Psalm 106:45
New International Version
for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.

New Living Translation
He remembered his covenant with them and relented because of his unfailing love.

English Standard Version
For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

Berean Standard Bible
And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

King James Bible
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

New King James Version
And for their sake He remembered His covenant, And relented according to the multitude of His mercies.

New American Standard Bible
And He remembered His covenant for their sake, And relented according to the greatness of His mercy.

NASB 1995
And He remembered His covenant for their sake, And relented according to the greatness of His lovingkindness.

NASB 1977
And He remembered His covenant for their sake, And relented according to the greatness of His lovingkindness.

Legacy Standard Bible
And He remembered for them His covenant, And relented according to the abundance of His lovingkindness.

Amplified Bible
And He remembered His covenant for their sake, And relented [rescinding their sentence] according to the greatness of His lovingkindness [when they cried out to Him],

Christian Standard Bible
remembered his covenant with them, and relented according to the abundance of his faithful love.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
remembered His covenant with them, and relented according to the riches of His faithful love.

American Standard Version
And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindness.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he has remembered his covenant and has shown mercy upon them and has led them according to the abundance of his grace.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he remembered his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercy.

Contemporary English Version
You kept your agreement and were so merciful

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

English Revised Version
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He remembered his promise to them. In keeping with his rich mercy, he changed his plans.

Good News Translation
For their sake he remembered his covenant, and because of his great love he relented.

International Standard Version
he remembered his covenant with them, and so relented according to the greatness of his gracious love.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And He remembered for them His covenant, And repented according to the multitude of His mercies.

Literal Standard Version
And remembers His covenant for them, | And is comforted, | According to the abundance of His kindness.

Majority Standard Bible
And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

New American Bible
For their sake he remembered his covenant and relented in his abundant mercy,

NET Bible
He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love.

New Revised Standard Version
For their sake he remembered his covenant, and showed compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

New Heart English Bible
He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

World English Bible
He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

Young's Literal Translation
And remembereth for them His covenant, And is comforted, According to the abundance of His kindness.

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Context
Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good
44Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress. 45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion. 46He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.…

Cross References
Luke 1:72
to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

Exodus 32:14
So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.

Leviticus 26:42
then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.

Judges 2:18
Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.

Psalm 51:1
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 69:16
Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.

Psalm 74:20
Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.


Treasury of Scripture

And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

and he

Psalm 105:8
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

Leviticus 26:40-42
If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; …

2 Kings 13:23
And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.

repented

Psalm 90:13
Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

Psalm 135:14
For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.

Exodus 32:14
And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

to the

Psalm 51:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 69:16
Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

Isaiah 63:7
I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

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Psalm 106
1. The psalmist exhorts to praise God
4. He prays for pardon of sin, as God pardoned the fathers
7. The story of the people's rebellion, and God's mercy
47. He concludes with prayer and praise














Verse 45. - And he remembered for them his covenant. According to the promise in Leviticus 26:42. And repented according to the multitude of his mercies (comp. Exodus 32:14; 2 Samuel 24:16; 1 Chronicles 21:15; Jeremiah 26:19, etc.). The expression is anthropomorphic, and must be understood so as not to clash with the declaration, "God is not a man, that he should repent" (1 Samuel 15:29).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And He remembered
וַיִּזְכֹּ֣ר (way·yiz·kōr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male

His covenant
בְּרִית֑וֹ (bə·rî·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1285: A covenant

with them,
לָהֶ֣ם (lā·hem)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

and relented
וַ֝יִּנָּחֵ֗ם (way·yin·nā·ḥêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5162: To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge

by the abundance
כְּרֹ֣ב (kə·rōḇ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness

of His loving devotion.
חֲסָדָֽיו׃ (ḥă·sā·ḏāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty


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