New English Translation
Psalms 100:5
5For the Lord is good. His loyal love endures, and he is faithful through all generations.
Psalms 100:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
- New International Version (NIV)For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations.
Context of Psalms 100:5
3Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us and we belong to him; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give him thanks! Praise his name! For the Lord is good. His loyal love endures, and he is faithful through all generations.
Read all of Psalms 100Psalms 100:5 word by word
כִּי־ט֣וֹב יְ֭הֹוָה לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְעַד־דֹּ֥ר וָ֝דֹ֗ר אֱמוּנָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 100:5
- Psalms 52:1Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God’s loyal love protects me all day long!
- Psalms 86:5Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.
- Psalms 106:1Praise the Lord! Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his loyal love endures!
- Psalms 107:1Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his loyal love endures!
- Psalms 119:68You are good and you do good. Teach me your statutes!
- Jeremiah 33:11Once again there will be sounds of joy and gladness and the glad celebrations of brides and grooms. Once again people will bring their thank offerings to the temple of the Lord and will say, “Give thanks to the Lord who rules over all. For the Lord is good and his unfailing love lasts forever.” For I, the Lord, affirm that I will restore the land to what it was in days of old.’
- Psalms 36:5O Lord, your loyal love reaches to the sky; your faithfulness to the clouds.
- Psalms 103:17But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants,
- Psalms 118:1Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good and his loyal love endures!
- Psalms 136:1Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his loyal love endures.
- Luke 1:50from generation to generation he is merciful to those who fear him.
- Psalms 85:10Loyal love and faithfulness meet; deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss.
- Psalms 89:1I will sing continually about the Lord’s faithful deeds; to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness.
- Psalms 119:90You demonstrate your faithfulness to all generations. You established the earth and it stood firm.
- Psalms 146:6the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains forever faithful,
- Exodus 34:6The Lord passed by before him and proclaimed: “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,
Commentaries on Psalms 100:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5For the Lord is good - Goodness the perfect, eternal opposition to all badness and evil, is essential to God. Mercy and compassion are modifications of his goodness; and as his nature is eternal, so his mercy, springing from his goodness, must be everlasting. And as Truth is an essential characteristic of an infinitely intelligent and perfect nature; therefore God's truth must endure from generation to generation. Whatsoever he has promised must be…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For the Lord is good - For good is Yahweh. That is, He is not a being of mere “power;” he is not merely the Creator; but he is benevolent, and is, therefore, worthy of universal praise. In the former verses, his claim to adoration is founded on the fact that he is the “Creator,” and has, as such, a right to our service; in this verse, the claim is asserted on account of his moral character: (1) his benevolence; (2) his mercy; (3) his truth; (a) the fact…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5This psalm calls all nations to come to Jerusalem to worship the Lord and acknowledge his goodness to Israel.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. The reason: God's eternal mercy and truth (Psa 25:8; 89:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 100
- 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
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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