New International Version
Psalms 111:6
6He has shown his people the power of his works, giving them the lands of other 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He has shown his great power to his people by giving them the lands of other nations.
Context of Psalms 111:6
4He has caused his wonders to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and compassionate. 5He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever. He has shown his people the power of his works, giving them the lands of other nations. 7The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy. 8They are established for ever and ever, enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.
Read all of Psalms 111Psalms 111:6 word by word
כֹּ֣חַ מַ֭עֲשָׂיו הִגִּ֣יד לְעַמּ֑וֹ לָתֵ֥ת לָ֝הֶ֗ם נַחֲלַ֥ת גּוֹיִֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 111:6
- Psalms 78:12He did miracles in the sight of their ancestors in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
- Psalms 105:27They performed his signs among them, his wonders in the land of Ham.
- Deuteronomy 4:32Ask now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of?
- Joshua 3:14So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.
- Joshua 6:20When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city.
- Joshua 10:13So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar. The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.
- Psalms 2:8Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.
- Psalms 44:2With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our ancestors; you crushed the peoples and made our ancestors flourish.
- Psalms 78:55He drove out nations before them and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance; he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.
- Psalms 80:8You transplanted a vine from Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
- Psalms 105:44he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for—
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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