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Psalm 33:14
From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,
12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.
13The LORD looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men.
14From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,
15he who fashions all of their hearts; and he considers all of their works.
16There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
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The words “all the inhabitants of the earth” extend God's gaze beyond familiar people and places, leaving no person outside his sight.
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Psalm 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.Both speak of God's habitation: Psalm 33 describes his gaze upon everyone, and Psalm 68 names his care for the fatherless and widows.
Isaiah 63:15Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory. Where are your zeal and your mighty acts? The yearning of your heart and …Isaiah asks God to look from his holy habitation; Psalm 33 declares that God looks upon all the earth's inhabitants.
Job 22:14Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’Both concern God's sight from above, but the claim quoted in Job denies the sight that Psalm 33 affirms.
1 Kings 8:39then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, …Both describe God in his dwelling place with awareness of humanity: seeing all inhabitants and knowing every heart.
Daniel 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and …Both name all the inhabitants of the earth, whom God sees in the psalm and among whom he acts in Daniel.
Psalm 123:1A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to you, you who sit in the heavens.Psalm 33 describes God's gaze toward earth; Psalm 123 describes a worshiper's gaze toward God in heaven.
1 Kings 8:30Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when you …Both speak of God's dwelling place, with the psalm describing his sight and Kings asking for his hearing and forgiveness.
1 Kings 8:43hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear …Both connect God's dwelling place with a worldwide scope: all earth's inhabitants in the psalm and all its peoples in Kings.
Isaiah 57:15For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble …Both speak of God's dwelling; Isaiah also declares his presence with those of a contrite and humble spirit.
1 Kings 8:27But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house that I have built!Both passages speak of God's dwelling, while Kings asks whether even heaven can contain him.
1 Timothy 6:16He alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen nor can see, to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.Both describe God's dwelling, though the psalm concerns his sight of humanity and Timothy declares that no human can see him.
Isaiah 66:1The LORD says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build to me? Where will I rest?Both describe God in relation to earth from above: looking upon its inhabitants in the psalm and enthroned in heaven in Isaiah.
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Encouragement
Your life takes place within the sight of God. From his habitation, he sees the whole earth, and you are among its inhabitants.
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