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For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
Psalms 100:5 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.
  • BSB For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
  • NKJV For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations.
  • NASB For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting And His faithfulness is to all generations.
  • NLT For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and his faithfulness continues to each generation.

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Quick answer

The LORD is good, His loving kindness endures forever, and His faithfulness to all generations. His unchanging goodness is the reason for our praise.

Overview

The psalm closes by giving the grounds for all this worship: God's goodness, steadfast love, and enduring faithfulness. These covenant qualities assure every generation that God can be trusted. They are supremely displayed in Christ, in whom God's good and faithful love is fully revealed.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 30

  • Ps 106:1Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
  • Ps 86:5For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
  • Ps 107:1O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
  • Ps 36:5Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
  • 1 Chr 16:34O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
  • Jer 33:11The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
  • Ps 136:1–26O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
  • Ps 103:17But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
  • Luke 1:50And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
  • Nah 1:7The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
  • Ps 118:1–4O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
  • Ps 119:68Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
  • 2 Chr 5:13It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
  • Exod 34:6–7And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
  • Ps 89:1–2I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
  • Ps 85:10Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
  • Jer 33:20–21Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
  • Ezra 3:11And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
  • Ps 119:90–91Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
  • Ps 107:22And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
  • Ps 107:8Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
  • Titus 1:2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
  • Rom 15:8–9Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
  • Ps 52:1Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
  • Heb 6:13–18For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
  • Ps 107:15Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
  • Ps 25:8Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
  • Mic 7:20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
  • Deut 7:9Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
  • Ps 146:6Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 100:5 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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