For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
Parallel translations
- WEB For your loving kindness is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
- BSB For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
- NKJV For Your mercy is great above the heavens, And Your truth reaches to the clouds.
- NASB For Your mercy is great above the heavens, And Your truth reaches to the skies.
- NLT For your unfailing love is higher than the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
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God's loving kindness is great above the heavens, and his faithfulness reaches the skies.
Overview
David celebrates the immeasurable greatness of God's steadfast love and faithfulness, towering beyond the heavens. These twin attributes form the ground of all his praise and confidence. The boundless hesed and faithfulness of God are supremely demonstrated in Christ, in whom God's promises find their yes and amen.
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Cross-references · 9
- Ps 36:5Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
- Eph 2:4–7But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
- Ps 103:11For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
- Ps 89:2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
- Ps 89:5And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
- Ps 85:10Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
- Isa 55:9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
- Mic 7:18–20Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
- Ps 113:4The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
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