Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 33:6

6. By the word of the LORD , were the heavens made: and all the host of them , by the breath of his mouth .

Either, 1. By the Hypostatical word, Christ, who is oft called God's Word, even by the Chaldee Paraphrast, as also Iohn, 1. v. 1, 2, 3. where he is said to be that [illegible: 1+ letters]rd, by whom all things were made. So that which is here spoken more darkly and doubtedly, according to that state of the Church, is more clearly declared in the New Testament. Or, 2. By his Will or Command, as this very Phrase is here used, v. 4. and as it seems to be explained, v. 9. And so it hath a great Emphasis in it, that God made this admirable structure of the Heavens, and all its glorious Stars; not with great pains and time, and help of many Artists and Instruments, as men do far meaner Works, but with one single Word; which is much to the Glory of the Creator.

The Angels: Or the Stars. See on Gen. 2. 1.

Either, 1. By the Holy Ghost, so called, Iob 33. 4. And so here are all the Persons of the Trinity I[illegible: 1+ letters]hovah, the Father, and the Word, and the Spirit; to each of which this Work of Creation is elsewhere ascribed, as was noted on Gen. 1. 26. Or, 2. By his Word, as it was expressed in the last Clause, which is so called, Isa. 11. 4. 2. T[illegible: 1+ letters]s. 2. 8.

Marginal references: Gen. 1. 6, 7. Heb. 11. 3. 2. Pet. 3. 5.; Job 26. 13.