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Psalms 145:9
The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the worshiping community in a hymn of praise, situated between a description of God’s character in verse 8 and a call for all creation to give thanks in verse 10.
The words — רַחֲמָיו (rachamayv) translates literally as “his compassion” or “his mercies,” and כָּל (kol) means “all,” establishing the verse’s universal scope.
The thread — The declaration that Yahweh is good to all runs through Nahum 1:7, Psalms 100:5, and Matthew 5:45, where divine goodness is consistently linked to impartial provision for both the righteous and the unrighteous.
Why it lands — The text states that God’s compassion rests on all His works, which requires readers to abandon selective or merit-based expectations of divine favor and acknowledge His active sustenance of all creation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
Cross-references
- Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
- Psalms 100:5 For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
- Matthew 5:45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
- Jonah 4:11 So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
- Psalms 104:27 All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
- Acts 17:25 Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
- Psalms 65:9 You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
- Psalms 36:6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
- Acts 14:17 Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
- Psalms 25:8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.