Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.
- KJV For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
- NKJV Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven.
- NASB ¶Forever, Lord, Your word stands in heaven.
- NLT Your eternal word, O Lord, stands firm in heaven.
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Quick answer
God's word is forever settled and fixed in heaven. Its permanence stands above all earthly change.
Overview
Opening the LAMED stanza, the psalmist turns from his troubles to the unshakable stability of God's word, established in heaven beyond the reach of time. Whatever changes on earth, God's word endures, anchoring the believer's hope in something eternal. Jesus affirmed this when He said heaven and earth would pass away but His words never would (Matt. 24:35; 1 Pet. 1:25).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- 1 Pet 1:25but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
- Matt 5:18For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
- Matt 24:34–35Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.
- Ps 119:160The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
- Ps 119:152Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
- Ps 89:2For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
- 2 Pet 3:13But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
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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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