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Psalms 100:5
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For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and his faithfulness continues to each generation.
For the LORD is good; his mercy endureth for ever; and his faithfulness unto all generations.
For Yahweh is good; his loving-kindness [endures] forever, And his faithfulness to all generations.
The Lord is good. His love is forever, and his loyalty goes on and on.
For the Lord is good. His loyal love endures, and he is faithful through all generations.
For the LORD [is] good; his mercy [is] everlasting; and his truth [endureth] to all generations.
For Yahweh is good. His lovingkindness endures forever, His faithfulness to all generations.
For the LORD is good; His mercy and lovingkindness are everlasting, His faithfulness [endures] to all generations.
For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
Herye ye his name, for the Lord is swete, his merci is with outen ende; and his treuthe is in generacioun and in to generacioun.
For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
The Lord is good! His love and faithfulness will last forever.
For Jehovah is good; his lovingkindness endureth for ever, And his faithfulness unto all generations.
For the Lord is good, and his mercy is never-ending; his faith is unchanging through all generations.
For Adonai is good, his grace continues forever, and his faithfulness lasts through all generations.
For Jehovah is good; his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever; and his faithfulness from generation to generation.
The Lord is good! There is no end to his faithful love. We can trust him forever and ever!
For the LORD is good; His mercy endureth for ever; and His faithfulness unto all generations.
For the Lord is good, his mercy is euerlasting: and his trueth endureth to all generations.
For the Lord is good. His loving-kindness lasts forever. And He is faithful to all people and to all their children-to-come.
For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
For the Lorde is good: his mercy is euerlasting, and his trueth is from generation to generation.
For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endures to all generations.
The Lord is good; his love is eternal and his faithfulness lasts forever.
For good is Yahweh, Age-abiding is his lovingkindness, And, unto generation after generation, his faithfulness.
(99-5) For the Lord is sweet, his mercy endureth for ever, and his truth to generation and generation.
For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures for ever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
For God is gratious, his mercie is euerlastyng: and his trueth [endureth] from generation to generation.
For the Lord is good, his mercy is for ever; and his truth endures to generation and generation.
For the Lord is good, and his faithful love endures forever;his faithfulness, through all generations.
For the LORD is good. His lovingkindness endures forever, His faithfulness to all generations.
For Yahweh is good; his loyal love is forever, and his faithfulness is from generation to generation.
For Jehovah is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His faithfulness to generation and generation.
For good [is] Jehovah, to the age His kindness, And to generation and generation His faithfulness!
For the LORDE is gracious, his mercy is euerlastinge, and his treuth endureth from generacion to generacion.
For God is sheer beauty, all-generous in love, loyal always and ever.
For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting And His faithfulness is to all generations.
For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations.
For the Lord is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting And His faithfulness to all generations.
For Yahweh is good;His lovingkindness endures foreverAnd His faithfulness, generation unto generation.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
For the: Psalms 52:1, Psalms 86:5, Psalms 106:1, Psalms 107:1, Psalms 107:8, Psalms 107:15, Psalms 107:22, Psalms 119:68, Jeremiah 33:11
his mercy: Psalms 36:5, Psalms 103:17, Psalms 118:1-4, Psalms 136:1-26, Luke 1:50
and his truth: Psalms 85:10, Psalms 89:1, Psalms 89:2, Psalms 119:90, Psalms 119:91, Psalms 146:6, Exodus 34:6, Exodus 34:7, Deuteronomy 7:9, Jeremiah 33:20, Jeremiah 33:21, Micah 7:20, Romans 15:8, Romans 15:9, Titus 1:2, Hebrews 6:13-18
all generations: Heb. generation and generation, Psalms 89:1, *marg.
