He has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations.
Parallel translations
- WEB He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations.
- KJV He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
- NKJV He has declared to His people the power of His works, In giving them the heritage of the nations.
- NASB He has made known to His people the power of His works, In giving them the inheritance of the nations.
- NLT He has shown his great power to his people by giving them the lands of other nations.
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Quick answer
God showed His people His power by giving them the nations' land as their inheritance. His mighty acts secured their heritage.
Overview
This recalls the conquest of Canaan, when God gave Israel the 'heritage of the nations' as promised to Abraham. It demonstrates God's power working to fulfill His covenant word. The earthly inheritance foreshadows the greater inheritance secured for believers in Christ, an everlasting kingdom that cannot be shaken (1 Peter 1:4).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 80:8You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
- Ps 2:8Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
- Ps 44:2With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
- Josh 10:13–14So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”
- Ps 78:12–72He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
- Josh 3:14–17So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.
- Josh 6:20So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.
- Ps 105:27–45They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- Deut 4:32–38Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?
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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.
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