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Psalms 146:6 Explained in Context

Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.

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Verse 6. Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

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Role in This Section

Psalm 146:6: Within “Do not trust princes; praise the defender of the vulnerable,” the line “Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein…” supplies one distinct parallel claim, image, address, or response.

Read It With

  • Psalms 146:1–10
  • Psalms 146:1–10

Read Psalm 146:6 with 146:1–10 and the whole of Psalm 146. Psalm 146:6 adds the distinct poetic line “Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is” within “Do not trust princes; praise the defender of the vulnerable,” where its parallel neighbors determine emphasis and scope. The hallelujah-hymn form, parallel lines, voice, and Book V placement keep the selected line from becoming a contextless slogan.

Why It Needs Context

The line “Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is” is a premise, image, address, response, or transition inside Psalms 146:1–10; its parallel neighbors and the movement titled “Do not trust princes; praise the defender of the vulnerable” must supply the claim before teaching or application.

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Read Psalms 146:1–10 — Do not trust princes; praise the defender of the vulnerable
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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.

Exact location: Psalms 146:1–10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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hebrew text and morphology

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Psalms

Open Scriptures

Open Scriptures, release 2.2

Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.

Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ps.xml, OSIS 146:1–10

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