Reciprocal: Genesis 24:27 - of his Genesis 43:14 - And God Deuteronomy 32:4 - a God Psalms 26:7 - That Psalms 117:2 - General Psalms 138:2 - and praise Psalms 138:8 - thy mercy Psalms 145:8 - Lord is gracious Jeremiah 10:10 - true God Nahum 1:7 - Lord Romans 3:4 - let God 1 Corinthians 1:9 - God 1 Thessalonians 5:24 - Faithful Revelation 15:3 - just
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For the Lord is good,.... Both in a providential way, and in a way of grace, and does good; he is the good Shepherd, that has laid down his life for the sheep; and the good Samaritan, that pours in the wine and oil of his love and grace, and his precious blood, to the healing of the wounds made by sin: while he was on earth, he went about doing good to the bodies and souls of men; and he continues to do good unto them, and therefore should be praised, served, and worshipped:
his mercy is everlasting; or "his grace" e; there is always a sufficiency of it for his people; and his lovingkindness, which may be also here meant, is always the same; having loved his own which were in the world, he loves them to the end, John 13:1
and his truth endureth to all generations; or his faithfulness in fulfilling his promises, and performing his engagements; he was faithful to his Father that appointed him, and to the covenant he made with him; and he is faithful to his people, to keep what they commit to his care and charge now, and to give them the crown of righteousness at the last day, which is laid up for them; and upon all these considerations, and for these reasons, ought to be praised and adored.
e חסדו "gratia ejus", Cocceius, Gejerus; "gratia et misericordia ejus", Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For the Lord is good - For good is Yahweh. That is, He is not a being of mere “power;” he is not merely the Creator; but he is benevolent, and is, therefore, worthy of universal praise. In the former verses, his claim to adoration is founded on the fact that he is the “Creator,” and has, as such, a right to our service; in this verse, the claim is asserted on account of his moral character:
(1) his benevolence;
(2) his mercy;
(3) his truth;
(a) the fact that he is a God of truth; and
(b) the fact that his truth endures, or that in all generations he shows himself to be faithful to his promises.
The first of these is his “benevolence:” “The Lord is good.” As such, assuredly, God is worthy of praise and honor. A being of “mere” power we could not love or praise; a being whose power was united with malignity or malevolence, could only be the object of hatred and terror; but a being whose power is united with goodness or benevolence ought to he loved.
His mercy is everlasting - This is the “second” reason, drawn from his moral character, why he should be praised and adored. A being of mere “justice” may be feared and respected; but a character of “mere” justice would be to man an object of dread - and may be so anywhere. There are other attributes than the one of “justice,” high and valuable as that may be, which are necessary to constitute a perfect character; and man, in order to find happiness and security, must find some other attribute in God than mere “justice,” for man is a sinner, and needs pardon; he is a sufferer, and needs compassion; he is to die, and needs support and consolation. Besides, mere “justice” may drive its decisions over some of the kindest and tenderest feelings of human nature, for there are cases, under all administrations, where pardon is desirable and mercy is proper. It is, therefore, a ground of unspeakable joy for man that God is not a Being of “mere justice,” but that there is mingled in his character the attribute of mercy and kindness. But for this, man could have no hope; for, as a sinner, he has no claim on God, and all his hope must be derived from God’s infinite compassion. To all this as a ground of praise is to be added the fact that this mercy of God is “everlasting.” Its fruits - its results - will extend to the vast eternity before us; and in all that eternity we shall never cease to enjoy the benefits of that mercy; never be suffered to fall back on the mere “justice” of God.
And his truth endureth to all generations - Margin, as in Hebrew, “to generation and generation.” That is, forever. It is the same in every generation of the world. This is the third reason derived from the moral character of God for praising him; and this is a just ground of praise. We could not love and honor a God who was not true to his promises, and who did not himself love the truth; we could not honor one who was changeable and flexible - who loved one thing in one generation and a different thing in the next; who in one age was the friend of truth, and in the next the patron of falsehood. It is the just foundation for praise to God - our God - that he is essentially and always - in all worlds, and in all the generations of people - toward all in the universe - a Being of unchangeable benevolence, mercy, and truth. Such a God is worthy to be had in universal reverence; such a God is worthy of universal praise.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 100:5. For the Lord is good — GOODNESS, the perfect, eternal opposition to all badness and evil, is essential to God. Mercy and compassion are modifications of his goodness; and as his nature is eternal, so his mercy, springing from his goodness, must be everlasting. And as TRUTH is an essential characteristic of an infinitely intelligent and perfect nature; therefore God's truth must endure from generation to generation. Whatsoever he has promised must be fulfilled, through all the successive generations of men, as long as sun and moon shall last.
As this is a very important Psalm, and has long made a part of our public worship, I shall lay it before the reader in the oldest vernacular Versions I have hitherto met with, - the Anglo-Saxon and the Anglo-Scottish, with a literal interlineary translation of the former.
