Parallel Verses
Amplified
He will sit enthroned forever before [the face of] God;
Appoint lovingkindness and truth to watch over and preserve him.
New American Standard Bible
Appoint
King James Version
He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
Holman Bible
appoint faithful love and truth to guard him.
International Standard Version
May he be enthroned before God forever; Appoint your gracious love and truth to guard him.
A Conservative Version
He shall abide before God forever. O prepare loving kindness and truth that they may preserve him.
American Standard Version
He shall abide before God for ever: Oh prepare lovingkindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
Bible in Basic English
May the seat of his authority be before God for ever; may mercy and righteousness keep him safe.
Darby Translation
He shall abide before God for ever: bestow loving-kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
Julia Smith Translation
He shall dwell before God forever: mercy and truth a portion shall guard him.
King James 2000
He shall abide before God forever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
May he live forever in the presence of God. Appoint loyal love and faithfulness to preserve him.
Modern King James verseion
He shall abide before God forever; prepare mercy and truth to preserve him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that he may dwell before God for ever. O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness, that they may preserve him.
NET Bible
May he reign forever before God! Decree that your loyal love and faithfulness should protect him.
New Heart English Bible
He shall be enthroned in God's presence forever. Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
The Emphasized Bible
Let him retain his seat age-abidingly before God, Appoint that, lovingkindness and faithfulness, my watch over him!
Webster
He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
World English Bible
He shall be enthroned in God's presence forever. Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
Youngs Literal Translation
He dwelleth to the age before God, Kindness and truth appoint -- they keep him.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 61:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Security In God
6
You will prolong the king’s life [adding days upon days];
His years will be like many generations.
He will sit enthroned forever before [the face of] God;
Appoint lovingkindness and truth to watch over and preserve him.
So I will sing praise to Your name forever,
Paying my vows day by day.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 40:11
Do not withhold Your compassion and tender mercy from me, O Lord;
Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.
Psalm 41:12
As for me, You uphold me in my integrity,
And You set me in Your presence forever.
Genesis 24:27
He said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not denied His lovingkindness and His truth to my master. As for me, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brothers.”
Genesis 32:10
I am unworthy of all the lovingkindness and compassion and of all the faithfulness which You have shown to Your servant. With only my staff [long ago] I crossed over this Jordan, and now I have become [blessed and increased into these] two groups [of people].
Psalm 43:3
O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me;
Let them bring me to Your holy hill
And to Your dwelling places.
Psalm 57:3
He will send from heaven and save me;
He calls to account him who tramples me down. Selah.
God will send out His lovingkindness and His truth.
Proverbs 20:28
Loyalty and mercy, truth and faithfulness, protect the king,
And he upholds his throne by lovingkindness.
Isaiah 9:6-7
For to us a Child shall be born, to us a Son shall be given;
And the government shall be upon His shoulder,
And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Micah 7:20
You shall give truth to Jacob
And lovingkindness and mercy to Abraham,
As You have sworn to our forefathers
From the days of old.
Luke 1:33
and He will reign over the house of Jacob (Israel) forever, and of His kingdom there shall be no end.”
Luke 1:54-55
“He has helped His servant Israel,
In remembrance of His mercy,
Hebrews 7:21-25
(for those Levites who formerly became priests [received their office] without [its being confirmed by the taking of] an oath, but this One [was designated] with an oath through the One who said to Him,
And will not change His mind or regret it,
‘You (Christ) are a Priest forever’”).
Hebrews 9:24
For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but [He entered] into heaven itself, now to appear in the very presence of God on our behalf;