Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 62:12
12and faithful love belongs to you, Lord. For you repay each according to his works.
Psalms 62:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
- New International Version (NIV)and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”; and, “You reward everyone according to what they have done.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy; For You render to each one according to his work.
Context of Psalms 62:12
10Place no trust in oppression or false hope in robbery. If wealth increases, don’t set your heart on it. 11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: strength belongs to God, and faithful love belongs to you, Lord. For you repay each according to his works.
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וּלְךָֽ־אֲדֹנָ֥י חָ֑סֶד כִּֽי־אַתָּ֨ה תְשַׁלֵּ֖ם לְאִ֣ישׁ כְּֽמַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 62:12
- Psalms 86:15But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth.
- Psalms 103:8The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love.
- Exodus 34:6The Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed: The Lord — the Lord is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth,
- Daniel 9:9Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God, though we have rebelled against him
- Micah 7:18Who is a God like you, forgiving iniquity and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not hold on to his anger forever because he delights in faithful love.
- Job 34:11For he repays a person according to his deeds, and he gives him what his conduct deserves.
- Proverbs 24:12If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,” won’t he who weighs hearts consider it? Won’t he who protects your life know? Won’t he repay a person according to his work?
- Jeremiah 32:19the one great in counsel and powerful in action. Your eyes are on all the ways of the children of men in order to reward each person according to his ways and as the result of his actions.
- Ezekiel 7:27The king will mourn; the prince will be clothed in grief; and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their own conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 18:30“Therefore, house of Israel, I will judge each one of you according to his ways.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “Repent and turn from all your rebellious acts, so they will not become a sinful stumbling block to you.
- Ezekiel 33:20Yet you say, “The Lord’s way isn’t fair.” I will judge each of you according to his ways, house of Israel.’”
- Matthew 16:27For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each according to what he has done.
- Romans 2:6He will repay each one according to his works:
- 1 Corinthians 3:8Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may be repaid for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
- Ephesians 6:8knowing that whatever good each one does, slave or free, he will receive this back from the Lord.
Commentaries on Psalms 62:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy - Power, indeed, belongs to God Psalm 62:11; but this is an attribute to be feared, and while, in one respect, it will inspire confidence, or while it gives us the assurance that God is able to defend us when all else shall fail, yet, unattended by any other attribute, it might produce only apprehension and alarm. What man, weak and sinful man, needs to know is not merely that God has almighty power, but how that…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-12Verses 8-12 Those who have found the comfort of the ways of God themselves, will invite others into those ways; we shall never have the less for others sharing with us. the good counsel given is, to trust wholly in God. We must so trust in him at all times, as not at any time to put that trust in ourselves, or in any creature, which is to be put in him only. Trust in him to guide us when in doubt, to protect us when in danger, to supply us when in want…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12Only God balances power and loving devotion. He cares for his people by removing those who do evil from the world (see Psalm 1:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. for thou renderest--literally, "that Thou renderest," &c., connected with "I heard this," as the phrase--"that power," &c. [Psa 62:11]--teaching that by His power He can show both mercy and justice.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 62
- 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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