Bible Strands
Psalms 111:6
He has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the community of Israel, immediately following a declaration about God providing food and remembering His covenant.
The words — The text uses הִגִּ֣יד (hi.Gid), meaning "he has declared," and נַחֲלַ֥ת (na.cha.Lat), meaning "an inheritance of."
The thread — The text states God gives the nations as an inheritance, a pattern repeated in Psalms 2:8 and Psalms 80:8 where land is secured by displacing existing peoples.
Why it lands — The passage requires readers to acknowledge that God's historical interventions directly establish His people's territorial possession.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
Cross-references
- Psalms 2:8 Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
- Psalms 80:8 You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
- Joshua 10:13 So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”
- Psalms 44:2 With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
- Joshua 3:14 So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.
- Joshua 6:20 So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.
- Psalms 78:12 He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
- Psalms 105:27 They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- Deuteronomy 4:32 Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?