Psalms 146:10
in Psalms 146The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!
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ASV
Jehovah will reign for ever, Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye Jehovah.
KJV
The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the Lord.
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Commentary
10 notes on this verseThe Lord shall reign for ever. Jehovah is King, and his kingdom can never come to an end. Neither does he die, nor abdicate, nor lose his crown by force. Glory be to his name, his throne is never in jeopardy. As the Lord ever liveth, so he ever reigneth. Even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Zion's God, the God of his worshipping people, is he who in every age shall reign.
This site's exposition
The LORD reigns forever
A reign with no end answers the prince whose plans died in a day. The psalm names whose reign it is, Zion's own God, and stretches it to all generations. Matthew Henry reads Zion's King as Christ on the holy hill.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"And the way of sinners He shall root out." What is, "the way of sinners"? To mock at these things which we say. Who is an orphan, who a widow? What kingdom of heaven, what punishment of hell is there? These are fables of the Christians. To what I see, to that will I live: "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." [1 Corinthians 15:32] Beware lest such men persuade you of anything: let them not enter through your ears into your heart; let them find thorns in your ears: let him, who seeks to enter thus, go away pierced: for "evil communications corrupt good manners." [1 Corinthians 15:33] But here perhaps you will say, "Wherefore then are they prosperous? Behold, they worship not God, and commit every kind of evil daily: yet they abound in those things, through want of which I toil." Be not envious against sinners. What they receive, you see, what is in store for them, do you not see?...Will you not believe even the Lord your God, who says, "Broad and spacious is the way that leads to destruction, and many there be that walk by it"? [Matthew 7:13] This "way the Lord will root out." And, when "the way of sinners" has been "rooted out," what remains for us? "Come, you blessed of My father, enjoy the Kingdom;" [Matthew 25:34] "The Lord shall reign for ever" [Psalm 146:10]. "O Sion, your God" shall reign for ever; surely your God will not reign without you. "For generation and generation." He has said it twice, because he could not say it for ever. And think not that eternity is bounded by finite words. The word eternity consists of four syllables; in itself it is without end. It could not be commended to you, save thus, "for generation and generation." Too little has he said: if he spoke it all day long, it were too narrow: if he spoke it all his life, must he not at length hold his peace? […]
The Lord shall reign forever. When the way of sinners shall have perished, then the Lord shall reign forever. He did not say, unto the age: but, unto the ages. As long as the way does not perish, Christ does not reign in us: as long as the way of sinners does not perish, Christ does not reign in us. As long as our feet walk in the way of the devil, Christ does not reign in us. I grow angry without cause with my brother: I walk in the way of the devil, Christ does not reign in me.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Let this encourage us to trust in God at all times that the Lord shall reign for ever, in spite of all the malignity of the powers of darkness, even thy God, O Zion! unto all generations. Christ is set King on the holy hill of Zion, and his kingdom shall continue in an endless glory.
), to which many of the Jewish writers refer this psalm, and to which therefore we should have an eye, in the singing of it. Praise the L ORD , O my soul. 2 While I live will I praise the L ORD : I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
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3 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
The Lord shall reign for ever. Jehovah is King, and his kingdom can never come to an end. Neither does he die, nor abdicate, nor lose his crown by force. Glory be to his name, his throne is never in jeopardy. As the Lord ever liveth, so he ever reigneth. Even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Zion's God, the God of his worshipping people, is he who in every age shall reign. There will always be a Zion; Zion will always have Jehovah for her King; for her he will always prove himself to be reigning in great power. What should we do in the presence of so great a King, but enter into his courts with praise, and pay to him our joyful homage? Praise ye the Lord. Again they said Hallelujah. Again the sweet perfume arose from the golden vials full of sweet odours. Are we not prepared for an outburst of holy song? Do not we also say—Hallelujah? Here endeth this happy Psalm. Here endeth not the praise of the Lord, which shall ascend for ever and ever. Amen.
The Lord shall reign for ever - Therefore he can never fail; and he is thy God, O Zion. Hitherto he has helped you and your fathers; and has extended that help from generation to generation. Therefore trust in him and bless the Lord.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The Lord shall reign for ever - See the notes at Psa 10:16: “The Lord is King forever and ever” Compare Exo 15:18. Even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations - As long as the world shall endure. There shall be no change of dynasty as there is in human governments; but the same King shall reign from age to age. Praise ye the Lord - Hallelu-jah. The psalm closes as it commences. It is a call on all persons to unite in the praise of Yahweh.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
The Lord will reign forever He will perpetuate His kingdom with the redemption of His children.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יִמְלֹ֤ךְ | yimlokh | he will reign | H4427 → | 348 times |
| יְהוָ֨ה׀ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לְעוֹלָ֗ם | leolam | for ever | H5769 → | 438 times |
| אֱלֹהַ֣יִךְ | ʾelohayikh | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| צִ֭יּוֹן | tziyon | O Zion | H6726 → | 154 times |
| לְדֹ֥ר | ledor | to a generation | H1755 → | 167 times |
| וָדֹ֗ר | vador | and a generation | H1755 → | 167 times |
| הַֽלְלוּ־ | halu- | praise | H1984 → | 165 times |
| יָֽהּ׃ | yah | Yahweh | H3050 → | 50 times |
יִמְלֹ֤ךְhe will reign
yimlokhH4427 →348 times
יְהוָ֨ה׀Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לְעוֹלָ֗םfor ever
leolamH5769 →438 times
אֱלֹהַ֣יִךְGod your
ʾelohayikhH430 →2601 times
צִ֭יּוֹןO Zion
tziyonH6726 →154 times
לְדֹ֥רto a generation
ledorH1755 →167 times
וָדֹ֗רand a generation
vadorH1755 →167 times
הַֽלְלוּ־praise
halu-H1984 →165 times
יָֽהּ׃Yahweh
yahH3050 →50 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Daniel 7:14And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is…
it leads to
- Daniel 7:27
Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 11:15
Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign…
- Daniel 2:44
In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms…
- John 3:35
The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
- Daniel 7:27
Through
Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign…
it leads to
- Daniel 7:14
And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is…
- Revelation 12:10
And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our…
- Revelation 10:7
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as He proclaimed to His servants the…
- Zechariah 14:9
On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.
- Daniel 7:14
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 146; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 7; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Jerome, Homily 55, on Psalm 145; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.