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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Gill's Exposition
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made,.... The aerial and starry heavens, and the heaven of heavens, the third heaven, the seat of the divine Majesty, and the habitation of angels and…
Barnes' Notes
By the word of the Lord - By the command of God: Gen 1:3, Gen 1:6 etc. See the notes at Psa 33:9. Were the heavens made - That is, the starry heavens; the worlds above us: Gen 1:1. And all the host of…
Four things the psalmist expresses in these verses:
I. The great desire he had that God might be praised. He did not think he did it so well himself, but that he wished others also might be employed…
Jehovah's creative omnipotence. Word is the expression of thought; command of will: He had but to think and will, and the Universe came into being.
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