KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 107:15–16
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Psalms 107:15
15Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
15Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodnesse: and for his wonderfull workes to the children of men.
Psalms 107:16
16For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
16For he hath broken the gates of brasse: and cut the barres of yron in sunder.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 107:15
Approval, honour, or commendation expressed in words or song; also to commend, extol, or glorify.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Moral excellence, kindness, generosity, or that which is good.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; exciting surprise; strange; astonishing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Acts, deeds, labours, or things produced; also acts or operates.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 107:16
To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument; figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To sever or separate; 'in sunder' means apart.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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From verse 15
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Open the full verse study21Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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Open the full verse study31Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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Open the full verse study8Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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Open the full verse study17I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord.
18I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people,
19In the courts of the Lord’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.
From verse 16
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Open the full verse study1THUS saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
2I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
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Open the full verse study3And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
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Open the full verse study13The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them.
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