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Psalms 145:9
9The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.
Psalms 145:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord is good to everyone. He showers compassion on all his creation.
Context of Psalms 145:9
7They celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness. 8The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love. The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made. 10All your works praise you, Lord; your faithful people extol you. 11They tell of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might,
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טוֹב־יְהוָ֥ה לַכֹּ֑ל וְ֝רַחֲמָ֗יו עַל־כָּל־מַעֲשָֽׂיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 145:9
- Psalms 25:8Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
- Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.
- Psalms 65:9You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have ordained it.
- Psalms 104:27All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time.
- Jonah 4:11And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”
- Nahum 1:7The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him,
- Matthew 5:45that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
- Acts 14:17Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”
- Acts 17:25And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
Commentaries on Psalms 145:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The Lord is good to all - To all his creatures. That is, he is kind and compassionate toward them; he is disposed and ready to do them good. There is not one of them whom he is not ready and willing to bless; not one whose happiness would not be agreeable to him, or whose welfare he is not ready to promote. Compare Psalm 100:5. And his tender mercies are over all his works - In all that he has made there is evidence that he is a kind and benevolent God…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9God consistently demonstrates his character toward all his creation (see Psalm 136:25).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-98-9. (Compare Psa 103:8; 111:4). over all, &c.--rests on all His works.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 145
- 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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