God’s Word Translation
Psalms 36:10
10Continue to show your mercy to those who know you and your righteousness to those whose motives are decent.
Psalms 36:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
- New International Version (NIV)Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright of heart!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
Context of Psalms 36:10
8They are refreshed with the rich foods in your house, and you make them drink from the river of your pleasure. 9Indeed, the fountain of life is with you. In your light we see light. Continue to show your mercy to those who know you and your righteousness to those whose motives are decent. 11Do not let the feet of arrogant people step on me or the hands of wicked people push me away. 12Look at the troublemakers who have fallen. They have been pushed down and are unable to stand up again.
Read all of Psalms 36Psalms 36:10 word by word
מְשֹׁ֣ךְ חַ֭סְדְּךָ לְיֹדְעֶ֑יךָ וְ֝צִדְקָֽתְךָ֗ לְיִשְׁרֵי־לֵֽב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 36:10
- Psalms 103:17But from everlasting to everlasting, the Lord’s mercy is on those who fear him. His righteousness belongs to their children and grandchildren,
- Jeremiah 31:3The Lord appeared to me in a faraway place and said, “I love you with an everlasting love. So I will continue to show you my kindness.
- John 15:9“I have loved you the same way the Father has loved me. So live in my love.
- 1 Peter 1:5since you are guarded by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed at the end of time.
- Psalms 9:10Those who know your name trust you, O Lord, because you have never deserted those who seek your help.
- Jeremiah 22:16He defended the cause of the poor and needy. Everything went well for him. Isn’t this what it means to know me?” asks the Lord.
- Jeremiah 24:7I will give them the desire to know that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, because they will wholeheartedly come back to me.
- John 17:3This is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
- Hebrews 8:11No longer will each person teach his neighbors or his relatives by saying, ‘Know the Lord.’ All of them from the least important to the most important will all know me
- Psalms 7:8The Lord judges the people of the world. Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity.
- Psalms 18:24The Lord paid me back because of my righteousness, because he can see that my hands are clean.
- Psalms 94:14The Lord will never desert his people or abandon those who belong to him.
- Psalms 97:10Let those who love the Lord hate evil. The one who guards the lives of his godly ones will rescue them from the power of wicked people.
- Psalms 143:1O Lord, listen to my prayer. Open your ears to hear my urgent requests. Answer me because you are faithful and righteous.
- Isaiah 51:6Look at the sky. Look at the earth below. The sky will vanish like smoke. The earth will wear out like clothing, and those who live there will die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, and my righteousness will never fail.
- 2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight. I have completed the race. I have kept the faith.
Commentaries on Psalms 36:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10O continue thy loving-kindness - Literally, "Draw out thy mercy." The allusion to the spring is still kept up. Unto them that know thee - To them who acknowledge thee in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation. And thy righteousness - That grace which justifies the ungodly, and sanctifies the unholy. To the upriabt in heart - לב לישרי levishrey leb, to the straight of heart; to those who have but one end in view, and one aim to that end. This is…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10O continue - Margin, as in Hebrew: “draw out at length.” The Hebrew word means “to draw;” hence, “to draw out,” in the sense of “continuing” or “prolonging.” Compare Psalm 85:5; Psalm 109:12; Jeremiah 31:3. The desire of the psalmist here is, that God would make the manifestation of his loving-kindness “continuous” or “perpetual” to His people; that it might not be fitful and interrupted, but always enduring, or constant. It is the utterance of a prayer…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 Men may shut up their compassion, yet, with God we shall find mercy. This is great comfort to all believers, plainly to be seen, and not to be taken away. God does all wisely and well; but what he does we know not now, it is time enough to know hereafter. God's loving-kindness is precious to the saints. They put themselves under his protection, and then are safe and easy. Gracious souls, though still desiring more of God, never desire more…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11God's wisdom covers all of creation and protects those who follow him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. that know thee--right knowledge of God is the source of right affections and conduct.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 36
- 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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