New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 111:6
6He has made known to 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the inheritance of the 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.
Context of Psalms 111:6
4He has caused His wonders to be remembered; The Lord is gracious and compassionate. 5He has given food to those who fear Him; He will remember His covenant forever. He has made known to His people the power of His works, In giving them the inheritance of the nations. 7The works of His hands are truth and justice; All His precepts are trustworthy. 8They are upheld forever and ever; They are performed in truth and uprightness.
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כֹּ֣חַ מַ֭עֲשָׂיו הִגִּ֣יד לְעַמּ֑וֹ לָתֵ֥ת לָ֝הֶ֗ם נַחֲלַ֥ת גּוֹיִֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 111:6
- Psalms 78:12He performed wonders before their fathers In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
- Psalms 105:27They performed His wondrous acts among them, And miracles in the land of Ham.
- Deuteronomy 4:32“Indeed, ask now about the earlier days that were before your time, since the day that God created mankind on the earth, and inquire from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything been done like this great thing, or has anything been heard like it?
- Joshua 3:14So when the people set out from their tents to cross the Jordan, with the priests carrying the ark of the covenant before the people,
- Joshua 6:20So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, everyone straight ahead, and they took the city.
- Joshua 10:13So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, Until the nation avenged themselves of their enemies. Is it not written in the Book of Jashar? And the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and did not hurry to go down for about a whole day.
- Psalms 2:8Ask it of Me, and I will certainly give the nations as Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth as Your possession.
- Psalms 44:2You with Your own hand drove out the nations; Then You planted them; You afflicted the peoples, Then You let them go free.
- Psalms 78:55He also drove out the nations from them And apportioned them as an inheritance by measurement, And had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
- Psalms 80:8You removed a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it.
- Psalms 105:44He also gave them the lands of the nations, So that they might take possession of the fruit of the peoples’ labor,
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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