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You Have Heard My Vows

Psalms 61:7

In 11 translations

BSB
May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him.
KJV
He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
WEB
He shall be enthroned in God’s presence forever. Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
ASV
He shall abide before God for ever: Oh prepare lovingkindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
LSV
He dwells before God for all time, || Appoint kindness and truth—they keep him.
YLT
He dwelleth to the age before God, Kindness and truth appoint — they keep him.
DBY
He shall abide before God for ever: bestow loving-kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.Elohim
DRC60:8
He abideth for ever in the sight of God: his mercy and truth who shall search?
GNV
Hee shall dwell before God for euer: prepare mercie and faithfulnes that they may preserue him.
JPS61:8
May he be enthroned before God for ever! Appoint mercy and truth, that they may preserve him.
LXXE60:8
He shall endure for ever before God: which of them will seek out his mercy and truth?

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Original-language editions

WLC61:8
יֵשֵׁ֣ב ע֭וֹלָם לִפְנֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים חֶ֥סֶד וֶ֝אֱמֶ֗ת מַ֣ן יִנְצְרֻֽהוּ׃KJV:Ps.61.7
LXX-Br60:8
Διαμενεῖ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἔλεος καὶ ἀλήθειαν αὐτοῦ τίς ἐκζητήσει αὐτῶν;

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  • Psalms 40:11O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
  • Genesis 24:27saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
  • Luke 1:33and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
  • Psalms 41:12In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
  • Psalms 57:3He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
  • Isaiah 9:6–7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His…
  • Luke 1:54–55He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful, as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
  • Proverbs 20:28Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.
  • Hebrews 9:24For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
  • Micah 7:20You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.
  • Psalms 43:3Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.
  • Genesis 32:10I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
  • Hebrews 7:21–25but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’” Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better…

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  • 61:8 in some Bibles
  • 61:7 in most Bibles

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