sheep that have gone
astray, and have all together become filthy. We have turned everyone to his own
way.
But God has offered us a way of salvation from our rebellious condition.
If we come unto Him in repentance, rather than try to hide in the trees of the forest
like Adam and Eve did, we can be saved. God has laid on Jesus the iniquity of
us all, and has made His soul an offering for our sin.
“What must we do? Repent, and be baptised … in the name of Jesus
Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy
Ghost,” Acts 2:37b-38.
Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have
separated between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from
you, that He will not hear.
But “the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save;
neither His ear heavy, that He cannot hear,” Isaiah 59:1. We just need
to confess and forsake our sins.
Isaiah 55:6-7 “Seek the Lord while He may
be found, call upon Him while He is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and
the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will
have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.”
In Micah we find the same sentiment.
Micah 7:18-19 “Who is a God like unto You,
that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of His
heritage? He retains not His anger forever, because He delights in mercy. He
will turn again; He will have compassion upon us; He will subdue our
iniquities; and You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.”
Psalm 32:6-7 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto You in a time
when You may be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come
nigh unto him. You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You
shall compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
The Lord has promised to keep us from the hour of trouble that
shall come upon the whole world, because we have kept His word, and not denied
His name, Revelation 3:10. He has told us that He has created us, has
formed us, has redeemed us, and has called us by name; and we are His, Isaiah
43:1. He continues,
Isaiah 43:2 “When you pass through the
waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow
you: when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; neither shall the
flame kindle upon you.”
Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you and
teach you in the way which you shall go: I will guide you with my eye.
God promises to be our guide throughout life. His word can help do
the job, if we spend time reading and meditating on it.
Psalm 119:105 “Your word is a lamp unto my
feet, and a light unto my path.”
Psalm 119:9 “Wherewithal shall a young
man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to Your word.”
Psalm 32:9 Be not as the horse, or as
the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and
bridle, lest they come near unto you.
Apostle James uses the same imagery of the horse with the bit and
bridle in his chapter on the tongue and the problem we have controlling it in James
3. God can help us control our tongue and our other desires, if we come
unto Him with all our hearts. Jesus said,
Matthew 11:28 “Come unto me, all you the
labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
Maybe your heavy laden with sin and problems which you can’t seem
to get the victory over. Jesus is saying to come to Him and He will give you
rest from the constant strife or defeat you are experiencing. He will bring
victory.
Matthew 11:29 “Take My yoke upon you and
learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly of heart: and you shall find rest for your
souls.”
He wants us to find that place of peace and rest of spirit, not
the constant striving, the constant anguish of heart and mind and soul. But we
have to come unto Him. We have to cast our burdens, our problems, even our sins
upon Jesus. His shoulders are broad enough to carry any load of sin or guilt or
addiction we may be struggling with and bring victory.
Psalm 32:10 Many sorrows shall be to the
wicked: but he that trusts in the Lord, mercy
shall compass him about.
The choice is ours: self-righteously carry our own sin; or confess
and forsake our sin, that God may extend His mercy to us.
James 4:6b & 10 “God resists the proud, but
give grace unto the humble… Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He
shall lift you up.”
Psalm 32:11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, you righteous: and shout for joy, all you that are
upright in heart.
We can be glad. We can rejoice. We can shout for joy. Why? Because
we have believed on the name of the Son of God. Our sins are pardoned and we
are washed in the blood of the Lamb. We have no fear of death, nor fear of
judgment for our sins, because we have repented of them, confessed them,
forsaken them, and been made new. “Old things are passed away; behold, all
things are become new,” 2 Corinthians 5:17b.
Have you believed on the name of the Son of God? He calls us all to just come as we are and He will make us new. We’ve got to do the coming. He’ll do the rest!
Originally published February 1, 2025
