Deuteronomy 7:9 (KJV)

Passage

Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 7:7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:

Deuteronomy 7:8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

Deuteronomy 7:10 And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.

Deuteronomy 7:11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "mercy", "therefore", "lord", "faithful", "keepeth", "covenant", and "love". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "mercy", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "But because the LORD loved you and..." into verse 10's "And repayeth them that hate him to...", so "faith" and "mercy" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "faith" and "mercy" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.