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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• 5O Jehovah, thy mercy [is] in the heavens,{HR}Thy truth [is] unto the clouds. (Psa. 36:5)
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Psa. 71:19• 19And thy righteousness, O God, [is] very high;{HR}Thou who hast done great things,{HR}O God, who [is] like thee? (Psa. 71:19)
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Psa. 85:10‑11• 10Mercy and truth are met together;{HR}Righteousness and peace have kissed.
 11Truth shall spring up from the earth,{HR}And righteousness shall look down from heaven. (Psa. 85:10‑11)
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Psa. 89:1‑2• 1An instruction of Ethan the Ezrahite.{HR}I will sing of the mercies of Jehovah forever,{HR}With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness [from] generation to generation.
 2For I said, Forever shall mercy be built up;{HR}Thou wilt stablish thy faithfulness in the heavens. (Psa. 89:1‑2)
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Psa. 103:11• 11For, as height of heavens [is] above the earth,{HR}His lovingkindness is mighty over those that fear them. (Psa. 103:11)
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Psa. 108:4• 4For great from above the heavens [is] thy mercy,{HR}And unto the clouds thy truth. (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 that is with you, in bird, in cattle, and in every animal of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark to every animal of the earth.
 11And I establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off anymore by the waters of a flood, neither shall there be a flood anymore to destroy the earth.
 12And God said, This [is the] sign of the covenant which I set between me and between you and between every living soul that is with you for everlasting generations:
 13my bow I have set in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of covenant between me and between 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 between you and between every living soul among all flesh; and no more shall the waters become a flood to destroy all flesh.
 16And the bow shall be in the clouds and I will look upon it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and between 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 between 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 overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting 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 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 show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his counsel,
 18intervened by an oath, that by two unchangeable things in which [it was] impossible that God should lie we might have strong encouragement that fled for refuge to lay hold of 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. (“Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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For thy mercy [is] great unto the heavens,{HR}And thy truth unto the clouds.