You have done many good things for me, Lord, just as you promised.
Parallel translations
- WEB Do good to your servant, according to your word, Yahweh.
- KJV Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
- BSB You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.
- NKJV You have dealt well with Your servant, O Lord, according to Your word.
- NASB ¶You have treated Your servant well, Lord, according to Your word.
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Quick answer
The psalmist acknowledges that God has dealt well with His servant according to His word. It matters because God's goodness toward us is grounded in His faithful promises.
Overview
Opening the Teth stanza, the psalmist confesses that God has treated him well, exactly as His word promised. He traces every kindness back to God's reliable word. This goodness according to promise is supremely displayed in the gospel, where God deals graciously with His servants for the sake of Christ.
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Cross-references · 8
- Ps 13:6I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me.
- Ps 119:17Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.
- Ps 30:11You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
- Ps 116:7Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.
- Ps 16:5–6Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
- Ps 18:35You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.
- Ps 23:5–6You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
- 1 Chr 29:14But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.
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