Psalms 111 · Verse 8

Psalms 111:8

They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.

Psalms 111:8, King James Version

Psalms 111:8 in other translations

BSB	They are upheld forever and ever, enacted in truth and uprightness.
WEB	They are established forever and ever. They are done in truth and uprightness.
ASV	They are established for ever and ever; They are done in truth and uprightness.
YLT	They are sustained for ever to the age. They are made in truth and uprightness.
DARBY	Maintained for ever and ever, done in truth and uprightness.
BBE	They are fixed for ever and ever, they are done in faith and righteousness.
Webster	They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.

What does Psalms 111:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 111:6-8

6-8. His power was shown especially in giving them the promised land, and His faithfulness and justice thus displayed are, like His precepts, reliable and of permanent obligation.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 8 They stand fast for ever - סמוכים semuchim, they are propped up, buttressed, for ever. They can never fail; for God's power supports his works, and his providence preserves the record of what he has done.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 111:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

סְמוּכִ֣יםse.mu.Khim[they are] sustainedH5564

לָעַ֣דla.'Adfor everH5703

לְעוֹלָ֑םle.'o.Lamfor everH5769

עֲ֝שׂוּיִ֗ם'a.su.Yim[they are] doneH6213

בֶּאֱמֶ֥תbe.'e.Metin faithfulnessH571

וְיָשָֽׁר\׃ve.ya.Sharand upright[ness]H3477

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Cross references for Psalms 111:8

Matthew 5:18
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Psalms 19:9
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Isaiah 40:8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Revelation 15:3
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
Romans 7:12
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Psalms 119:127-128
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
Romans 3:31
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

They.
Mt 5:18; Ro 3:31
stand fast. Heb. are established. are done.
19:9; 119:127,128; Ro 7:12; Re 15:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Psalms 111:7
The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
Psalms 111:8
They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
Psalms 111:9
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.

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Psalms 111:8 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Afirmados por siglo de siglo, hechos en verdad y en rectitud.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Maintenus à perpétuité, pour toujours, faits avec vérité et droiture.
German Elberfelder 1871	Festgestellt auf immer, auf ewig, ausgeführt in Wahrheit und Geradheit.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	confirmatum est cor ejus; non commovebitur donec despiciat inimicos suos.