Psalm 61:7 {60:8}
Good News Translation
May he rule forever in your presence, O God; protect him with your constant love and faithfulness.

New Revised Standard Version
May he be enthroned forever before God; appoint steadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him!

Contemporary English Version
May he always rule with you, God, at his side; may your love and loyalty watch over him.

New American Bible
May he reign before God forever; send your love and fidelity to preserve him—

Douay-Rheims Bible
He abideth for ever in the sight of God: his mercy and truth who shall search?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He abideth for ever in the sight of God: his mercy and truth who shall search?

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Psalm 41:12 But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: and hast established me in thy sight for ever.

Isaiah 9:6,7 For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace. . . .

Luke 1:33 And of his kingdom there shall be no end.

Hebrews 7:21-25 But this with an oath, by him that said unto him: The Lord hath sworn and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever). . . .

Hebrews 9:24 For Jesus is not entered into the Holies made with hands, the patterns of the true: but into Heaven itself, that he may appear now in the presence of God for us.

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Psalm 40:11 Withhold not thou, O Lord, thy tender mercies from me: thy mercy and thy truth have always upheld me.

Psalm 43:3 Sent forth thy light and thy truth: they have conducted me, and brought me unto thy holy hill, and into thy tabernacles.

Psalm 57:3 He hath sent from heaven and delivered me: he hath made them a reproach that trod upon me. God hath sent his mercy and his truth,

Genesis 24:27 Saying: Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not taken away his mercy and truth from my master, and hath brought me the straight way into the house of my master's brother.

Genesis 32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies, and of thy truth which thou hast fulfilled to thy servant. With my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I return with two companies.

Proverbs 20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.

Micah 7:20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, the mercy to Abraham: which thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

Luke 1:54,55 He hath received Israel his servant, being mindful of his mercy. . . .

Context
You Have Heard My Vows
6Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years even to generation and generation. 7He abideth for ever in the sight of God: his mercy and truth who shall search?8So will I sing a psalm to thy name for ever and ever: that I may pay my vows from day to day.…
Cross References
Psalm 40:11
Withhold not thou, O Lord, thy tender mercies from me: thy mercy and thy truth have always upheld me.

Psalm 41:12
But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: and hast established me in thy sight for ever.

Psalm 125:1
A gradual canticle. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth

Psalm 61:6
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