Psalms 100:5

American Standard Version (1901)

For Jehovah is good; His lovingkindness [endureth] for ever, And his faithfulness unto all generations.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־ט֣וֹב יְ֭הֹוָה לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְעַד־דֹּ֥ר וָ֝דֹ֗ר אֱמוּנָֽתוֹ׃

Transliteration

For-ṭôb YHWH, for-ʿôlām ḥasdô; and-to-dōr and-dōr ʾĕmûnātô

Grammar Details

• *ṭôb*: adjective, masculine singular - good
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - forever/eternity
• *ḥasdô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his steadfast love
• *dōr*: noun, masculine singular - generation
• *ʾĕmûnātô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his faithfulness

Word Meanings

• *ṭôb*: good/pleasant/agreeable
• *ʿôlām*: forever/eternity/perpetuity/antiquity
• *ḥasdô*: his steadfast love/his lovingkindness/his mercy/his covenant loyalty
• *dōr*: generation/age/period
• *ʾĕmûnātô*: his faithfulness/his reliability/his trustworthiness

Referenced Verses

• Ps 106:1 : 1 Praise ye Jehovah. Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.
• Ps 107:1 : 1 O give thanks unto Jehovah; For he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.
• Ps 36:5 : 5 Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, is in the heavens; Thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the skies.
• Jer 33:11 : 11 the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that say, Give thanks to Jehovah of hosts, for Jehovah is good, for his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; [and of them] that bring [sacrifices of] thanksgiving into the house of Jehovah. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first, saith Jehovah.
• Ps 86:5 : 5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee.
• Ps 136:1-9 : 1 Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; For he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever. 2 Oh give thanks unto the God of gods; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever. 3 Oh give thanks unto the Lord of lords; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 4 To him who alone doeth great wonders; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 5 To him that by understanding made the heavens; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 6 To him that spread forth the earth above the waters; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 7 To him that made great lights; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 8 The sun to rule by day; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 9 The moon and stars to rule by night; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 10 To him that smote Egypt in their first-born; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 11 And brought out Israel from among them; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 12 With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 13 To him that divided the Red Sea in sunder; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 16 To him that led his people through the wilderness; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 17 To him that smote great kings; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 18 And slew famous kings; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 19 Sihon king of the Amorites; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 20 And Og king of Bashan; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 21 And gave their land for a heritage; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 22 Even a heritage unto Israel his servant; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 23 Who remembered us in our low estate; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 24 And hath delivered us from our adversaries; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 25 Who giveth food to all flesh; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever. 26 Oh give thanks unto the God of heaven; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.
• Ps 118:1-4 : 1 Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; For he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever. 2 Let Israel now say, That his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever. 3 Let the house of Aaron now say, That his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever. 4 Let them now that fear Jehovah say, That his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.
• Ps 119:68 : 68 Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes.
• 1 Chr 16:34 : 34 O give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.
• 2 Chr 5:13 : 13 it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah, [saying], For he is good; for his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Jehovah,
• Ezra 3:11 : 11 And they sang one to another in praising and giving thanks unto Jehovah, [saying], For he is good, for his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Jehovah, because the foundation of the house of Jehovah was laid.
• Exod 34:6-7 : 6 And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth; 7 keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
• Deut 7:9 : 9 Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
• Ps 89:1-2 : 1 [Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite]. I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.
• Ps 103:17 : 17 But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children's children;
• Ps 52:1 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. Maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech]. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God [endureth] continually.
• Ps 85:10 : 10 Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
• Ps 119:90-91 : 90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. 91 They abide this day according to thine ordinances; For all things are thy servants.
• Ps 107:8 : 8 Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
• Jer 33:20-21 : 20 Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season; 21 then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he shall not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
• Nah 1:7 : 7 Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him.
• Luke 1:50 : 50 And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.
• Rom 15:8-9 : 8 For I say that Christ hath been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises [given] unto the fathers, 9 and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, Therefore will I give praise unto thee among the Gentiles, And sing unto thy name.
• Titus 1:2 : 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;
• Heb 6:13-18 : 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself, 14 saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 15 And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation. 17 Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath; 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us: