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Psalm 103

Psa. 103:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But the 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
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
is from everlasting
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
to
`ad (Hebrew #5704)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
KJV usage: against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-)to, + how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, (+ as) yet.
Pronounce: ad
Origin: properly, the same as 5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition)
everlasting
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
upon them that fear
yare' (Hebrew #3373)
fearing; morally, reverent
KJV usage: afraid, fear (-ful).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: from 3372
him, and his righteousness
tsdaqah (Hebrew #6666)
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Pronounce: tsed-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 6663
unto children’s
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
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the mercy.
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. 100:5• 5For Jehovah [is] good;{HR}Forever [is] his mercy,{HR}And his faithfulness from generation to generation. (Psa. 100:5)
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Psa. 118:1• 1Give ye thanks to Jehovah,{HR}For [he is] good;{HR}For his mercy [is] for everlasting. (Psa. 118:1)
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Psa. 136:1‑26• 1Give thanks to Jehovah, for [he is] good,{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
2Give thanks to the God of gods;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
3Give thanks to the Lord of lords;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
4To him that alone doeth great wonders;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
5To him that by understanding made the heavens;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
6To him that spread the earth upon the waters;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
7To him that made great light;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
8The sun for rule in the day;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
9The moon and stars for rule in the night;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
10To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
11And brought Israel from their midst;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
12With strong hand and with outstretched arm;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
13To him that divided the Red Sea into parts;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
14And made Israel pass in its midst;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
15And shook off Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
16To him that led his people in the wilderness;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
17To him that smote great kings;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
18And slew famous kings;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
19(To) Sihon, king of the Amorites;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
20And (to) Og, the king of (the) Bashan;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
21And gave their land for an inheritance;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
22An inheritance to Israel his servant;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
23Who remembered us in our low estate;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
24And rent us from our adversaries;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
25Giving bread to all flesh;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
26Give thanks to the God of the heavens;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
(Psa. 136:1‑26)
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Jer. 31:3• 3Jehovah hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. (Jer. 31:3)
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Rom. 8:28‑30• 28But we do know that all things work together for good to those that love God, to those that are called according to purpose.
29For whom he foreknew, he also predetermined [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he should be first-born among many brethren.
30But whom he predetermined, them also he called, and whom he called, them also he justified, and whom he justified, them also he glorified.
(Rom. 8:28‑30)
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Eph. 1:4‑8• 4even as he chose us in him before [the] world's foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love;
5having predestinated us for adoption through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6unto [the] praise of [the] glory of his grace, wherein he made us objects of grace in the beloved;
7in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace,
8which he caused to abound toward us in all wisdom and intelligence,
(Eph. 1:4‑8)
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Eph. 2:4‑7• 4but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love wherewith he loved us,
5even us being dead in our offences he quickened with the Christ (by grace are ye saved),
6and raised together and seated together in the heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus,
7that he might show forth in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
(Eph. 2:4‑7)
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2 Thess. 2:13‑14• 13But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of [the] Lord, that God chose you from [the] beginning unto salvation in sanctification of [the] Spirit and belief of [the] truth;
14whereunto he called you by our gospel unto obtaining of [the] glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(2 Thess. 2:13‑14)
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2 Tim. 1:9• 9who saved us, and called [us] with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times everlasting, (2 Tim. 1:9)
his righteousness.
Psa. 22:31• 31They shall come and shall tell his righteousness{HR}To a people that shall be born,{HR}That he hath done [it]. (Psa. 22:31)
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Isa. 46:13• 13I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry; and I will give salvation in Zion unto Israel my glory. (Isa. 46:13)
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Isa. 51:6• 6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. (Isa. 51:6)
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Dan. 9:24• 24seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. (Dan. 9:24)
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Mic. 6:5• 5O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of Jehovah. (Mic. 6:5)
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Rom. 1:17• 17For God's righteousness in it is revealed by faith unto faith, even as it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.” (Rom. 1:17)
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Rom. 3:21‑25• 21But now apart from law God's righteousness is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets,
22even God's righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ unto all, and upon all that believe. For there is no difference;
23for all sinned, and come short of the glory of God,
24being justified gratuitously by his grace through the redemption that [is] in Christ Jesus,
25whom God set forth as a propitiatory through faith in his blood, for a declaration of his righteousness on account of the praeter-mission of the sins that had been before, in the forbearance of God,
(Rom. 3:21‑25)
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2 Peter 1:1• 1Simon Peter, bondman and apostle of Jesus Christ to them that obtained like precious faith with us in virtue of [the] righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ: (2 Peter 1:1)
unto children's.
Psa. 90:16• 16Let thy work appear unto thy servants,{HR}And thy majesty to their sons. (Psa. 90:16)
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Ex. 20:6• 6{i}and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.{/i} (Ex. 20:6)
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Deut. 10:15• 15{i}Only, Jehovah took pleasure in thy fathers, to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you, out of all the peoples, as it is this day.{/i} (Deut. 10:15)
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Isa. 41:8• 8But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend, (Isa. 41:8)
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Jer. 33:24‑26• 24Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which Jehovah hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
25Thus saith Jehovah, If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
26then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
(Jer. 33:24‑26)
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Acts 13:32‑34• 32And we declare to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers,
33that God hath fulfilled this to us their children having raised up Jesus; as also in the second psalm it is written, Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee.
34But that he raised him from [the] dead, no more to return unto corruption, he hath spoken thus, I will give you the faithful mercies of David;
(Acts 13:32‑34)
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Rom. 15:8• 8For I say that Christ became a minister of [the] circumcision for God's truth to confirm the promises of the fathers; (Rom. 15:8)
 Neither the frailty of man nor the adverse wind of the enemy can change either “the mercy” or “righteousness” of the Lord. (Psalm 103 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children,

W. Kelly Translation

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But the mercy of Jehovah [is] from everlasting to everlasting upon those that fear him;{HR}And his righteousness [is] to sons of sons,