The Anglo-Saxon Hundredth Psalm
Rhyme ye the Lord all earth, serve the Lord in bliss; 1. [Anglo-Saxon]
Infare in sight his in blithness; 2. [Anglo-Saxon]
Wit ye, for that Lord he is God, he did us not self we 3. [Anglo-Saxon]
Folk his sheep leeseway his fare into gates his in
confession, into courts is in hymns confess him. 4. [Anglo-Saxon]
Praise name his, for that winsom is; Lord thro'
eternity mildheartedness his, unto on kindred kindred
sothfastnes his 5. [Anglo-Saxon]
The reader will see that, in order to make this translation as literal as possible, I have preserved some old English words which we had from the Anglo-Saxon, and which have nearly become obsolete: e.g., Infare, "to go in" blithness, "joy, exultation" wit ye, "know ye;" did, the preterite of to do, "made, created," the literal translation of the Hebrew, עשה asah, he made; leeseway, "pasturage on a common;" winsom, "cheerful, merry;" mildheartedness, "tenderness of heart, compassion;" sothfastness, "steady to the sooth or truth, fast to truth."
I might have noticed some various readings in Anglo-Saxon MSS.; e.g., Psalms 100:1. for [A.S.] idrymeth, "rhyme ye;" [A.S.] winsumiath, "be winsom, be joyful." And Psalms 100:5, for [A.S.] winsom, "cheerful;" [A.S.], swete, "sweet."
Anglo-Scottish Version of the Hundredth Psalm
1. Joyes to God al the erth; serves to Lord in gladnes.
2. Enters in his sight with joying.
3. Wittes for Lorde he is God; he made us and noght we;
4. Folke of hym, and schepe of his pasture; enters the gates of hym in schrift; hys Halles in ympnys; schryves to hym.
5. Loues his name, for soft is Lorde; withouten end in his mercy; and in generation and generation the sothfastnes of hym.
Thus our forefathers said and sung in heart and mouth and with their tongues made confession to salvation. There are but few words here which require explanation: Ver. Psalms 100:3, Wittes, "wot ye, know ye." Ver. Psalms 100:4, Schrift, "confession;" schryves, "confess ye." Ver. Psalms 100:5, Loues, "praise ye, laud ye." Sothfastness, as above, steadfastness in the truth.
ANALYSIS OF THE HUNDREDTH PSALM
There are two parts in this Psalm: -
I. An exhortation to praise God, and the manner in which it is to be done, Psalms 100:1-4.
II. The reasons on which this is founded, Psalms 100:3-5.
I. In his exhortation to praise God it is required, -
1. That the praise be universal: "All ye lands."
2. That it be hearty: "Make a joyful noise." Let the soul be cheerful in the work.
3. That it be not partial nor restrained: "Make a joyful noise - serve - be glad - sing - be thankful - give praise - bless his name." The various expressions show the completeness of this blessed word.
4. That it be sincere - done in his presence.
5. That it be an intelligent service: "Know ye."
6. That it be frequent and public: "Enter his gates - go into his courts."
7. That gratitude shall be a part of it: "With thanksgiving."
II. The reasons on which this is grounded; they are, -
1. Drawn from the nature of God: "Know ye that Jehovah is Elohim," the true God; therefore, alone worthy to be worshipped.
2. Drawn from the benefits bestowed on us: 1. "He has made us" - capable of knowing him, and being eternally happy with him. 2. He has called upon us by his grace to be "his people, and the sheep of his pasture." He both governs and feeds us.
And that we may be the more cheerful in this work he puts us in mind of the Divine attributes engaged in our redemption, goodness, mercy, and truth.
1. "He is good." This is his very nature.
2. "He is merciful." This flows from his goodness.
3. "He is true;" keeping covenant for ever with them that fear him; and fulfilling all his promises to the believing and obedient.
And that we may have the more confidence,
1. "His mercy is everlasting." It continues through all the changes and chances of this life to them who trust in him; and extends through all the generations of men.
2. His truth is like his mercy, it is pledged to fulfil his promises. "God is not man that he should lie;" he has promised, and will save to the uttermost all who come to him through Christ Jesus: "Be therefore thankful to him, and speak good of his name."
