His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.
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His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.
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And his mercy is on them that feare him thorow oute all generacions.
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And his mercie is from generation to generation on them that feare him.
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- Psalms 103:17-18 But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children, to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts.
- Exodus 20:6 and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
- Genesis 17:7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.
- Exodus 34:6-7 Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth, keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children’s children, on the third and on the fourth generation.”
- Psalms 118:4 Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever.
- Psalms 145:19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
- Psalms 103:11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
- Psalms 31:19 Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!
- Psalms 115:13 He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.
- Revelation 19:5 A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”
- Malachi 3:16-18 Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name. They shall be mine,” says Yahweh of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him. Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.
- Psalms 147:11 Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
- Psalms 85:9 Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain To them that live godly and religiously, so speak…
To them that live godly and religiously, so speak the Hebrews.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 50 And his mercy is on them that fear…
50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
Ver. 50. From generation to generation] Personal goodness is profitable to posterity.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Having celebrated God for his glory and majesty, she…
Having celebrated God for his glory and majesty, she here celebrates him for his mercy, which extends to all, but especially is showed to such as fear him. She certainly respecteth the promise of God to be the God of Abraham and this seed, but declareth this to be most eminently made good to those who are truly pious, all piety being expressed ordinarily in Scripture (especially in the Old Testament) under the notion of the fear of God. We have almost the same words Psa 103:17. It is elsewhere expressed under the notion of thousands, Exo 20:6, signifying not only the extent of the Divine goodness to all his people, but the continuance of it for ever.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And his mercy is on them that fear him,....…
And his mercy is on them that fear him,.... Not with slavish fear of hell and damnation, but with reverence and godly fear; with a filial fear, with a reverential love of God, and affection for him; with that fear which springs from the goodness of God, which has that for its object, and is encouraged by it: and though this fear is not the cause and reason of the mercy of God, yet is descriptive of the persons towards whom it is exercised in various ways, and to whom it is openly shown; they hereby appearing to be the vessels of mercy, afore prepared to glory; and in whose redemption, mercy and truth have met together, and who, according to the abundant mercy of God the Father, have been begotten again; whose unrighteousnesses he has been merciful to, and whose sins he will remember no more: and it may have a particular regard to the incarnation of Christ, which in this chapter is said to be in remembrance of mercy; to be the mercy promised, and to come through the tender mercy of our God, Luk 1:54. And which was a mercy Mary considered, not as peculiar to herself, but as extended to all that fear the Lord; not in that age only, but from
generation to generation; to the end of the world, to God's elect in all times and places, who should all be partakers of it, and sharers in it.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 50. His mercy is on them that fear…
Verse 50. His mercy is on them that fear him] His exuberant kindness manifests itself in acts of mercy to all those who fear or reverence his name; and this is continued from generation to generation, because he is abundant in goodness, and because he delighteth in mercy. This is a noble, becoming, and just character of the God of the Christians; a being who delights in the salvation and happiness of all his creatures, because his name is mercy, and his nature love.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain His mercy - Favor shown to the miserable and…
His mercy - Favor shown to the miserable and the guilty.
Is on them - Is shown or manifested to them.
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That fear him - That “reverence” or honor Him. One kind of fear is that which a servant has of a cruel master, or which a man has of a precipice, the plague, or death. This is not the “fear” which we ought to have toward God. It is the fear which a dutiful child has of a kind and virtuous father a fear of injuring his feelings; of dishonoring him by our life; of doing anything which he would disapprove. It is on those who have such fear of God that his mercy descends. This is the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom, Psa 111:10; Job 28:28.From generation to generation - From one age to another - that is, it is unceasing; it continues and abounds. But it means also more than this. It means that God’s mercy will descend on the children and children’s children of those that fear him and keep his commandments, Exo 20:6. In this respect it is an unspeakable privilege to be descended from pious parents; to have been the subject of their prayers, and to have received their blessing. It is also a matter of vast guilt not to copy their example and to walk in their steps. If God is “disposed” to show mercy to thousands of generations, how heavy will be the condemnation if the children of pious parents do not avail themselves of it and early seek his favor!
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain II. Recognition that God ever exalts the lowly.
II. Recognition that God ever exalts the lowly.
50-53. From her own case, Mary now generalizes that thus does God ever deal; debasing the proud, exalting the humble. The past tense of the verbs here is intended to express past, present, and future. Paganism, now reigning supreme in the Roman empire, is destined to give way before the religion of the despised cross. In two or three passing centuries the power of the son of this Nazarene maiden will subdue the Roman empire, and the throne of Augustus shall be inherited by his worshippers. So does God put down the mighty from their seats, and exalt them of low degree.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 50. his mercy] Psa_89:2-3 and passim.
50. his mercy] Psa_89:2-3 and passim.
From generation to generation] Rather, Unto generations and generations; ledôr vadôr, Gen_17:9, &c. See Deu_7:9.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (50) His mercy is on them that fear him.—The…
(50) His mercy is on them that fear him.—The words, as read by those for whom St. Luke wrote, would seem almost to foreshadow the Gospel of the Apostle of the Gentiles. Those that “feared God” were to be found not only among the children of Abraham, but also among “every nation” (Act_10:2; Act_10:35), and He would shew forth His mercy to all in whom that temper should be found.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 His mercy
His mercy
"God's mercy"
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from generation to generation
"from one generation to the next generation" or "throughout every generation" or "to people in every time period"
displayed strength with his arm
Here "his arm" is a metonym that stands for God's power. AT: "shown that he is very powerful" (See: Metonymy)
has scattered those ... hearts
"has caused those ... hearts to run away in different directions"
who were proud about the thoughts of their hearts
Here "hearts" is a metonym for people's inner beings. AT: "who were proud in their thoughts" or "who were proud" (See: Idiom)
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