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Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 111:8	King James	They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
They stand fast forever and ever - Margin, "established." The Hebrew word means "sustained, supported." They will not fail or fall. Whatever else may be shaken, his law, his word, and the principles of his administration, will not fail. See the notes at Mat 5:18. Compare Luk 16:17; Mat 24:35. The great principles of truth and righteousness will stand, and whatever is founded on those principles will endure forever. And are done in truth and uprightness - Are based on truth, or on a just view of things; they are done in such a way that truth will be maintained and promoted. The word "uprightness" here means that all this is done on the principles of equity - of what "ought" to be done, or what is "best" to be done. Compare Psa 19:9.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

They stand fast forever and ever - Margin, "established." The Hebrew word means "sustained, supported." They will not fail or fall. Whatever else may be shaken, his law, his word, and the principles of his administration, will not fail. See the notes at Mat 5:18. Compare Luk 16:17; Mat 24:35. The great principles of truth and righteousness will stand, and whatever is founded on those principles will endure forever.

And are done in truth and uprightness - Are based on truth, or on a just view of things; they are done in such a way that truth will be maintained and promoted. The word "uprightness" here means that all this is done on the principles of equity - of what "ought" to be done, or what is "best" to be done. Compare Psa 19:9.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Done - Constituted or ordered.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Done - Constituted or ordered.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
They stand fast for ever - סמוכים semuchim, they are propped up, buttressed, for ever. They can never fail; for God's power supports his works, and his providence preserves the record of what he has done.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

They stand fast for ever - סמוכים semuchim, they are propped up, buttressed, for ever. They can never fail; for God's power supports his works, and his providence preserves the record of what he has done.

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