Psalms 145:9
The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
KJV
Dominus custodit advenas, pupillum et viduam suscipiet, et vias peccatorum disperdet.
Vulgate
Κύριος φυλάσσει τοὺς προσηλύτους, ὀρφανὸν καὶ χήραν ἀναλήμψεται, καὶ ὁδὸν ἁμαρτωλῶν ἀφανιεῖ.
LXX
Jehovah is good to all; And his tender mercies are over all his works.
ASV
טוֹב יְהוָ֥ה לַ/כֹּ֑ל וְ֝/רַחֲמָ֗י/ו עַל כָּל מַעֲשָֽׂי/ו
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
ךָ
k
noun · 45×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
m'shh
noun · 234×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§295We believe that God created the world according to his wisdom.141 It is not the product of any necessity whatever, nor of blind fate or chance. We believe that it proceeds from God's free will; he wanted to make his creatures share in his being, wisdom and goodness: "For you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created."142 Therefore the Psalmist exclaims:…
§342The hierarchy of creatures is expressed by the order of the "six days", from the less perfect to the more perfect. God loves all his creatures209 and takes care of each one, even the sparrow. Nevertheless, Jesus said: "You are of more value than many sparrows", or again: "of how much more value is a man than a sheep!"210
1. Wonderful indeed were the things in the Temple, the Holy of Holies; and again awful were those things also that were done at Mount Sina, the fire, the darkness, the blackness, the tempest. cf. Deuteronomy 33:2 For, it says, God appeared in Sina, and long ago were these things celebrated. The New Covenant, however, was not given with any of these things, but has been given in…
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, …
God is by nature good, and from His goodness springs all that is good. He is the cause of all things, the ruler of all things, the provider of all things. His providence extends to the least creature. What we call secondary causes are but instruments of divine agency. Nothing falls outside His governance.
We believe all things, both visible and invisible, to be governed by the Providence of God; though God is not the author of evil. But evil cometh to pass by reason of the malice of men or of demons, that is, when rational creatures, having received free-will from God, voluntarily turn aside from good. For it is the doctrine of the Church that God, who is the creator of all thin…
Cross-references
- 2Sam 24:14 — And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
- Acts 14:17 — Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
- Acts 17:25 — Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
- Deut 10:18 — He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
- Eph 4:32 — And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
- Jonah 4:11 — And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
- Luke 6:35 — But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the ev
- Matt 5:45 — That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
- Matt 5:45 — That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
- Nah 1:7 — The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
- Ps 36:6 — Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
- Ps 51:1 — Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
- Ps 65:9 — Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
- Ps 100:5 — For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
- Ps 104:27 — These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
- Ps 119:64 — The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
- Ps 145:15 — The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.