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Psalms 103:1–10

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BLESS the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
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From verse 1

  1. Psalms 146:1–2Rank 1 from verse 1
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    1PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul.

    2While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

  2. Psalms 57:7–11Rank 2 from verse 1
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    7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.

    8Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

    9I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.

    10For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.

    11Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.

  3. John 4:24Rank 3 from verse 1
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    24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

  4. 1 Corinthians 14:15Rank 4 from verse 1
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    15What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

  5. Psalms 111:1Rank 5 from verse 1
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    1PRAISE ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.

From verse 2

  1. Isaiah 63:7Rank 1 from verse 2
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    7¶ I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

  2. Psalms 116:12Rank 2 from verse 2
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    12What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?

  3. Psalms 105:5Rank 3 from verse 2
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    5Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

  4. Luke 17:15–18Rank 4 from verse 2
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    15And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,

    16And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

    17And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

    18There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.

  5. Deuteronomy 6:12Rank 5 from verse 2
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    12Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

From verse 3

  1. Exodus 15:26Rank 1 from verse 3
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    26And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.

  2. Isaiah 53:5Rank 2 from verse 3
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    5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

  3. Jeremiah 17:14Rank 3 from verse 3
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    14Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

  4. Psalms 30:2Rank 4 from verse 3
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    2O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

  5. Psalms 41:3–4Rank 5 from verse 3
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    3The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

    4I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

From verse 4

  1. Psalms 56:13Rank 1 from verse 4
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    13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

  2. Psalms 71:23Rank 2 from verse 4
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    23My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

  3. Psalms 103:12Rank 3 from verse 4
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    12As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

  4. Psalms 34:22Rank 4 from verse 4
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    22The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

  5. 1 Peter 5:4Rank 5 from verse 4
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    4And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

From verse 5

  1. Isaiah 40:31Rank 1 from verse 5
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    31But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

  2. Psalms 107:9Rank 2 from verse 5
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    9For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

  3. 1 Timothy 6:17Rank 3 from verse 5
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    17Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

  4. 2 Corinthians 4:16Rank 4 from verse 5
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    16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

  5. Psalms 63:5Rank 5 from verse 5
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    5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

From verse 6

  1. Psalms 12:5Rank 1 from verse 6
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    5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

  2. Psalms 9:9Rank 2 from verse 6
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    9The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

  3. Psalms 146:7Rank 3 from verse 6
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    7Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:

  4. Proverbs 14:31Rank 4 from verse 6
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    31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

  5. Psalms 72:12Rank 5 from verse 6
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    12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

From verse 7

  1. Exodus 33:13Rank 1 from verse 7
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    13Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

  2. Psalms 147:19Rank 2 from verse 7
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    19He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

  3. Psalms 78:11Rank 3 from verse 7
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    11And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.

  4. Nehemiah 9:14Rank 4 from verse 7
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    14And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

  5. Deuteronomy 34:10Rank 5 from verse 7
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    10¶ And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,

From verse 8

  1. Psalms 86:15Rank 1 from verse 8
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    15But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

  2. Joel 2:13Rank 2 from verse 8
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    13And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

  3. Exodus 34:6–7Rank 3 from verse 8
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    6And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

    7Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

  4. Psalms 145:8Rank 4 from verse 8
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    8The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

  5. Nahum 1:3Rank 5 from verse 8
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    3The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

From verse 9

  1. Isaiah 57:16Rank 1 from verse 9
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    16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

  2. Psalms 30:5Rank 2 from verse 9
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    5For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

  3. Jeremiah 3:5Rank 3 from verse 9
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    5Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.

  4. Micah 7:18–19Rank 4 from verse 9
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    18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

    19He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

  5. Jeremiah 3:12Rank 5 from verse 9
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    12¶ Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever.

From verse 10

  1. Ezra 9:13Rank 1 from verse 10
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    13And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;

  2. Lamentations 3:22Rank 2 from verse 10
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    22It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

  3. Nehemiah 9:31Rank 3 from verse 10
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    31Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

  4. Psalms 130:3Rank 4 from verse 10
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    3If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

  5. Daniel 9:18–19Rank 5 from verse 10
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    18O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

    19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

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DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 103:1

COMBINED MEANING

bless

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To pronounce or bestow good, favor, or happiness; to praise, thank, or glorify God.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

holy

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Sense 1: Morally pure, righteous, undefiled, and separate from evil; supremely so of God. Sense 2: Hallowed, consecrated, set apart, devoted, or belonging to God or sacred use; distinguished from what is common, profane, or unclean.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 103:2

COMBINED MEANING

bless

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To pronounce or bestow good, favor, or happiness; to praise, thank, or glorify God.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

forget

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To fail or cease to remember; to lose from mind; to neglect or disregard.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 103:3

COMBINED MEANING

iniquities

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Acts or conditions of wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 103:4

COMBINED MEANING

destruction

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The act, result, or state of destroying: ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or that which brings ruin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

mercies

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Plural form of mercy (compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 103:5

COMBINED MEANING

satisfieth

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Third-person singular present form of satisfy (to gratify wants, wishes or desires to the full extent; to supply possession or enjoyment till no more is desired).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

youth

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Sense 1: The period of life following childhood and preceding mature age. Sense 2: A young person or young people.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

renewed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of renew, meaning to make new again; to restore, re-establish, revive, strengthen, or begin again.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

like

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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 103:6

COMBINED MEANING

judgment

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The act, authority, process, cause, or result of judging; discernment, legal hearing, verdict, ordinance, justice, government, vindication, condemnation, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

oppressed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of oppress, meaning to burden, crush, or treat with unjust severity or hardship.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 103:7

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 103:8

COMBINED MEANING

gracious

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Showing favour, mercy, compassion, kindness, patience, or goodness; pleasant, acceptable, or benevolent in word or action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

anger

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Sense 1: Strong displeasure or indignation. Sense 2: As a verb, to provoke to such displeasure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mercy

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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 103:9

COMBINED MEANING

chide

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Sense 1: To contend or quarrel in words. Sense 2: To rebuke or reprove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

anger

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Sense 1: Strong displeasure or indignation. Sense 2: As a verb, to provoke to such displeasure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for ever

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1. Without end; for all time. 2. Continually or permanently throughout the duration in view.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ever

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At any time; always or continually; throughout all time or for ever.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 103:10

COMBINED MEANING

dealt

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To deal: to distribute, allot, act toward another, or conduct a matter.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sins

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Transgressions or offences against God and his law, and the guilt for them.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rewarded

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Gave or received a return, recompense, or requital for conduct or work, whether good or evil.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

iniquities

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Acts or conditions of wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1BLESS the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

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2Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

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3Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

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4Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

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5Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

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6The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

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7He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.

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8The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

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9He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.

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10He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

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11For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

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