Bible Strands
Psalms 57:10
For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens, and Your faithfulness to the clouds.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God directly, declaring His character immediately after announcing praise among the nations in the preceding verse. This statement functions as the theological bridge between corporate worship and the subsequent call for divine exaltation.
The words — The Hebrew terms חַסְדְּךָ (chasdecha) and אֲמִתְּךָ (amtekha) literally render "Your covenant loyalty" and "Your faithfulness." These nouns anchor the verse's claim about the nature and scope of God's steadfast commitment.
The thread — The identical phrasing regarding loyalty reaching the heavens and faithfulness extending to the clouds appears in Psalms 36:5 and Psalms 108:4. The same measurement motif reappears in Psalms 103:11 when comparing divine loyalty to the height of the heavens.
Why it lands — The text states that God's covenant loyalty and faithfulness are immeasurably vast, not contingent on human circumstances. A reader must accept this unbounded divine faithfulness as the objective basis for trust and worship.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
Cross-references
- Psalms 108:4 For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
- Psalms 36:5 Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
- Psalms 103:11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.
- Isaiah 54:7 “For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
- Psalms 71:19 Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
- Hebrews 6:17 So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
- Psalms 85:10 Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.
- Psalms 89:1 A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
- Genesis 9:9 “Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,