Psalms 48:10
in Psalms 48Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
As is thy name, O God, So is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: Thy right hand is full of righteousness.
KJV
According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
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This verse in Psalms 48
Commentary
14 notes on this verseAccording to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth. Great fame is due to his great name. The glory of Jehovah's exploits overleaps the boundaries of earth; angels behold with wonder, and from every star delighted intelligences proclaim his fame beyond the ends of the earth. What if men are silent, yet the woods, and seas, and mountains, with all their countless tribes, and all the unseen spirits that walk them, are full of the divine praise.
This site's exposition
Within Your temple, O God
on Psalms 48:9-11
Within Your temple, O God, the worshippers turn from the deliverance to His loving devotion. His name and His praise reach the ends of the earth, and His right hand is full of righteousness. Zion and the daughters of Judah are glad at His judgments.
This site's exposition
Your name, O God
Barnes and Clarke read the likeness as reach, so that wherever His name is known on the earth it is praised. Henry tied the name to the deliverance of the city, seen by the nations around. Chrysostom took the right hand full of righteousness to mean abundance.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
For when he had said, "We have received Your mercy in the midst of Your people," he signified that there is a people not receiving the mercy of God, in the midst of whom some do receive the mercy of God: and then lest it should occur to men that there are so few, as to be nearly none, how did He console them in the words following? "According to Your Name, O God, so is Your praise unto the ends of the earth" [Psalm 48:9]. What is this? ...That is, as You are known through all the earth, so You are also praised through all the earth, nor are there wanting who now praise You through all the earth. But they praise You who live well. For, "According to Your Name, O God, so is Your praise," not in a part, but "unto the ends of the earth." "Your right hand is full of righteousness." That is, many are they also who shall stand at Your right hand. Not only shall they be many who shall stand at Your left hand, but there also shall be a full heap set at Your right hand.
The right hand of God is Christ, who is filled with righteousness and from his fullness we receive everything.
As it belongs to fire to heat, to the sun to give light, just so as well the role of benefactor belongs to him—not in the same manner, however, but even much more. Thus he spoke also this way, "Your right hand is filled with righteousness," suggesting abundance, relation to his being.
The Medieval Church1 voice
"According to your name, O God." Here the effect of this reception is set forth. As if to say: by the fact that we have received your name, your praise has been spread throughout the whole earth. And this "according to your name, O God," …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
So - Thou art acknowledged to be such an one as thou hast affirmed thyself to be in thy Word, God Almighty, or All- sufficient, the Lord of hosts, and a strong tower to all that trust in thee. Righteousness - Of righteous actions; by which thou discoverest thy holiness.
6 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): " According to thy name, O God! so is thy praise, not only in Jerusalem, but to the ends of the earth." By the late signal deliverance of Jerusalem God had made himself a name; that is, he had gloriously discovered his wisdom, power, and goodness, and made all the nations about sensible of it; and so was his praise; that is, some in all parts would be found giving glory to him accordingly.
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The Nineteenth Century4 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
According . . . praise--that is, As Thy perfections manifested (compare Ps 8:1; 20:1-7), demand praise, it shall be given, everywhere. thy right hand, &c.--Thy righteous government is displayed by Thy power.
According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth. Great fame is due to his great name. The glory of Jehovah's exploits overleaps the boundaries of earth; angels behold with wonder, and from every star delighted intelligences proclaim his fame beyond the ends of the earth. What if men are silent, yet the woods, and seas, and mountains, with all their countless tribes, and all the unseen spirits that walk them, are full of the divine praise. As in a shell we listen to the murmurs of the sea, so in the convolutions of creation we hear the praises of God. Thy right hand is full of righteousness. Thy sceptre and thy sword, thy government and thy vengeance, are altogether just. Thy hand is never empty, but full of energy, of bounty, and of equity. Neither saint nor sinner shall find the Lord to be an empty handed God; he will in both cases deal out righteousness to the full: to the one, through Jesus, he will be just to forgive, to the other just to condemn.
According to thy name - As far as thou art known, so far art thou praised; and where thou art known, thou wilt have praise to the end of the earth. And why? “Thy right hand is full of righteousness.” Thou art continually dispensing thy blessings to the children of men.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise - That is, as far as thy name is known, it will be praised; or, the effect of knowing it will be to inspire praise. A just view of thy character and doings will lead people to praise thee as far as thy name is known. This seems to have been said in view of what had occurred. Events so remarkable, and so suited to show that God was a just, a powerful, and a merciful Being, would claim universal praise and adoration. Unto the ends of the earth - In every part of the world. The earth is frequently represented in the Scriptures as an extended plain, having ends, corners, or limits. See the notes at Isa 11:12; Rev 7:1. Thy right hand is full of righteousness - The right hand is the instrument by which we accomplish anything. The idea here is, that in what God had done it seemed as if his hand - the instrument by which this bad been accomplished - had been “filled” with justice. All that had been manifested had been righteousness, and that had been in abundance.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
We have hoped, O Lord, for Your kindness The prophet repeatedly prays to the Holy One, blessed be He, and says, “We hoped and waited for Your kindness, to see this Your salvation in the midst of Your Temple. Menachem (p.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
As is Your name, O God, so is Your praise Just as Your name is great, so is Your praise great in everyone’s mouth.
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
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כְּשִׁמְךָ֤ | keshimkha | like name your | H8034 → | 864 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֗ים | ʾelohim | O God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| כֵּ֣ן | ken | so | H3651 → | 771 times |
| תְּ֭הִלָּתְךָ | tehilatekha | praise your | H8416 → | 56 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [is] over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| קַצְוֵי־ | katzvei- | [the] ends of | H7099 → | |
| אֶ֑רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| צֶ֝֗דֶק | tzedek | righteousness | H6664 → | 119 times |
| מָלְאָ֥ה | malah | it is full | H4390 → | 249 times |
| יְמִינֶֽךָ׃ | yeminekha | right [hand] your | H3225 → | 140 times |
כְּשִׁמְךָ֤like name your
keshimkhaH8034 →864 times
אֱלֹהִ֗יםO God
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
כֵּ֣ןso
kenH3651 →771 times
תְּ֭הִלָּתְךָpraise your
tehilatekhaH8416 →56 times
עַל־[is] over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
קַצְוֵי־[the] ends of
katzvei-H7099 →
אֶ֑רֶץ[the] earth
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
צֶ֝֗דֶקrighteousness
tzedekH6664 →119 times
מָלְאָ֥הit is full
malahH4390 →249 times
יְמִינֶֽךָ׃right [hand] your
yeminekhaH3225 →140 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
Isaiah 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
it leads to
- Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Isaiah 43:1–2
Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your…
- Romans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Deuteronomy 31:6–8
Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
- Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- Joshua 1:9
Through
Psalms 113:3From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised.
it leads to
- Malachi 1:11
For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name…
- Psalms 18:3
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
- Isaiah 59:19
So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.
- Malachi 1:11
Where this verse is studied
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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; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 48; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 2; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Evagrius Ponticus, NOTES ON THE PSALMS 47[48].11; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Commentary on the Psalms; John Chrysostom, COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS 48:3; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Exposition on the Psalms of David.