John Gill Commentary Psalms 33:9

"For he spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast." — Psalms 33:9 (ASV)

For he spoke, and it was [done]
Or "it was" ^F1 , it came into being by a word speaking, almighty power going along with it; see (Genesis 1:3Genesis 1:6Genesis 1:7Genesis 1:9Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:14Genesis 1:15Genesis 1:20Genesis 1:24) ;

he commanded, and it stood fast ;
every created thing continued in its being; not only all things were produced into being by his all commanding word and power, "nutu Jovis", as Maximus Tyrius speaks {b}; but by the same all things are upheld and consist, (Hebrews 1:3) (Colossians 1:17) . The poet ^F3 uses the same word of God in the creation of things; and is the phrase in (Genesis 1:3) admired by Longinus ^F4 : or this may refer to the implantation of the grace of fear in the hearts of his people; for as he speaks life into them in regeneration, commands light to shine in their dark heart, and says to them, when in their blood, Live; so by the mighty power of his word he commands the fear of him in them, and it continues.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F1: (yhyw) "et fuit", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Gejerus; so Ainsworth.