Psalms 146:6
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
Study Note
Study Note
The praise of God as the one 'which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever' grounds the political trust-critique of verses 3-4 (do not put confidence in princes) in a theology of divine sovereignty over creation. The creator-God who keeps faith 'for ever' ('lolam') is contrasted with princes who 'return to their earth' and in the same day their thoughts perish — divine reliability is measured against the ephemerality of human power. Peter cites this creedal formula in Acts 4:24 ('which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is') as the invocation for prayer in the face of opposition, grounding the church's confidence in the same creator-sovereignty. Revelation 10:6's angel swearing 'by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven... and earth... and the sea' echoes this liturgical form.
Other Translations
Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever;
Making the heavens and earth, The sea and all that <FI>is<Fi> in them, Who is keeping truth to the age,
Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:
Cross References
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested …
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them …
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the …
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of …
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have …