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Psalm 146

Psa. 146:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whichi made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
heaven
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 earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
, and all that therein is: which keepeth
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
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
for ever
`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'}
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Rev. 14:7• 7Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. (Rev. 14:7)

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Ministry on This Verse

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made heaven.
Psa. 33:6• 6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. (Psa. 33:6)
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Psa. 136:5‑6• 5To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
 6To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Psa. 136:5‑6)
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Psa. 148:5‑6• 5Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.
 6He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. (Psa. 148:5‑6)
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Gen. 1:1• 1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (Gen. 1:1)
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Jer. 10:11‑12• 11Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
 12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. (Jer. 10:11‑12)
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Jer. 32:17• 17Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: (Jer. 32:17)
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John 1:3• 3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. (John 1:3)
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Col. 1:16• 16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: (Col. 1:16)
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Rev. 14:7• 7Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. (Rev. 14:7)
the sea.
Psa. 95:5• 5The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. (Psa. 95:5)
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Ex. 20:11• 11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. (Ex. 20:11)
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Job 38:8‑11• 8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
 9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
 10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? (Job 38:8‑11)
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Prov. 8:28‑29• 28When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
 29When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: (Prov. 8:28‑29)
keepeth truth.
Psa. 89:2,33• 2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
 33Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. (Psa. 89:2,33)
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Psa. 98:3• 3He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. (Psa. 98:3)
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Psa. 100:5• 5For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations. (Psa. 100:5)
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Deut. 7:9• 9Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; (Deut. 7:9)
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Dan. 9:4• 4And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; (Dan. 9:4)
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Mic. 7:20• 20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. (Mic. 7:20)
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John 10:34• 34Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? (John 10:34)
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Titus 1:2• 2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; (Titus 1:2)
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Heb. 6:18• 18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: (Heb. 6:18)
• Not only He has power, but He is faithful—keeps truth forever. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 146-150” by J.N. Darby)
• (vv. 6-9) They have found, and delight to own, that Jehovah is a mighty God who has made heaven and earth, and all that is therein. (“Psalms 146” by H. Smith)
• He is a faithful God, who keeps truth forever. “He is true and His Word is truth, and that Word He keeps, not for a time, but forever” (Perowne). (“Psalms 146” by H. Smith)
• Hence He is praised as the Creator of all things, the Keeper of the truth (probably a reference to the promises made to the fathers), and as the Deliverer of the oppressed (vs. 6-7a). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever;