Psalms 145:9

New King James Version

The LORD is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works.

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lord is good to all, and his mercies are ouer all his workes.

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord is good to everyone;his compassion rests on all he has made.

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord is good to everyone. He shows his mercy to everything he made.

Amplified Bible
The LORD is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created].

American Standard Version
Jehovah is good to all; And his tender mercies are over all his works.

Contemporary English Version
You are good to everyone, and you take care of all your creation.

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai is good to all; his compassion rests on all his creatures.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The LORD is good to all; and His tender mercies are over all His works.

King James Version (1611)
The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are ouer all his workes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The Lord is good to those that wait on him; and his compassions are over all his works.

English Revised Version
The LORD is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works.

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.

Lexham English Bible
Yahweh is good to all, and his mercies are over all his works.

Literal Translation
Jehovah is good to all; and His tender mercies are over all His works.

New Century Version
The Lord is good to everyone; he is merciful to all he has made.

New English Translation
The Lord is good to all, and has compassion on all he has made.

New Living Translation
The Lord is good to everyone. He showers compassion on all his creation.

New Life Bible
The Lord is good to all. And His loving-kindness is over all His works.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Good is Yahweh to all, and, his tender compassions, are over all his works.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(144-9) The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

George Lamsa Translation
The LORD is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his servants.

Good News Translation
He is good to everyone and has compassion on all he made.

New American Standard Bible
The LORD is good to all, And His mercies are over all His works.

King James Version
The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
God is good vnto euery man: and his mercie is ouer all his workes.

New Revised Standard
The Lord is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made.

Darby Translation
Jehovah is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord is swete in alle thingis; and hise merciful doyngis ben on alle hise werkis.

Young's Literal Translation
Good [is] Jehovah to all, And His mercies [are] over all His works.

World English Bible
Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.

Revised Standard Version
The LORD is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made.

Update Bible Version
Yahweh is good to all; And his tender mercies are over all his works.

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD [is] good to all: and his tender mercies [are] over all his works.

Bible in Basic English
The Lord is good to all men; and his mercies are over all his works.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE is louynge vnto euery man, and his mercy is ouer all his workes.

THE MESSAGE
God is good to one and all; everything he does is suffused with grace.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The Lord is good to all, And His mercies are over all His works.

Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh is good to all,And His compassions are over all His works.

Contextual Overview

¹ I will extol You, my God, O King; And I will bless Your name forever and ever. ² Every day I will bless You, And I will praise Your name forever and ever. ³ Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable. ⁴ One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty acts. ⁵ I [fn] will meditate on [fn] the glorious splendor of Your majesty,And on Your wondrous works. ⁶ Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts, And I will declare Your greatness. ⁷ They shall utter the memory of Your great goodness, And shall sing of Your righteousness. ⁸ The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, Slow to anger and great in mercy. ⁹ The LORD is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

good: Psalms 25:8, Psalms 36:6, Psalms 36:7, Psalms 65:9-13, Psalms 104:27, Jonah 4:11, Nahum 1:7, Matthew 5:45, Acts 14:17, Acts 17:25

Reciprocal: Genesis 9:10 - General Numbers 22:32 - Wherefore Deuteronomy 4:31 - the Lord Deuteronomy 10:18 - loveth 2 Samuel 24:14 - for his Nehemiah 9:17 - gracious Nehemiah 9:31 - gracious Psalms 51:1 - tender Psalms 86:5 - thou Psalms 119:64 - earth Psalms 145:15 - The eyes Daniel 9:9 - To the Lord Luke 6:35 - for Ephesians 4:32 - tenderhearted

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord [is] good to all,.... Which is to be understood not of the general and providential goodness of God to all men, to all his creatures, and the works of his hands; but of the special goodness of Christ before mentioned, Psalms 145:7; which extends to all the chosen people of God; who are all loved by Christ, redeemed by him, justified and glorified by him; and to Gentiles as well as Jews; for whom he tasted death, laid down his life a ransom for them, and became the propitiation for their sins. Hence his Gospel has been sent to both; and some of each have been effectually called by his grace, and more will. This shows this psalm belongs to Gospel times, in which the grace of Christ appears more large and extensive:

and his tender mercies [are] over all his works; meaning not all the creatures his hands have made; though he has a tender regard to them, and is kind and merciful to them all; but such as are made new creatures in him and by him, who are eminently called his workmanship, the work of his hands; these, all of them, share in his special mercy and goodness; see Ephesians 2:10.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord is good to all - To all his creatures. That is, he is kind and compassionate toward them; he is disposed and ready to do them good. There is not one of them whom he is not ready and willing to bless; not one whose happiness would not be agreeable to him, or whose welfare he is not ready to promote. Compare Psalms 100:5.

And his tender mercies are over all his works - In all that he has made there is evidence that he is a kind and benevolent God. He has a heart to love, to bless, what he has made; everywhere arrangements are made for happiness; he is not disposed to cast off the feeble, the erring, and the suffering; he is willing to receive back again those who have wandered from him, to pardon the offending, to wipe away the tears of the sorrowful.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 145:9. The Lord is good to all — There is not a soul out of hell that is not continually under his most merciful regards; so far is he from willing or decreeing before their creation the damnation of any man.

His tender mercies — His bowels of compassion are over all his works; he feels for his intelligent offspring, as the most affectionate mother does for the child of her own bosom. And through this matchless mercy, these bowels of compassion, his son Jesus tasted death for every man. How far is all that is here spoken of the nature of God opposed to the Molochian doctrine of the eternal decree of reprobation!

"His grace for every soul is free:

For his, who forged the dire decree;

For every reprobate and me."