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Psalm 108

Psa. 108:4 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'}
above 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
reacheth unto the νclouds
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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or, skies.

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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thy mercy.
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. 85:10• 10Mercy and truth are met together;{HR}Righteousness and peace have kissed. (Psa. 85:10)
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Psa. 89:2,5• 2For I said, Forever shall mercy be built up;{HR}Thou wilt stablish thy faithfulness in the heavens.
 5And the heavens shall confess thy wonder, O Jehovah,{HR}And thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints. (Psa. 89:2,5)
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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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Isa. 55:9• 9For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isa. 55:9)
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Mic. 7:18‑20• 18{i}Who is a God like unto thee, that forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger forever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness.{/i}
 19{i}He will yet again have compassion on us, he will tread under foot our iniquities: and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.{/i}
 20{i}Thou wilt perform truth to Jacob, loving-kindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers, from the days of old.{/i} (Mic. 7:18‑20)
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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)
clouds.
or, skies.
• (vv. 4-6) The confidence and joy of the godly springs from the knowledge that mercy and truth have prevailed, and that the glory of God is secured. (“Psalm 108” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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