English Standard Version
Psalms 111:6
6He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the inheritance of the nations.
Psalms 111:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
- New International Version (NIV)He has shown his people the power of his works, giving them the lands of other nations.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He has declared to His people the power of His works, In giving them the heritage of the nations.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He has shown his great power to his people by giving them the lands of other nations.
Context of Psalms 111:6
4He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and merciful. 5He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever. He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the inheritance of the nations. 7The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy; 8they are established forever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness.
Read all of Psalms 111Psalms 111:6 word by word
כֹּ֣חַ מַ֭עֲשָׂיו הִגִּ֣יד לְעַמּ֑וֹ לָתֵ֥ת לָ֝הֶ֗ם נַחֲלַ֥ת גּוֹיִֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 111:6
- Psalms 78:12In the sight of their fathers he performed wonders in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.
- Psalms 105:27They performed his signs among them and miracles in the land of Ham.
- Deuteronomy 4:32"For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of.
- Joshua 3:14So when the people set out from their tents to pass over the Jordan with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people,
- Joshua 6:20So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city.
- Joshua 10:13And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day.
- Psalms 2:8Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.
- Psalms 44:2you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free;
- Psalms 78:55He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
- Psalms 80:8You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
- Psalms 105:44And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil,
Commentaries on Psalms 111:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The power of his works - They have seen that these things did not arrive in the common course of nature, it was not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts they were done. And it required a display of the power of God to give them the heritage of the heathen.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6He hath showed his people - The Jewish people. He has made this known to them. The reference here is not to his “announcing” it, or stating it, but to his acts of interposition in their behalf in which he had manifested the greatness of his power. The power of his works - The power of his acts; the power involved in what he does. The power referred to here was that which was evinced in destroying the Egyptians, and in subduing the nations of Canaan. That…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8Giving Israel the land of other nations was just and good. The Lord was judging those nations and showing grace to Israel. However, if the Israelites do not live faithfully and with integrity, they will also lose the land. The Lord’s people must reflect his character.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-86-8. His power was shown especially in giving them the promised land, and His faithfulness and justice thus displayed are, like His precepts, reliable and of permanent obligation.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 111
- 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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