But you are near, O Lord, and all your commands are true.
Parallel translations
- WEB You are near, Yahweh. All your commandments are truth.
- KJV Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy 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.
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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 145:18Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
- Ps 119:142Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.
- Ps 139:2You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
- Ps 34:18Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
- Ps 75:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm by Asaph. A song. We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.
- Deut 4:7For what great nation is there, that has a god so near to them, as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?
- Ps 46:1For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Matt 1:23“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel”; which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”
- Ps 119:138You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
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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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