Psalms 145:17
The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
KJV
Jehovah is righteous in all his ways, And gracious in all his works.
ASV
צַדִּ֣יק יְ֭הוָה בְּ/כָל דְּרָכָ֑י/ו וְ֝/חָסִ֗יד בְּ/כָל מַעֲשָֽׂי/ו
Hebrew
Righteous is Jehovah in all His ways, And kind in all His works.
YLT
The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
ו
v
adjective · 33×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
m'shh
noun · 234×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
I will extol thee, my God, O king. This Psalm of praise celebrates the goodness and greatness of God in all his works. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and of great mercy. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion endures throughout all generations. Calvin observes that this Psalm teaches us to praise God not only for his benefits to us, …
Cross-references
- Dan 4:37 — Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
- Deut 32:4 — He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
- Exod 9:27 — And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
- Exod 15:11 — Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- Gen 18:25 — That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do rig
- Isa 45:21 — Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a
- Job 4:17 — Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
- Job 34:12 — Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
- Job 36:3 — I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
- Ps 22:3 — But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
- Ps 50:6 — And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
- Ps 65:5 — By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
- Ps 89:14 — Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
- Ps 89:14 — Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
- Ps 92:15 — To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
- Ps 99:3 — Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
- Ps 99:3 — Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
- Ps 103:6 — The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
- Ps 116:5 — Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
- Ps 116:5 — Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
- Ps 119:137 — Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
- Rev 3:7 — And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man
- Rev 15:3 — And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
- Rev 15:3 — And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
- Rev 16:5 — And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
- Rev 19:11 — And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
- Rom 2:2 — But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
- Rom 3:25 — Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
- Rom 9:14 — What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
- Zech 9:9 — Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an
- Zeph 3:5 — The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
- Zeph 3:5 — The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.