Bible Strands
Psalms 48:14
For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the congregation of Zion, following the command in verse 13 to pass the knowledge of God's city on to the next generation. This is the concluding declaration of that instruction.
The words — יְנַהֲגֵנוּ (yenaḥagenu) carries the verse: the root נהג (n-h-g) means "to drive, guide," as one drives a chariot or steers a course, here in the Hiphil future with a first-person plural suffix — "He will drive us."
The thread — The same נהג root appears in Psalms 23:3 (the shepherd guiding in paths of righteousness) and Psalms 73:24 (guidance by counsel ending in glory), and in Isaiah 58:11 where the LORD "will always guide you" in a sun-scorched land.
Why it lands — It asserts that God's guidance is not a temporary arrangement but an eternal one, and it asks the reader to test their own sense of direction against that claim.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 58:11 The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
- Psalms 23:3 He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
- Psalms 73:24 You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
- Psalms 25:9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.
- John 16:13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.
- Psalms 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- Psalms 16:2 I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”
- Psalms 31:14 But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
- Proverbs 8:20 I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
- Lamentations 3:21 Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: