He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

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    He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

  • KJV King James Version

    He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    He hath remembered His covenant for ever, the word which He commanded to a thousand generations;

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Cross-references (9)

Passages linked to Psalms 105:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
  • Psalms 106:45 He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
  • Psalms 111:5 He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant.
  • Luke 1:72-74 to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant, the oath which he swore to Abraham our father, to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,
  • 1 Chronicles 16:15 Remember his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
  • Psalms 105:42 For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.
  • Nehemiah 1:5 and said, “I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments:
  • Psalms 111:9 He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome!
  • Daniel 9:4 I prayed to Yahweh my God, and made confession, and said, “Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments,

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever The…

8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever The Psalmist now celebrates the effect and actual fulfillment of the covenant, and proves from the deliverance wrought for the Israelites what he had stated before, namely, That God, while he reigned alike over all nations, extended his peculiar favor to the offspring of Abraham alone. How comes it to pass that God, in delivering his people, displayed the might of his arm by so many miracles, if it was not that he might faithfully perform the promise which he had made to his servants in time past? It is evident, then, that the ancient covenant was the cause of the deliverance granted to the chosen tribes; for in order that God might faithfully keep his promises, it behooved him first to be merciful. As a long series of years had elapsed between the promise and the performance, the prophet uses the word remember, intimating that the Divine promises do not become obsolete by length of time, but that even when the world imagines that they are extinguished and wholly forgotten, God retains as distinct a remembrance of them as ever, that he may accomplish them in due season. This is more strongly confirmed in the next clause, where the correspondence between the form or tenor of the covenant and the accomplishment is celebrated. It is not for a day, he would say, or for a few days, that God has made a covenant with Abraham, nor has he limited the continuance of his covenant to the life of man, but he has promised to be the God of his seed even to a thousand generations. Although, therefore, the fulfillment was for a long time suspended, God nevertheless showed by the effect that his promise did not fail by length of time.

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 105:8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever,…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He hath remembered, practically, so as to perform it;…
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain We are here taught, in praising God, to look…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain He hath remembered his covenant for ever,.... Another argument…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Remembered - So as to perform it. The word…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Psa 105:8-11. He hath remembered his covenant for ever…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain He hath remembered his covenant forever - That is,…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 8. Covenant—See Genesis 17; Gen_22:16-18; Gen_26:3-5; and Gen_28:13-15. This…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. He hath remembered] Rather, He remembereth. The Heb.…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) Commanded.—Better, appointed, or conferred.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain He hath remembered his covenant forever. Thirdly, the psalmist…
Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 8. He hath remembered his covenant for ever.…
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 105:8 The covenant is the Lord’s irrevocable oath to…

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