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Psalms 115:14
14May the Lord give you [great] increase, You and your children.
Psalms 115:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
- New International Version (NIV)May the Lord cause you to flourish, both you and your children.
- English Standard Version (ESV)May the Lord give you increase, you and your children!
- New King James Version (NKJV)May the Lord give you increase more and more, You and your children.
Context of Psalms 115:14
12The Lord has been mindful of us; He will bless, He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron. 13He will bless those who fear and worship the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder], Both the small and the great. May the Lord give you [great] increase, You and your children. 15May you be blessed of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. 16The heavens are the heavens of the Lord, But the earth He has given to the children of men.
Read all of Psalms 115Psalms 115:14 word by word
יֹסֵ֣ף יְהוָ֣ה עֲלֵיכֶ֑ם עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם וְעַל־בְּנֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 115:14
- Genesis 13:16I will make your descendants [as numerous] as the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the [grains of] dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.
- 2 Samuel 24:3But Joab said to the king, “May the Lord your God add to the people a hundred times as many as there are, and let the eyes of my lord the king see it; but why does my lord the king want to do this thing?”
- Isaiah 2:2Now it will come to pass that In the last days The mountain of the house of the Lord Will be [firmly] established as the highest of the mountains, And will be exalted above the hills; And all the nations will stream to it.
- Isaiah 27:6In the generations to come Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and sprout, And they will fill the surface of the world with fruit.
- Isaiah 19:20It will become a sign and a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the Lord because of oppressors, and He will send them a Savior, a [Great] Defender, and He will rescue them.
- Isaiah 56:8The Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares: “I will gather yet others to them (Israel), to those [already] gathered.”
- Isaiah 60:4“Lift up your eyes around you and see; They all gather together, they come to you. Your sons will come from far away, And your daughters will be looked after at their side.
- Jeremiah 30:19From them (city, palace) will come [songs of] thanksgiving And the voices of those who dance and celebrate. And I will multiply them and they will not be diminished [in number]; I will also honor them and they will not be insignificant.
- Jeremiah 33:22As the host of [the stars of] heaven cannot be counted and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me.’ ”
- Hosea 1:10Yet the number of the sons of Israel Shall be like the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered; And in the place Where it is said to them, “You are not My people,” It will be said to them, “You are the sons of the living God.”
- Zechariah 8:20“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘It will come to pass that peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will come [to Jerusalem].
- Zechariah 10:8I will whistle for them and gather them together, For I have redeemed them; And they will increase [again] as they have increased before [in Egypt].
- Revelation 7:4And I heard how many were sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand; [twelve thousand] sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:
- Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
- Jeremiah 32:38They will be My people, and I will be their God;
- Acts 2:39For the promise [of the Holy Spirit] is for you and your children and for all who are far away [including the Gentiles], as many as the Lord our God calls to Himself.”
Commentaries on Psalms 115:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The Lord shall increase you more and more - He will increase your numbers and your power. We may suppose that the people were greatly diminished by the captivity, and that on their return to their country their number was comparatively small. This promise of a great increase was in accordance with the cherished wishes of the Hebrew people, and with the repeated promises which God had made to their fathers. Compare Genesis 15:5; Genesis 22:17; Genesis…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 It is folly to trust in dead images, but it is wisdom to trust in the living God, for he is a help and a shield to those that trust in him. Wherever there is right fear of God, there may be cheerful faith in him; those who reverence his word, may rely upon it. He is ever found faithful. The greatest need his blessing, and it shall not be denied to the meanest that fear him. God's blessing gives an increase, especially in spiritual blessings…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-15The psalmist blesses (Psalm 107:37–38, 41) all who trust in and fear the Lord. The Creator will care for the families of those who fear him. the Maker of heaven and earth: This phrase speaks about how the Lord created everything and has power over all creation.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Opposed to the decrease pending and during the captivity.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 115
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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