God’s Word Translation
Psalms 135:13
13O Lord, your name endures forever. O Lord, you will be remembered throughout every generation.
Psalms 135:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all generations.
- New International Version (NIV)Your name, Lord, endures forever, your renown, Lord, through all generations.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your name, O Lord, endures forever, your renown, O Lord, throughout all ages.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your name, O Lord, endures forever, Your fame, O Lord, throughout all generations.
Context of Psalms 135:13
11King Sihon of the Amorites, King Og of Bashan, and all the kingdoms in Canaan. 12He gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to his people Israel. O Lord, your name endures forever. O Lord, you will be remembered throughout every generation. 14The Lord will provide justice for his people and have compassion on his servants. 15The idols of the nations are made of silver and gold. They were made by human hands.
Read all of Psalms 135Psalms 135:13 word by word
יְ֭הוָה שִׁמְךָ֣ לְעוֹלָ֑ם יְ֝הוָ֗ה זִכְרְךָ֥ לְדֹר־וָדֹֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 135:13
- Psalms 8:9O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name throughout the earth!
- Psalms 72:17May his name endure forever. May his name continue as long as the sun ⌞shines⌟. May all nations be blessed through him and call him blessed.
- Psalms 102:12But you, O Lord, remain forever. You are remembered throughout every generation.
- Exodus 3:15Again God said to Moses, “This is what you must say to the people of Israel: The Lord God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever. This is my title throughout every generation.
- Exodus 34:5The Lord came down in a cloud and stood there with him and called out his name “the Lord.”
- Hosea 12:5The Lord is the God of Armies. The Lord is the name by which he is remembered.
- Matthew 6:9“This is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, let your name be kept holy.
- Psalms 89:1I will sing forever about the evidence of your mercy, O Lord. I will tell about your faithfulness to every generation.
Commentaries on Psalms 135:13
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever - Thou art the ever-living, the unchanging God. The generations of people pass away; the kingdoms of the earth change; the idols perish, but thou art the same. The object here seems to be to bring the image or the idea of God before the mind as he was when he performed these great works, as a God interposing in behalf of his people, and as worthy of praise. The idea is that he is the same now that he was then; and as he…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 God is, and will be always, the same to his church, a gracious, faithful, wonder-working God. And his church is, and will be, the same to him, a thankful, praising people: thus his name endures for ever. He will return in ways of mercy to them, and will delight to do them good.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-18God’s name and character are very different from idols.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. heritage--or, "possession." name ... memorial--Each denote that by which God is made known.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 13O Lord, Your name is eternal Like Your greatness and Your authority then, so is it also now, and You have the power to judge and to avenge us.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 135
- 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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