New King James Version
Psalms 106:3
3Blessed are those who keep justice, And he who does righteousness at all times!
Psalms 106:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
- New International Version (NIV)Blessed are those who act justly, who always do what is right.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!
- New Living Translation (NLT)There is joy for those who deal justly with others and always do what is right.
Context of Psalms 106:3
1Praise the Lord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. 2Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? Who can declare all His praise? Blessed are those who keep justice, And he who does righteousness at all times! 4Remember me, O Lord, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation, 5That I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may glory with Your inheritance.
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אַ֭שְׁרֵי שֹׁמְרֵ֣י מִשְׁפָּ֑ט עֹשֵׂ֖ה צְדָקָ֣ה בְכָל־עֵֽת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 106:3
- Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
- Psalms 84:11For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.
- Psalms 119:1Blessed are the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the Lord!
- Mark 3:35For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother.”
- Luke 6:47Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like:
- Luke 11:28But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
- John 13:17If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
- John 15:14You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.
- James 1:25But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
- Revelation 7:15Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them.
- Revelation 22:14Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.
- Psalms 119:106I have sworn and confirmed That I will keep Your righteous judgments.
- Isaiah 56:1Thus says the Lord: “Keep justice, and do righteousness, For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed.
- Jeremiah 22:15“Shall you reign because you enclose yourself in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, And do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
- Luke 11:42“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass by justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
- John 14:21He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”
Commentaries on Psalms 106:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times - How near do the Anglo-Saxon, the ancient Scottish Version, and the present translation, approach to each other! Anglo-Saxon. "Blessed they that holdeth doom, and doth righteousness in ilkere tide." Anglo-Scottish. Blisful tha that kepes dome, and duse rightwisnes in ilk tyme. Those are truly blessed, or happy, whose hearts are devoted to God, and who live in the habit of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Blessed are they that keep judgment - They are blessed, for their conduet is right, and it leads to happiness. The Hebrew is, “the keepers of judgment;” that is, they who observe the rules of justice in their conduct, or who are governed by the principles of integrity. And he that doeth righteousness at all times - All who yield obedience to just law - whether a nation or an individual. The psalm is designed to illustrate this “by contrast;” that is, by…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3Wise people who practice justice and righteousness receive encouragement to proclaim the Lord’s great acts.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. The blessing is limited to those whose principles and acts are right. How "blessed" Israel would be now, if he had "observed God's statutes" (Psa 105:45).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 106
- 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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