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Psalms 100:5
5For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and his faithfulness continues to each generation.
Context of Psalms 100:5
3Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues 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 of evil, you mighty hero? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
- Psalms 86:5You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.
- Psalms 106:1Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
- Psalms 107:1Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
- Psalms 119:68You are good, and what you do is good; teach me your decrees.
- Jeremiah 33:11the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord, saying, “Give thanks to the Lord Almighty, for the Lord is good; his love endures forever.” For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,’ says the Lord.
- Psalms 36:5Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.
- Psalms 103:17But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children—
- Psalms 118:1Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
- Psalms 136:1Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.
- Luke 1:50His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation.
- Psalms 85:10Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
- Psalms 89:1I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
- Psalms 119:90Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures.
- Psalms 146:6He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— he remains faithful forever.
- Exodus 34:6And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in 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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