New Living Translation
Psalms 111:6
6He has shown his great power to his people by 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.
- 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 King James Version (NKJV)He has declared to His people the power of His works, In giving them the heritage of the nations.
Context of Psalms 111:6
4He causes us to remember his wonderful works. How gracious and merciful is our Lord! 5He gives food to those who fear him; he always remembers his covenant. He has shown his great power to his people by giving them the lands of other nations. 7All he does is just and good, and all his commandments are trustworthy. 8They are forever true, to be obeyed faithfully and with integrity.
Read all of Psalms 111Psalms 111:6 word by word
כֹּ֣חַ מַ֭עֲשָׂיו הִגִּ֣יד לְעַמּ֑וֹ לָתֵ֥ת לָ֝הֶ֗ם נַחֲלַ֥ת גּוֹיִֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 111:6
- Psalms 78:12the miracles he did for their ancestors on the plain of Zoan in the land of Egypt.
- Psalms 105:27They performed miraculous signs among the Egyptians, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- Deuteronomy 4:32“Now search all of history, from the time God created people on the earth until now, and search from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything as great as this ever been seen or heard before?
- Joshua 3:14So the people left their camp to cross the Jordan, and the priests who were carrying the Ark of the Covenant went ahead of them.
- Joshua 6:20When the people heard the sound of the rams’ horns, they shouted as loud as they could. Suddenly, the walls of Jericho collapsed, and the Israelites charged straight into the town and captured it.
- Joshua 10:13So the sun stood still and the moon stayed in place until the nation of Israel had defeated its enemies. Is this event not recorded in The Book of Jashar? The sun stayed in the middle of the sky, and it did not set as on a normal day.
- Psalms 2:8Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession.
- Psalms 44:2You drove out the pagan nations by your power and gave all the land to our ancestors. You crushed their enemies and set our ancestors free.
- Psalms 78:55He drove out the nations before them; he gave them their inheritance by lot. He settled the tribes of Israel into their homes.
- Psalms 80:8You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine; you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.
- Psalms 105:44He gave his people the lands of pagan nations, and they harvested crops that others had planted.
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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