Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever. RESH
Parallel translations
- KJV Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
- BSB Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
- NKJV Concerning Your testimonies, I have known of old that You have founded them forever. ר Resh
- NASB From long ago I have known from Your testimonies That You have founded them forever. Resh
- NLT I have known from my earliest days that your laws will last forever. Resh
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Quick answer
Long ago he learned that God founded His testimonies to stand forever. God's Word is ancient, settled, and unchanging.
Overview
Closing the 'Qoph' stanza, the psalmist testifies that he has long known God's Word is permanently established. Its endurance gives him stability amid shifting circumstances and hostile foes. Jesus affirms the same permanence: heaven and earth will pass away, but God's words will not.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Luke 21:33Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
- Eccl 3:14I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.
- Ps 111:7–8The works of his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure.
- Ps 119:144Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. KUF
- Ps 119:160All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND SHIN
- Ps 89:34–37I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.
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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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