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and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
Psalms 62:12 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.
  • KJV Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
  • NKJV Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy; For You render to each one according to his work.
  • NASB And faithfulness is Yours, Lord, For You reward a person according to his work.
  • NLT unfailing love, O Lord, is yours. Surely you repay all people according to what they have done.

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Quick answer

David adds that steadfast love also belongs to God, who rewards each person according to their work. It joins God's power with his love and justice.

Overview

David completes the picture: God is not only powerful but also full of steadfast love, and he judges each fairly. Power, love, and justice meet in God's character. The New Testament takes up this truth, affirming that God renders to each according to his deeds, while in Christ his love provides salvation.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 22

  • Matt 16:27For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
  • Job 34:11For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.
  • Rom 2:6God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
  • Ps 103:8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
  • Exod 34:6–7Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
  • 2 Cor 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
  • Ps 86:15But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
  • Prov 24:12If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
  • 1 Cor 3:8He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
  • Dan 9:9To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him
  • Rev 22:12“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.
  • Ezek 18:30Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
  • Ps 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
  • Mic 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
  • 1 Pet 1:17Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.
  • Dan 9:18Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
  • Eph 6:8because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.
  • Ps 103:17But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
  • Col 3:25Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
  • Jer 32:19the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
  • Ezek 33:20Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”
  • Ezek 7:27The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”

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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 62:12 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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