Psalms 146:6

“who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them, who keeps truth forever,”
Psalms 146:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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who madeעֹשֶׂהheavenשָׁמַיִםand earth,וָאָרֶץthe seaאֶת הַיָּםand allוְאֶת כָּלthatאֲשֶׁרis in them,בָּםwho keepsהַשֹּׁמֵרtruthאֱמֶתforever,לְעוֹלָם

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Both texts use the formula “made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them” (also Exodus 20:11).

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

שָׁמַיִםshamayimH8064οὐρανὸνouranonG3772“heavens”
אָרֶץaretsH776γῆνgēnG1093“earth, land”
יָּםyamH3220θάλασσανthalassanG2281“sea; west”
עֹשֶׂהoseH6213ποιήσαςpoiēsasG4160“make”

Psalms 146:6, word by word

who madeעֹשֶׂהose

make

To build or create something.

Where else “ose” appears

heavenשָׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

Where else “shamayim” appears

and earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears

the seaיָּםyam

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

Where else “yam” appears

who keepsשֹּׁמֵרshomer

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

Where else “shomer” appears

truthאֱמֶתemet

truth

What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.

Where else “emet” appears

foreverעוֹלָםolam

forever

Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.

Where else “olam” appears

The context

5Happy is he whose help is the El of Jacob, whose hope is in YHWH his Elohim,

6 · This verse (above)

7who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives bread to the hungry. YHWH sets free the prisoners;

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