Psalms 103:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the kindness of Jehovah `Is' from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons,

📖 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 doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.
• Ps 100:5 : 5 For good `is' Jehovah, to the age His kindness, And to generation and generation His faithfulness!
• Rom 3:21-25 : 21 And now apart from law hath the righteousness of God been manifested, testified to by the law and the prophets, 22 and the righteousness of God `is' through the faith of Jesus Christ to all, and upon all those believing, -- for there is no difference, 23 for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God -- 24 being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that `is' in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God did set forth a mercy seat, through the faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the bygone sins in the forbearance of God --
• Rom 8:28-30 : 28 And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose; 29 because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren; 30 and whom He did fore-appoint, these also He did call; and whom He did call, these also He declared righteous; and whom He declared righteous, these also He did glorify.
• Eph 2:4-7 : 4 and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even being dead in the trespasses, did make us to live together with the Christ, (by grace ye are having been saved,) 6 and did raise `us' up together, and did seat `us' together in the heavenly `places' in Christ Jesus, 7 that He might show, in the ages that are coming, the exceeding riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus,
• 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 And we -- we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God did choose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth, 14 to which He did call you through our good news, to the acquiring of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ;
• 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 who did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,
• 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simeon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who did obtain a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:
• Mic 6:5 : 5 O My people, remember, I pray you, What counsel did Balak king of Moab, What answer him did Balaam son of Beor, (From Shittim unto Gilgal,) In order to know the righteous acts of Jehovah.'
• Acts 13:32-34 : 32 `And we to you do proclaim good news -- that the promise made unto the fathers, 33 God hath in full completed this to us their children, having raised up Jesus, as also in the second Psalm it hath been written, My Son thou art -- I to-day have begotten thee. 34 `And that He did raise him up out of the dead, no more to return to corruption, he hath said thus -- I will give to you the faithful kindnesses of David;
• Rom 1:17 : 17 For the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it hath been written, `And the righteous one by faith shall live,'
• Rom 15:8 : 8 And I say Jesus Christ to have become a ministrant of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises to the fathers,
• Eph 1:4-8 : 4 according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love, 5 having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved, 7 in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, 8 in which He did abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
• Isa 51:6 : 6 Lift ye up to the heavens your eyes, And look attentively unto the earth beneath, For the heavens as smoke have vanished, And the earth as a garment weareth out, And its inhabitants as gnats do die, And My salvation is to the age, And My righteousness is not broken.
• Jer 31:3 : 3 From afar Jehovah hath appeared to me, With love age-during I have loved thee, Therefore I have drawn thee `with' kindness.
• Jer 33:24-26 : 24 `Hast thou not considered what this people have spoken, saying: The two families on which Jehovah fixed, He doth reject them, And my people they despise -- So that they are no more a people before them! 25 Thus said Jehovah: If My covenant `is' not daily and nightly, The statutes of heaven and earth I have not appointed -- 26 Also the seed of Jacob, and David My servant, I reject, Against taking from his seed rulers For the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, For I turn back `to' their captivity, and have pitied them.'
• Ps 118:1 : 1 Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age `is' His kindness.
• Ps 136:1-9 : 1 Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age `is' His kindness. 2 Give ye thanks to the God of gods, For to the age `is' His kindness. 3 Give ye thanks to the Lord of lords, For to the age `is' His kindness. 4 To Him doing great wonders by Himself alone, For to the age `is' His kindness. 5 To Him making the heavens by understanding, For to the age `is' His kindness. 6 To Him spreading the earth over the waters, For to the age `is' His kindness. 7 To Him making great lights, For to the age `is' His kindness. 8 The sun to rule by day, For to the age `is' His kindness. 9 The moon and stars to rule by night, For to the age `is' His kindness. 10 To Him smiting Egypt in their first-born, For to the age `is' His kindness. 11 And bringing forth Israel from their midst, For to the age `is' His kindness. 12 By a strong hand, and a stretched-out-arm, For to the age `is' His kindness. 13 To Him cutting the sea of Suph into parts, For to the age `is' His kindness, 14 And caused Israel to pass through its midst, For to the age `is' His kindness, 15 And shook out Pharaoh and his force in the sea of Suph, For to the age `is' His kindness. 16 To Him leading His people in a wilderness, For to the age `is' His kindness. 17 To Him smiting great kings, For to the age `is' His kindness. 18 Yea, He doth slay honourable kings, For to the age `is' His kindness. 19 Even Sihon king of the Amorite, For to the age `is' His kindness. 20 And Og king of Bashan, For to the age `is' His kindness. 21 And He gave their land for inheritance, For to the age `is' His kindness. 22 An inheritance to Israel His servant, For to the age `is' His kindness. 23 Who in our lowliness hath remembered us, For to the age `is' His kindness. 24 And He delivereth us from our adversaries, For to the age `is' His kindness. 25 Giving food to all flesh, For to the age `is' His kindness. 26 Give ye thanks to the God of the heavens, For to the age `is' His kindness!
• Isa 41:8 : 8 -- And thou, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover,
• Deut 10:15 : 15 only in thy fathers hath Jehovah delighted -- to love them, and He doth fix on their seed after them -- on you, out of all the peoples as `at' this day;
• Ps 22:31 : 31 They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is borne, that He hath made!
• Ps 25:6 : 6 Remember Thy mercies, O Jehovah, And Thy kindnesses, for from the age `are' they.
• Ps 89:1-2 : 1 An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth, 2 For I said, `To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'
• Ps 90:16 : 16 Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thine honour on their sons.
• Isa 46:13 : 13 I have brought near My righteousness, It is not far off, And My salvation -- it doth not tarry, And I have given in Zion salvation, To Israel My glory!
• Dan 9:24 : 24 `Seventy weeks are determined for thy people, and for thy holy city, to shut up the transgression, and to seal up sins, and to cover iniquity, and to bring in righteousness age-during, and to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies.