New King James Version
Psalms 135:13
13Your name, O Lord, endures forever, Your fame, O Lord, throughout all generations.
Psalms 135:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all generations.
- New International Version (NIV)Your name, Lord, endures forever, your renown, Lord, through all generations.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your name, O Lord, endures forever, your renown, O Lord, throughout all ages.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Your name, O Lord, endures forever; your fame, O Lord, is known to every generation.
Context of Psalms 135:13
11Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, And all the kingdoms of Canaan— 12And gave their land as a heritage, A heritage to Israel His people. Your name, O Lord, endures forever, Your fame, O Lord, throughout all generations. 14For the Lord will judge His people, And He will have compassion on His servants. 15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.
Read all of Psalms 135Psalms 135:13 word by word
יְ֭הוָה שִׁמְךָ֣ לְעוֹלָ֑ם יְ֝הוָ֗ה זִכְרְךָ֥ לְדֹר־וָדֹֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 135:13
- Psalms 8:9O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
- Psalms 72:17His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun. And men shall be blessed in Him; All nations shall call Him blessed.
- Psalms 102:12But You, O Lord, shall endure forever, And the remembrance of Your name to all generations.
- Exodus 3:15Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.’
- Exodus 34:5Now the Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.
- Hosea 12:5That is, the Lord God of hosts. The Lord is His memorable name.
- Matthew 6:9In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
- Psalms 89:1I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever; With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.
Commentaries on Psalms 135:13
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever - Thou art the ever-living, the unchanging God. The generations of people pass away; the kingdoms of the earth change; the idols perish, but thou art the same. The object here seems to be to bring the image or the idea of God before the mind as he was when he performed these great works, as a God interposing in behalf of his people, and as worthy of praise. The idea is that he is the same now that he was then; and as he…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 God is, and will be always, the same to his church, a gracious, faithful, wonder-working God. And his church is, and will be, the same to him, a thankful, praising people: thus his name endures for ever. He will return in ways of mercy to them, and will delight to do them good.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-18God’s name and character are very different from idols.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. heritage--or, "possession." name ... memorial--Each denote that by which God is made known.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 13O Lord, Your name is eternal Like Your greatness and Your authority then, so is it also now, and You have the power to judge and to avenge us.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 135
- 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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