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Psalm 57

Psa. 57:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For thy mercy
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
is great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
unto the heavens
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
, and thy truth
'emeth (Hebrew #571)
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
KJV usage: assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.
Pronounce: eh'-meth
Origin: contracted from 539
unto the clouds
shachaq (Hebrew #7834)
a powder (as beaten small): by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmament
KJV usage: cloud, small dust, heaven, sky.
Pronounce: shakh'-ak
Origin: from 7833
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 36:5• 5Jehovah, thy loving-kindness is in the heavens, and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. (Psa. 36:5)
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Psa. 71:19• 19And thy righteousness, O God, reacheth on high, thou who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee? (Psa. 71:19)
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Psa. 85:10‑11• 10Loving-kindness and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other:
 11Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from the heavens. (Psa. 85:10‑11)
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Psa. 89:1‑2• 1An instruction. Of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation.
 2For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness. (Psa. 89:1‑2)
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Psa. 103:11• 11For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving-kindness toward them that fear him. (Psa. 103:11)
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Psa. 108:4• 4For thy loving-kindness is great above the heavens, and thy truth is unto the clouds. (Psa. 108:4)
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Gen. 9:9‑17• 9And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
 10and with every living soul which is with you, fowl as well as cattle, and all the animals of the earth with you, of all that has gone out of the ark--every animal of the earth.
 11And I establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood, and henceforth there shall be no flood to destroy the earth.
 12And God said, This is the sign of the covenant that I set between me and you and every living soul that is with you, for everlasting generations:
 13I set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
 14And it shall come to pass when I bring clouds over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud,
 15and I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living soul of all flesh; and the waters shall not henceforth become a flood to destroy all flesh.
 16And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living soul of all flesh that is upon the earth.
 17And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. (Gen. 9:9‑17)
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Isa. 54:7‑10• 7For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
 8In the outpouring of wrath have I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting loving-kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer.
 9For this is as the waters of Noah unto me, since I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth: so have I sworn that I will no more be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
 10For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my loving-kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah, that hath mercy on thee. (Isa. 54:7‑10)
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Heb. 6:17‑18• 17Wherein God, willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his purpose, intervened by an oath,
 18that by two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible that God should lie, we might have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us, (Heb. 6:17‑18)
• {v.10-11} Heaven and earth will join in witnessing to the truth of God. Thus God will be exalted, and His glory shine over all the earth. (“Psalms 57” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For thy loving-kindness is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.