English Standard Version
Psalms 145:9
9The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
Psalms 145:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord is good to everyone. He showers compassion on all his creation.
Context of Psalms 145:9
7They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness. 8The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. 10All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord, and all your saints shall bless you! 11They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom and tell of your power,
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טוֹב־יְהוָ֥ה לַכֹּ֑ל וְ֝רַחֲמָ֗יו עַל־כָּל־מַעֲשָֽׂיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 145:9
- Psalms 25:8Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
- Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O Lord.
- Psalms 65:9You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
- Psalms 104:27These all look to you, to give them their food in due season.
- Jonah 4:11And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?"
- Nahum 1:7The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.
- Matthew 5:45so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
- Acts 14:17Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness."
- Acts 17:25nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
Commentaries on Psalms 145:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The Lord is good to all - To all his creatures. That is, he is kind and compassionate toward them; he is disposed and ready to do them good. There is not one of them whom he is not ready and willing to bless; not one whose happiness would not be agreeable to him, or whose welfare he is not ready to promote. Compare Psalm 100:5. And his tender mercies are over all his works - In all that he has made there is evidence that he is a kind and benevolent God…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9God consistently demonstrates his character toward all his creation (see Psalm 136:25).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-98-9. (Compare Psa 103:8; 111:4). over all, &c.--rests on all His works.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 145
- 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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