Psalms 100:5

For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְ֭הֹוָה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
good	ט֣וֹב Tov	H2896	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense · adjective, masculine singular absolute
mercy	חַסְדּ֑וֹ chas.Do	H2617	kindness · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
everlasting	לְעוֹלָ֣ם le.'o.Lam	H5769	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
truth	אֱמוּנָתֽוֹ 'e.mu.na.To	H530	literally firmness · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
all	דֹּ֥ר dor	H1755	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
generations	וָ֝דֹ֗ר va.Dor	H1755	properly · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 106:1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms 86:5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Psalms 107:1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
1 Chronicles 16:34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms 36:5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
Psalms 136:1-26 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Jeremiah 33:11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Prai…
Psalms 103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 100:1–end

Here, I. The exhortations to praise are very importunate. The psalm does indeed answer to the title, A psalm of praise; it begins with that call which of late we have several times met with (Psa 100:1), Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all you lands, or all the earth, all the inhabitants of the earth. When all nations shall be discipled, and the gospel preached to every creature, then this summons will be fully answered to. But, if we take the foregoing psalm to be (as we have opened it) a call to the Jewish church to rejoice in the administration of God's kingdom, which they were under (as the four psalms before it were calculated for the days of the Messiah), this psalm, perhaps, was int…

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John Gill on Psalms 100:5

For the Lord is good,.... Both in a providential way, and in a way of grace, and does good; he is the good Shepherd, that has laid down his life for the sheep; and the good Samaritan, that pours in the wine and oil of his love and grace, and his precious blood, to the healing of the wounds made by sin: while he was on earth, he went about doing good to the bodies and souls of men; and he continues to do good unto them, and therefore should be praised, served, and worshipped: his mercy is everlasting; or "his grace" (e); there is always a sufficiency of it for his people; and his lovingkindness, which may be also here meant, is always the same; having loved his own which were in the world, h…

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John Calvin on Psalms 100:4–end

Psalm 100:4-5 4. Enter into his gates with praise, and into his courts with rejoicing: give glory [125] to him, and bless his name. 5. Because Jehovah is good, his mercy endureth for ever, and his truth from generation to generation. 4 Enter his gates The conclusion of the psalm is almost the same as the beginning of it, excepting that he adopts a mode of speech which relates to the worship of God which obtained under the law; [126] in which, however, he merely reminds us that believers, in rendering thanks to God, do not discharge their duty aright, unless they also continue in the practice of a steady profession of piety. Meanwhile, under the name of the temple, he signifies that God can…

The Church Fathers

"His mercy is everlasting." For He will not cease to be merciful, after He has freed you: it belongs to His mercy to protect you even unto eternal life. "His mercy," therefore, "is to everlasting: and His Truth from generation to generation" [Psalm 100:5]. Understand by "from generation to generation," either every generation, or in two generations, the one earthly, the other heavenly. Here there is one generation which produces mortals; another which makes such as are everlasting. His Truth is both here, and there. Imagine not that His truth is not here, if His truth were not here, he would not say in another Psalm: "Truth is risen out of the earth;" nor would Truth Itself say, Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. [Matthew 28:20]
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 100

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Dictionary and topics

Truth Of God, The · Described as: Enduring to all generations — Described as: Enduring to all generations

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 100:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 100:1–end

John Gill on Psalms 100:5

John Calvin on Psalms 100:4–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 100:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 100:1–end

John Gill on Psalms 100:5

John Calvin on Psalms 100:4–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 100:4–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 100:4

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 100:5