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Psalms 57:10
10For your unfailing love is as high as the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
Psalms 57:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
- New International Version (NIV)For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For Your mercy reaches unto the heavens, And Your truth unto the clouds.
Context of Psalms 57:10
8Wake up, my heart! Wake up, O lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn with my song. 9I will thank you, Lord, among all the people. I will sing your praises among the nations. For your unfailing love is as high as the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. 11Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens. May your glory shine over all the earth.
Read all of Psalms 57Psalms 57:10 word by word
כִּֽי־גָדֹ֣ל עַד־שָׁמַ֣יִם חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ וְֽעַד־שְׁחָקִ֥ים אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 57:10
- Psalms 36:5Your unfailing love, O Lord, is as vast as the heavens; your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds.
- Psalms 71:19Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the highest heavens. You have done such wonderful things. Who can compare with you, O God?
- 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 103:11For his unfailing love toward those who fear him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.
- Psalms 108:4For your unfailing love is higher than the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
- Genesis 9:9“I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants,
- Isaiah 54:7“For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will take you back.
- Hebrews 6:17God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind.
Commentaries on Psalms 57:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Thy mercy is great unto the heavens - It is as far above all human description and comprehension as the heavens are above the earth. See the notes on Psalm 36:5, Psalm 36:6, where nearly the same words occur.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10For thy mercy is great unto the heavens - See this explained in the notes at Psalm 36:5.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-11Verses 7-11 By lively faith, David's prayers and complaints are at once turned into praises. His heart is fixed; it is prepared for every event, being stayed upon God. If by the grace of God we are brought into this even, composed frame of mind, we have great reason to be thankful. Nothing is done to purpose, in religion, unless it is done with the heart. The heart must be fixed for the duty, put in frame for it; fixed in the duty by close attention. Our…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11God's glory reaches the entire universe, and people will praise his constant love and faithfulness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. As His mercy and truth, so shall His praise, fill the universe.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 57
- 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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