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Psalms 117:2
2For his unfailing love for us is powerful; the Lord’s faithfulness endures forever. Praise the Lord!
Psalms 117:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!
- New King James Version (NKJV)For His merciful kindness is great toward us, And the truth of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!
Context of Psalms 117:2
1Praise the Lord, all you nations. Praise him, all you people of the earth. For his unfailing love for us is powerful; the Lord’s faithfulness endures forever. Praise the Lord!
Read all of Psalms 117Psalms 117:2 word by word
כִּ֥י גָ֘בַ֤ר עָלֵ֨ינוּ׀ חַסְדּ֗וֹ וֶֽאֱמֶת־יְהוָ֥ה לְעוֹלָ֗ם הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 117:2
- Psalms 85:10Unfailing love and truth have met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed!
- Psalms 89:1I will sing of the Lord’s unfailing love forever! Young and old will hear of your faithfulness.
- Psalms 100:4Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name.
- Isaiah 25:1O Lord, I will honor and praise your name, for you are my God. You do such wonderful things! You planned them long ago, and now you have accomplished them.
- Micah 7:20You will show us your faithfulness and unfailing love as you promised to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob long ago.
- Luke 1:54He has helped his servant Israel and remembered to be merciful.
- John 14:6Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
- Romans 15:8Remember that Christ came as a servant to the Jews to show that God is true to the promises he made to their ancestors.
- 1 John 5:6And Jesus Christ was revealed as God’s Son by his baptism in water and by shedding his blood on the cross—not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit, who is truth, confirms it with his testimony.
Commentaries on Psalms 117:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2For his merciful kindness is great - גבר gabar, is strong: it is not only great in bulk or number, but it is powerful; it prevails over sin, Satan, death, and hell. And the truth of the Lord endureth for ever - Whatsoever he has promised, that he will most infallibly fulfill. He has promised to send his Son into the world, and thus he has done. He his promised that he should die for transgressors, and this he did. He has promised to receive all who come…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For his merciful kindness is great toward us - His kindness; his compassion; his love. All nations - all people - may say this, and therefore the psalm is adapted to universal praise. Especially may this be said in view of the love of God to mankind in the gift of a Saviour - a Saviour not for any one people especially or exclusively, but for the world, John 3:16. And the truth of the Lord endureth for ever - All that God has said: his declarations; his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2This psalm is the shortest in the Psalter. It invites all people of the earth to praise the Lord for his loving devotion and faithfulness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2Psa 117:1, 2. This may be regarded as a doxology, suitable to be appended to any Psalm of similar character, and prophetical of the prevalence of God's grace in the world, in which aspect Paul quotes it (Ro 15:11; compare Psa 47:2; 66:8). 2. is great toward us--literally, "prevailed over" or "protected us."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 117
- 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
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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