For his loving kindness is great toward us. Yahweh’s faithfulness endures forever. Praise Yah!
Parallel translations
- KJV For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
- BSB For great is His loving devotion toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Hallelujah!
- NKJV For His merciful kindness is great toward us, And the truth of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!
- NASB For His mercy toward us is great, And the truth of the Lord is everlasting. Praise the Lord!
- NLT For his unfailing love for us is powerful; the Lord’s faithfulness endures forever. Praise the Lord!
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Quick answer
The nations are to praise God because his loving kindness is great and his faithfulness endures forever. It matters because God's steadfast love is the reason all peoples should worship him.
Overview
The ground for universal praise is God's covenant love and unfailing faithfulness toward his people. What was shown to Israel becomes a testimony inviting the world to worship. This enduring faithfulness reaches its climax in Christ, in whom God's mercy is extended to all nations, fulfilling the psalm's missionary heart.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Isa 25:1Yahweh, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete faithfulness and truth.
- Ps 103:11For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
- Ps 100:4–5Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
- 1 Jn 5:6This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
- Ps 89:1A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
- John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
- Mic 7:20You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
- Ps 85:10Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
- Rom 15:8–9Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,
- Luke 1:54–55He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,
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