Psalms 106:45

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּזְכֹּ֣ר לָהֶ֣ם בְּרִית֑וֹ וַ֝יִּנָּחֵ֗ם כְּרֹ֣ב חֲסָדָֽיו׃

Transliteration

wayyizkōr for-them bərîtō wayyinnāḥēm according-to-abundance-of ḥăsādāyw

Grammar Details

*wayyizkōr*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he remembered
*bərîtō*: noun + 3rd person suffix, feminine, singular - his covenant
*wayyinnāḥēm*: niphal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he relented
*ḥăsādāyw*: noun + 3rd person suffix, masculine, plural - his lovingkindnesses

Word Meanings

*wayyizkōr*: and he remembered/recalled/was mindful of
*bərîtō*: his covenant/agreement/treaty
*wayyinnāḥēm*: and he relented/was moved to pity/changed his mind
*ḥăsādāyw*: his lovingkindnesses/mercies/acts of covenant faithfulness

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Referenced Verses

Ps 105:8 : 8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
Ps 69:16 : 16 Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.
Judg 2:18 : 18 And when Jehovah raised them up judges, then Jehovah was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented Jehovah because of their groaning by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
Ps 90:13 : 13 Return, O Jehovah; How long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
Isa 63:7 : 7 I will make mention of the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah, and the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Lam 3:32 : 32 For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Ps 51:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Hos 11:8 : 8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? [how] shall I cast thee off, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboiim? my heart is turned within me, my compassions are kindled together.
Amos 7:3 : 3 Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah.
Amos 7:6 : 6 Jehovah repented concerning this: this also shall not be, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Luke 1:71-72 : 71 Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; 72 To show mercy towards, our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;
Ps 135:14 : 14 For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself concerning his servants.
2 Sam 24:16 : 16 And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
2 Kgs 13:23 : 23 But Jehovah was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
Exod 32:14 : 14 And Jehovah repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people.
Lev 26:40-42 : 40 And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary unto me, 41 I also walked contrary unto them, and brought them into the land of their enemies: if then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity; 42 then will I remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
Deut 32:36 : 36 For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he seeth that [their] power is gone, And there is none [remaining], shut up or left at large.

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Ps 106:46
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46He made them also to be pitied Of all those that carried them captive.
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43Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.
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21And gave their land for a heritage; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever;
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38But he, being merciful, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.
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42For he remembered his holy word, [And] Abraham his servant.
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24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
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8He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
Ps 25:6-7
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6Remember, O Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindness; For they have been ever of old.
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Isa 63:7
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7I will make mention of the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah, and the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Luke 1:72
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72To show mercy towards, our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;
Exod 32:14
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14And Jehovah repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people.
Lam 3:32
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32For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Ps 111:4
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4He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: Jehovah is gracious and merciful.
Ps 106:7-8
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7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
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Ps 136:11-12
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11And brought out Israel from among them; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever;
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54He hath given help to Israel his servant, That he might remember mercy
Exod 6:5
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5And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
Ps 106:4
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4Remember me, O Jehovah, with the favor that thou bearest unto thy people; Oh visit me with thy salvation,
Ps 78:35
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35And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.
Ps 106:10
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10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Ps 103:18
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18To such as keep his covenant, And to those that remember his precepts to do them.
Lev 26:42
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42then will I remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
Ps 103:8
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Ps 78:42
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42They remember not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
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45but I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am Jehovah.
Neh 9:28
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Neh 9:31
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5Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
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18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.
Ps 145:8
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8Jehovah is gracious, and merciful; Slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness.
Ps 136:16
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Ps 79:8
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8Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low.
Deut 4:31
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31for Jehovah thy God is a merciful God; he will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
Ps 78:11
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14And made Israel to pass through the midst of it; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever;
1 Chr 16:15
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15Remember his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
1 Kgs 8:50
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50and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them
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21They forgat God their Saviour, Who had done great things in Egypt,
Ps 105:45
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45That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise ye Jehovah.