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the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
Psalms 146:6 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;
  • KJV Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
  • NKJV Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever,
  • NASB Who made heaven and earth, The sea and everything that is in them; Who keeps faith forever;
  • NLT He made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He keeps every promise forever.

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Quick answer

God made heaven, earth, sea, and all in them, and keeps faith forever. The Creator of all is also the One who is utterly faithful.

Overview

The ground of hope is that God is both almighty Creator and eternally faithful. His power to make all things and His constancy in keeping truth make Him worthy of trust. The same Word through whom all things were made became flesh in Christ (John 1:3, 14).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 26

  • Rev 14:7And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”
  • Exod 20:11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
  • Ps 100:5For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
  • Ps 136:5–6By His insight He made the heavens. His loving devotion endures forever.
  • Gen 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
  • Jer 32:17“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
  • Col 1:16For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
  • Ps 95:5The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
  • Ps 89:2For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
  • Prov 8:28–29when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,
  • Ps 117:2For great is His loving devotion toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Hallelujah!
  • Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
  • Heb 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
  • Ps 33:6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
  • Acts 14:15“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
  • Ps 115:15May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
  • John 1:3Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
  • Job 38:8–11Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
  • Jer 10:11–12Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
  • Deut 7:9Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
  • Ps 89:33But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
  • Dan 9:4And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,
  • Ps 148:5–6Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.
  • Ps 98:3He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
  • John 10:34Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’?
  • Mic 7:20You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.

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Christ at the center

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.

How Psalms 146:6 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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