Psalms 103:17

Webster's Bible (1833)

But Yahweh's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, His righteousness to children's children;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְחֶ֤סֶד יְהוָ֨ה ׀ מֵעוֹלָ֣ם וְעַד־ע֖‪[d]‬וֹלָם עַל־יְרֵאָ֑יו וְ֝צִדְקָת֗וֹ לִבְנֵ֥י בָנִֽים׃

Transliteration

wə-ḥesed YHWH ׀ from-ʿôlām wə-unto-ʿôlām upon-yərēʾāyw wə-ṣidqātô to-bənê bānîm

Grammar Details

• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *ḥesed*: masculine singular construct - lovingkindness of
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ʿôlām*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition *ʿad* - to everlasting
• *yərēʾāyw*: qal participle masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix with prefixed preposition *ʿal* - upon those fearing him
• *ṣidqātô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his righteousness
• *bənê*: masculine plural construct with prefixed preposition *lə* - to children of
• *bānîm*: masculine plural noun - children

Word Meanings

• *ḥesed*: lovingkindness/steadfast love/mercy/faithfulness
• *ʿôlām*: everlasting/eternity/ancient time/antiquity
• *yərēʾāyw*: those fearing him/his fearers/those revering him
• *ṣidqātô*: his righteousness/justice/rightness
• *bənê* *bānîm*: children's children/children of children/grandchildren

Referenced Verses

• Exod 20:6 : 6 and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
• Ps 100:5 : 5 For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, His faithfulness to all generations.
• Rom 3:21-25 : 21 But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets; 22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction, 23 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; 24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus; 25 whom God set forth to be an atoning sacrifice{or, a propitiation}, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God's forbearance;
• Rom 8:28-30 : 28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. 29 For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} 30 Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.
• Eph 2:4-7 : 4 But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
• 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth; 14 to which he called you through our Gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
• 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
• Mic 6:5 : 5 My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, That you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh."
• Acts 13:32-34 : 32 We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers, 33 that God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second psalm, 'You are my Son. Today I have become your father.' 34 "Concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: 'I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.'
• Rom 1:17 : 17 For in it is revealed God's righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, "But the righteous shall live by faith."
• Rom 15:8 : 8 Now I say that Christ has been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,
• Eph 1:4-8 : 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love; 5 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire, 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved, 7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
• Isa 51:6 : 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
• Jer 31:3 : 3 Yahweh appeared of old to me, [saying], Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.
• Jer 33:24-26 : 24 Don't you consider what this people has spoken, saying, The two families which Yahweh did choose, he has cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 25 Thus says Yahweh: If my covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.
• Ps 118:1 : 1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, For his loving kindness endures forever.
• Ps 136:1-9 : 1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good; For his loving kindness endures forever. 2 Give thanks to the God of gods; For his loving kindness endures forever. 3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords; For his loving kindness endures forever: 4 To him who alone does great wonders; For his loving kindness endures forever: 5 To him who by understanding made the heavens; For his loving kindness endures forever: 6 To him who spread out the earth above the waters; For his loving kindness endures forever: 7 To him who made the great lights; For his loving kindness endures forever: 8 The sun to rule by day; For his loving kindness endures forever; 9 The moon and stars to rule by night; For his loving kindness endures forever: 10 To him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn; For his loving kindness endures forever; 11 And brought out Israel from among them; For his loving kindness endures forever; 12 With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; For his loving kindness endures forever: 13 To him who divided the Red Sea apart; For his loving kindness endures forever; 14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it; For his loving kindness endures forever; 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea; For his loving kindness endures forever: 16 To him who led his people through the wilderness; For his loving kindness endures forever: 17 To him who struck great kings; For his loving kindness endures forever; 18 And killed mighty kings; For his loving kindness endures forever: 19 Sihon king of the Amorites; For his loving kindness endures forever; 20 Og king of Bashan; For his loving kindness endures forever; 21 And gave their land as an inheritance; For his loving kindness endures forever; 22 Even a heritage to Israel his servant; For his loving kindness endures forever: 23 Who remembered us in our low estate; For his loving kindness endures forever; 24 And has delivered us from our adversaries; For his loving kindness endures forever: 25 Who gives food to every creature; For his loving kindness endures forever. 26 Oh give thanks to the God of heaven; For his loving kindness endures forever.
• Isa 41:8 : 8 But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,
• Deut 10:15 : 15 Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.
• Ps 22:31 : 31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, For he has done it.
• Ps 25:6 : 6 Yahweh, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness, For they are from old times.
• Ps 89:1-2 : 1 > I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. 2 I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."
• Ps 90:16 : 16 Let your work appear to your servants; Your glory to their children.
• Isa 46:13 : 13 I bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not wait; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
• Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.