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Psalms 11:7
7The Lord always does what is right. He loves people to do good things. Those who do what is right will know that God loves them.
Psalms 11:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
- New International Version (NIV)For the Lord is righteous, he loves justice; the upright will see his face.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the Lord is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright.
Context of Psalms 11:7
5The Lord watches both good people and wicked people. Good people please him, but he hates wicked people and cruel people. 6He will send hot coal and sulphur to fall like rain on wicked people. A dangerous wind will be the punishment that they deserve. The Lord always does what is right. He loves people to do good things. Those who do what is right will know that God loves them.
Read all of Psalms 11Psalms 11:7 word by word
כִּֽי־צַדִּ֣יק יְ֭הוָה צְדָק֣וֹת אָהֵ֑ב יָ֝שָׁ֗ר יֶחֱז֥וּ פָנֵֽימוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 11:7
- Psalms 45:7You love people to do what is right, and you hate anything that is evil. So God, your God, has chosen you to be greater than all your people. He has put special olive oil on you, to make you happy.
- Psalms 99:4You are a strong king who loves justice. You have made fair rules, so that people in Israel do what is right.
- Psalms 146:8The Lord makes blind people see again. The Lord lifts up people who have fallen down. The Lord loves people who are righteous.
- Isaiah 61:8I, the Lord, love justice. I hate it when people rob others, or they do other wrong things. Because I am faithful, I will give help to my people. I will make a covenant with them that will continue for ever.
- Psalms 5:12Lord, you bless those who live in a right way. Your love is like a shield that keeps them safe.
- Psalms 21:6You will continue to bless him for ever. Because you are very near to him, he is very happy.
- Psalms 33:18Remember, the Lord takes care of people who respect him. Those people trust him for his faithful love.
- Psalms 34:15The Lord watches over righteous people. He hears them when they call to him for help.
- Psalms 42:5Now I ask myself, ‘Why am I so sad and upset?’ I must wait patiently for God to help me. Then I will praise my God once again, because he is the one who saves me.
- Job 36:7He takes care of righteous people. He gives them authority to rule like kings. He gives them honour for ever.
- 1 Peter 3:12Remember that the Lord God sees what everyone does. He takes care of people who do what is right. When they pray, he listens to them. But the Lord God turns against people who do evil things.’
Commentaries on Psalms 11:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The righteous Lord loveth righteousness - He loves that which resembles himself. His countenance - his face - is ever open and unclouded to the upright. They always enjoy his salvation, and know that he is pleased with them. The preceding verse my old MS. translates and paraphrases thus: - He sal rayne on synful, snares, fyre, brimstane, and gost of stormis. Par - He Sal rayne on synful in this werld, snares, that es wiked Lare: fyre is covatyse…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness - This would be more correctly rendered, “For Jehovah is righteous; he loves righteousness.” The idea is, that God is himself righteous, and, consequently, he loves those who are righteous. He may be confided in, therefore, by the righteous as their friend, and being under his protection they have nothing to fear. His countenance doth behold the upright - The word rendered “countenance” is, in the Hebrew, in the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The godly are assured of the Lord’s favorable presence when they see his face (see Psalm 23:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. his countenance--literally, "their faces," a use of the plural applied to God, as in Ge 1:26; 3:22; 11:7; Is 6:8, &c., denoting the fulness of His perfections, or more probably originating in a reference to the trinity of persons. "Faces" is used as "eyes" (Psa 11:4), expressing here God's complacency towards the upright (compare Psa 34:15, 16).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 11
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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