Tree of Life Version
Psalms 111:6
6He shows His people His powerful deeds, 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 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 made His wonders memorable. Adonai is gracious and full of compassion. 5He gives food to those who fear Him. He remembers His covenant forever. He shows His people His powerful deeds, giving them the heritage of the nations. 7The works of His hands are truth and justice. All His precepts are trustworthy— 8they are upheld forever and ever, made 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 111:6
- Psalms 78:12He did miracles in front of their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the plain of Zoan.
- Psalms 105:27They performed His signs among them —miracles in the land of Ham.
- Deuteronomy 4:32“Indeed, ask now about the former days that were before you, from the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of the sky to the other. Has there ever been such a great thing as this, or has anything like it been heard?
- Joshua 3:14So it came to pass. When the people set out from their tents to cross over the Jordan, the kohanim were carrying the ark of the covenant ahead of the people.
- Joshua 6:20So when the shofarot blew, the people shouted. When the people heard the sound of the shofar, the people shouted a loud shout—and the wall fell down flat! So the people went up into the city, everyone straight ahead, and they captured the city.
- Joshua 10:13So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance on its enemies. (Is it not written in the Book of Jashar?) Thus the sun halted in the middle of the sky, and did not hurry to go down for about a full day.
- Psalms 2:8Ask Me, and I will give the nations as Your inheritance, and the far reaches of the earth as Your possession.
- Psalms 44:2We have heard with our ears, O God —our fathers have told us— of a work You did in their days, in days of old.
- Psalms 78:55He drove out nations before them, and allotted them an inheritance. He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
- Psalms 80:8Elohei-Tzva’ot, restore us, and make Your face shine, and we will be saved.
- Psalms 105:44He gave them the lands of the nations, so they inherited the labor of the peoples
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
In the dictionaries
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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