Psalms 146:5 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 146:5

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:

KJV

Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Homily 55, on Psalm 145 (420)

Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob. These trust in chariots, and these in horses: but we will call upon the name of the Lord our God. They have more helpers: but they are princes, but they are men, but they collapse. We have one, who is able to save. His hope is in the Lord his God. Let us see what the three young men say in the Babylonian furnace, when Nebuchadnezzar summons them, and compels them to worship Bel: what do they answer Nebuchadnezzar?

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 7 (1885)

Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help. Heaped up is his happiness. He has happiness indeed: the true and the real delight is with him. The God of Jacob is the God of the covenant, the God of wrestling prayer, the God of the tried believer; he is the only living and true God. The God of Jacob is Jehovah, who appeared unto Moses, and led the tribes of Jacob out of Egypt, and through the wilderness. Those are happy who trust him, for they shall never be ashamed or confounded.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַשְׁרֵ֗י	'ash.Rei	how blessed!	H835 →
שֶׁ֤אֵ֣ל	she.'El	[is one] whom [the] God of	H410 →
יַעֲקֹ֣ב	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
בְּעֶזְר֑וֹ	be.'ez.Ro	[is] <in> help his	H5828 →
שִׂ֝בְר֗וֹ	Siv.Ro	hope his	H7664 →
עַל־	'al-	[is] on	H5921 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהָֽיו׃	'e.lo.Hav	God his	H430 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 33:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
leads to
- Psalms 144:15
  Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
- 1 Peter 2:9
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- John 15:16
  You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
Through
Psalms 144:15
Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 33:29
  Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you,…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 33:12
  Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
- Ephesians 1:3
  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
Through
Psalms 71:5
For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
leads to
- Jeremiah 17:7
  But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
Through
Psalms 46:11
The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
leads to
- Deuteronomy 33:27
  The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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PersonPatriarchsJacobThe heel-grasping supplanter reshaped at Peniel into 'Israel, he who strives with God' — father of the twelve tribes.

Hope
Blessing pronounced specifically on the one whose hope rests in the LORD.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms