Psalms 100:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For the Lord is good, and his mercy is never-ending; his faith is unchanging through 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 Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
• Ps 107:1 : 1 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
• Ps 36:5 : 5 Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and your strong purpose is as high as the clouds.
• Jer 33:11 : 11 Happy sounds, the voice of joy, the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who say, Give praise to the Lord of armies, for the Lord is good, for his mercy is unchanging for ever: the voices of those who go with praise into the house of the Lord. For I will let the land come back to its first condition, says the Lord.
• Ps 86:5 : 5 You are good, O Lord, and full of forgiveness; your mercy is great to all who make their cry to you.
• Ps 136:1-9 : 1 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 2 O give praise to the God of gods: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 3 O give praise to the Lord of lords: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 4 To him who only does great wonders: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 5 To him who by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 6 To him by whom the earth was stretched out over the waters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 7 To him who made great lights: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 8 The sun to have rule by day: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 9 The moon and the stars to have rule by night: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 10 To him who put to death the first-fruits of Egypt: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: 11 And took out Israel from among them: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: 12 With a strong hand and an outstretched arm: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 13 To him who made a way through the Red Sea: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: 14 And let Israel go through it: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: 15 By him Pharaoh and his army were overturned in the Red Sea: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 16 To him who took his people through the waste land: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 17 To him who overcame great kings: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: 18 And put noble kings to death: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: 19 Sihon, king of the Amorites: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: 20 And Og, king of Bashan: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: 21 And gave their land to his people for a heritage: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 22 Even a heritage for his servant Israel: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 23 Who kept us in mind when we were in trouble: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 24 And has taken us out of the hands of our haters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 25 Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 26 O give praise to the God of heaven: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
• Ps 118:1-4 : 1 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever. 3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever. 4 Let all worshippers of the Lord now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever.
• Ps 119:68 : 68 You are good, and your works are good; give me knowledge of your rules.
• 1 Chr 16:34 : 34 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
• 2 Chr 5:13 : 13 And when the players on horns, and those who made melody in song, with one voice were sounding the praise and glory of the Lord; with loud voices and with wind instruments, and brass and corded instruments of music, praising the Lord and saying, He is good; his mercy is unchanging for ever: then the house was full of the cloud of the glory of the Lord,
• Ezra 3:11 : 11 And they gave praise to the Lord, answering one another in their songs and saying, For he is good, for his mercy to Israel is eternal. And all the people gave a great cry of joy, when they gave praise to the Lord, because the base of the Lord's house was put in place.
• Exod 34:6-7 : 6 And the Lord went past before his eyes, saying, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of pity and grace, slow to wrath and great in mercy and faith; 7 Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation.
• Deut 7:9 : 9 Be certain, then, that the Lord your God is God; whose faith and mercy are unchanging, who keeps his word through a thousand generations to those who have love for him and keep his laws;
• Ps 89:1-2 : 1 <Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.> My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations. 2 For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.
• Ps 103:17 : 17 But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;
• Ps 52:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of David. When Doeg the Edomite came to Saul saying, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.> Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?
• Ps 85:10 : 10 Mercy and faith have come together; righteousness and peace have given one another a kiss.
• Ps 119:90-91 : 90 Your faith is unchanging from generation to generation: you have put the earth in its place, and it is not moved. 91 They are ruled this day by your decisions; for all things are your servants.
• Ps 107:8 : 8 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
• Jer 33:20-21 : 20 The Lord has said: If it is possible for my agreement of the day and the night to be broken, so that day and night no longer come at their fixed times, 21 Then my agreement with my servant David may be broken, so that he no longer has a son to take his place on the seat of the kingdom; and my agreement with the Levites, the priests, my servants.
• Nah 1:7 : 7 The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.
• Luke 1:50 : 50 His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him.
• Rom 15:8-9 : 8 Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers, 9 And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.
• Titus 1:2 : 2 In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;
• Heb 6:13-18 : 13 For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself, 14 Saying, Be certain that I will give you my blessing, and make your numbers very great. 15 And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect. 16 For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath. 17 So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath; 18 So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;