Psalms 61 · Verse 7

Psalms 61:7

He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
Psalms 61:7, King James Version

Psalms 61:7 in other translations

BSBMay he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him.
WEBHe shall be enthroned in God’s presence forever. Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
ASVHe shall abide before God for ever: Oh prepare lovingkindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
YLTHe dwelleth to the age before God, Kindness and truth appoint--they keep him.
DARBYHe shall abide before God for ever: bestow loving-kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
BBEMay the seat of his authority be before God for ever; may mercy and righteousness keep him safe.
WebsterHe shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

What does Psalms 61:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 61:6-7

6-7. the king--himself and his royal line ending in Christ. Mercy and truth personified, as in Psa 40:11; 57:3.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 He shall abide before God for ever - Literally, "He shall sit for ever before the faces of God." He shall ever appear in the presence of God for us. And he ever sits at the right hand of the Majesty on high; for he undertook this office after having, by his sacrificial offering, made atonement for our sins. Prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him - As Mediator, his attendants will ever be mercy and truth. He will dispense the mercy of God, and thus fulfill the truth of the various promises and predictions which had preceded his incarnation. There is an obscurity in this clause, חסד ואמת מן ינצרהו chesed veemeth man yintseruhu, owing to the particle מן man, which some translate who or what; and others, number thou, from מנה manah, to count. Houbigant, and he is followed by Bishop Lowth, would read מיהוה miyehovah, Mercy and truth from Jehovah shall preserve him. The AngloSaxon has, Mildheartedness, and soothfastness his, who seeketh? which is nearly the rendering of the old Psalter: Mercy and sothfastnes of him, wha sall seke? Dr. Kennicott says, מן man is a Syriasm; and should be translated quaesoutinam, I beseech thee, - I wish, - O that! On this very ground Coverdale appears to have translated, O let thy lovynge mercy and faithfulnes preserve him! The sense I have given above I conceive to be the true one.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 61:5-8

There is a people in the world that fear God's name. There is a heritage peculiar to that people; present comforts in the soul, earnests of future bliss. Those that fear God have enough in him, and must not complain. We need desire no better heritage than that of those who fear God. Those abide to good purpose in this world, who abide before God, serve him, and walk in his fear; those who do so, shall abide before…

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Psalms 61:7 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.

יֵשֵׁ֣בye.Shevmay he sitH3427
ע֭וֹלָםo.lomforeverH5769
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
אֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
חֶ֥סֶדChe.sedcovenant loyaltyH2617
וֶ֝אֱמֶ֗תve.'e.Metand faithfulnessH571
מַ֣ןmanappointH4487
יִנְצְרֻֽהוּ\׃yin.tze.Ru.huthey will preserve himH5341

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 61:7

  • Psalms 40:11

    Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

  • Genesis 24:27

    And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren.

  • Psalms 41:12

    And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

  • Psalms 57:3

    He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

  • Isaiah 9:6-7

    For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

  • Luke 1:33

    And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

  • Micah 7:20

    Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

  • Hebrews 9:24

    For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

  • Luke 1:54-55

    He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

  • Proverbs 20:28

    Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

  • Psalms 43:3

    O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

  • Genesis 32:10

    I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
abide.
41:12; Isa 9:6,7; Lu 1:33; Heb 7:21-25; 9:24
prepare.
40:11; 43:3; 57:3; Ge 24:27; 32:10; Pr 20:28; Mic 7:20; Lu 1:54,55

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Context

  • Psalms 61:6

    Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations.

  • Psalms 61:7

    He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

  • Psalms 61:8

    So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.

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Psalms 61:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Estará para siempre delante de Dios: misericordia y verdad prepara que lo conserven.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu ajouteras des jours aux jours du roi; ses années seront comme des générations et des générations.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er wird ewiglich bleiben vor dem Angesicht Gottes. Bestelle Güte und Wahrheit, daß sie ihn behüten!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		quia ipse Deus meus et salvator meus, adjutor meus, non emigrabo.