Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
Parallel translations
- WEB You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.
- BSB You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.
- NKJV You are near, O Lord, And all Your commandments are truth.
- NASB You are near, Lord, And all Your commandments are truth.
- NLT But you are near, O Lord, and all your commands are true.
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Quick answer
Though enemies are near, God is nearer, and all His commandments are truth. God's nearness and trustworthy Word outweigh every threat.
Overview
Against the closing wicked of the previous verse, the psalmist affirms a greater nearness: 'You are near, Yahweh.' God's presence is his security, and the reliability of God's commandments as 'truth' steadies him. This assurance of God's nearness is consummated in Christ, Immanuel, God with us.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 145:18The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
- Ps 119:142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
- Ps 139:2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
- Ps 34:18The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
- Ps 75:1Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
- Deut 4:7For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
- Ps 46:1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Matt 1:23Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
- Ps 119:138Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
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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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