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Psalms 136:23

Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:

KJV

Who remembered us in our low estate; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever;

ASV

שֶׁ֭/בְּ/שִׁפְלֵ/נוּ זָ֣כַר לָ֑/נוּ כִּ֖י לְ/עוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

Who in our lowliness hath remembered us, For to the age is His kindness.

YLT

who remembered us in our low estate, for his loving kindness endures forever;

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 246×
זְכָר
zkr
verb · 231×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
עוֹלָֽם
'vlm
noun · 427×
שֵּׁ֥פֶל
shpl
noun · 2×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 1:19 — And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
  • 1Sam 2:7 — The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
  • Deut 32:36 — For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
  • Ezek 16:3 — And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.
  • Ezra 9:9 — For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to
  • Gen 8:1 — And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
  • Gen 8:1 — And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
  • Isa 63:9 — In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
  • Luke 1:48 — For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
  • Luke 1:48 — For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
  • Luke 1:52 — He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
  • Num 10:9 — And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from y
  • Ps 72:12 — For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
  • Ps 102:17 — He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
  • Ps 113:7 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
  • Ps 115:12 — The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
  • Ps 116:6 — The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
  • Ps 142:6 — Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
  • Ps 142:6 — Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.