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Psalms 112:4

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

KJV

Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus, et super cælos gloria ejus.

Vulgate

ὑψηλὸς ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ὁ κύριος, ἐπὶ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ἡ δόξα αὐτοῦ.

LXX

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: He isgracious, and merciful, and righteous.

ASV

זָ֘רַ֤ח בַּ/חֹ֣שֶׁךְ א֭וֹר לַ/יְשָׁרִ֑ים חַנּ֖וּן וְ/רַח֣וּם וְ/צַדִּֽיק

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וֹר
'vr
noun · 120×
זָרַ֤ח
zrch
verb · 17×
חַנּ֣וּן
chnvn
adjective · 13×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
יָּשָׁ֖ר
yshr
adjective · 114×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
רַח֣וּם
rchvm
adjective · 13×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Summa Theologica · 2 passages
Is it fitting for God to become incarnate? Was it necessary for the restoration of the human race? If there had been no sin, would God have become incarnate? Did He become incarnate to take away original sin rather than actual? Was it fitting for God to become incarnate from the beginning of the world? Should His Incarnation have been deferred to the end of the world? Article 1…
Were we freed from sin by Christ's Passion? Were we thereby delivered from the power of the devil? Were we freed thereby from our debt of punishment? Were we thereby reconciled with God? Was heaven's gate opened to us thereby? Did Christ derive exaltation from it? Article 1. Whether we were delivered from sin through Christ's Passion? Objection 1. It would seem that we were not…

Cross-references

  • 1John 2:29 — If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
  • 1John 3:7 — Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
  • 1John 3:10 — In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
  • 2Cor 8:8 — I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
  • 2Sam 22:29 — For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
  • Col 3:12 — Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
  • Eph 4:32 — And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
  • Eph 4:32 — And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
  • Eph 5:9 — (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
  • Eph 5:15 — See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
  • Esth 8:16 — The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
  • Exod 34:6 — And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
  • Isa 50:10 — Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
  • Isa 58:8 — Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
  • Isa 58:10 — And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:
  • Job 11:17 — And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
  • Job 11:17 — And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
  • Job 22:28 — Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
  • John 12:46 — I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
  • Luke 6:36 — Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
  • Mal 4:2 — But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
  • Matt 1:19 — Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
  • Matt 5:7 — Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
  • Mic 6:8 — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
  • Mic 7:8 — Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
  • Mic 7:8 — Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
  • Prov 13:9 — The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
  • Prov 28:20 — A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
  • Ps 18:25 — With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
  • Ps 18:28 — For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
  • Ps 37:6 — And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
  • Ps 97:11 — Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
  • Ps 97:11 — Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
  • Ps 106:1 — Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
  • Ps 111:4 — He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
  • Ps 116:5 — Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
  • Titus 2:11 — For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
  • Zech 14:6 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: