King James Version
Psalms 111:7 in the King James Version says “The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 111 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.”
Psalms 111:7 · KJV
He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant. meat: Heb. prey
He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness. stand: Heb. are established
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The works”
H4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
“of his hands”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“and judgment”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“are sure”
H539properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all his commandments”
H6490properly, appointed, i.e., a mandate (of god; plural only, collectively, for the law)
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