Verse

Psalm 33:13

ESV The Lord looks down from heaven; he sees all the children of man;
NIV From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind;
NASB The Lord looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of mankind;
CSB The Lord looks down from heaven; he observes everyone.
NLT The Lord looks down from heaven and sees the whole human race.
KJV The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
NKJV The Lord looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.

What does Psalm 33:13 mean?

God is omniscient: all-knowing, perceiving and understanding everything in all of creation. He is unlike the disinterested, disconnected deity some unbelievers perceive. He did not create the world and then absent Himself from it, allowing it to run down by itself. He is vitally involved in creation.

Hebrews 4:13 teaches: "And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account." Near the well called Beer-lahai-roi, after the angel of the Lord appeared to Hagar, she called the name of the Lord, "You are a God of seeing" (Genesis 16:13). In Psalm 139 David testifies that he is unable to go anywhere without the Lord's knowledge. Jesus, the Son of God, also possesses omniscience, which He exercised in compliance with the Father's will. In a notable example, He saw Nathanael under a fig tree before Nathanael approached Him (John 1:48).
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