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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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made heaven.
Psa. 33:6• 6By the word of Jehovah the heavens were made,{HR}And all their host by the breath of his mouth; (Psa. 33:6)
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Psa. 136:5‑6• 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.
(Psa. 136:5‑6)
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Psa. 148:5‑6• 5Let them praise the name of Jehovah,{HR}For he commanded, and they were created;
6And he established them for ever and ever,{HR}He gave a decree which shall not pass.
(Psa. 148:5‑6)
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Gen. 1:1• 1In the beginning God created the heavens 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, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the 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 understanding.
(Jer. 10:11‑12)
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Jer. 32:17• 17Ah Lord Jehovah! 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 not one thing was made which hath been made. (John 1:3)
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Col. 1:16• 16for by him was created the universe, the things in the heavens and those on the earth, the seen and the unseen, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities. The universe has been created through him and for him. (Col. 1:16)
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Rev. 14:7• 7saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made the heaven and the earth and [the] sea and fountains of waters. (Rev. 14:7)
the sea.
keepeth truth.
Psa. 89:2,33• 2For I said, Forever shall mercy be built up;{HR}Thou wilt stablish thy faithfulness in the heavens.
33But my mercy I will not utterly take from him,{HR}Nor belie my faithfulness;
(Psa. 89:2,33)
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Psa. 98:3• 3He remembered his mercy and his faithfulness to the house of Israel;{HR}All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. (Psa. 98:3)
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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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Deut. 7:9• 9And thou shalt know that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and mercy to a thousand generations with them that love him and keep his commandments; (Deut. 7:9)
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Dan. 9:4• 4And I prayed unto Jehovah 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 truth to Jacob, loving-kindness 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• 2upon hope of life eternal which God that cannot lie promised before the times of the ages, (Titus 1:2)
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Heb. 6:18• 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. 6:18)
 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. (Psalm 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). (Psalm 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;

W. Kelly Translation

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Who made heavens and earth,{HR}The sea and all that [is] in them;{HR}The keeper of truth forever;