New King James Version
Psalms 111:6
6He has declared to His people the power of His works, In giving them the heritage of the 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.
- New International Version (NIV)He has shown his people the power of his works, giving them the lands of other nations.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the inheritance 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 made His wonderful works to be remembered; The Lord is gracious and full of compassion. 5He has given food to those who fear Him; He will ever be mindful of His covenant. He has declared to His people the power of His works, In giving them the heritage of the nations. 7The works of His hands are verity and justice; All His precepts are sure. 8They stand fast forever and ever, And are done in truth 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 78:12Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
- Psalms 105:27They performed His signs among them, And wonders in the land of Ham.
- Deuteronomy 4:32“For ask now concerning the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether any great thing like this has happened, or anything like it has been heard.
- Joshua 3:14So it was, when the people set out from their camp to cross over the Jordan, with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people,
- Joshua 6:20So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat. Then the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
- Joshua 10:13So the sun stood still, And the moon stopped, Till the people had revenge Upon their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.
- Psalms 2:8Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession.
- Psalms 44:2You drove out the nations with Your hand, But them You planted; You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out.
- Psalms 78:55He also drove out the nations before them, Allotted them an inheritance by survey, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
- Psalms 80:8You have brought a vine out of Egypt; You have cast out the nations, and planted it.
- Psalms 105:44He gave them the lands of the Gentiles, And they inherited the labor of the nations,
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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