KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 116:7–9
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Psalms 116:7
7Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.
7Returne vnto thy rest, O my soule: for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
Psalms 116:8
8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
8For thou hast deliuered my soule from death, mine eyes from teares, and my feete from falling.
Psalms 116:9
9I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
9I wil walke before the LORD: in the land of the liuing.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 116:7
To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Repose, relief, or cessation from labour; also what remains.
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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
To deal: to distribute, allot, act toward another, or conduct a matter.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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bountifully
Largely; in a bountiful manner.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Psalms 116:8
Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience; also used as an auxiliary verb.
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Freed, rescued, handed over, committed, spoken, or brought forth, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, judgment, or presence, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
Drops of fluid shed from the eyes in weeping, grief, pain, or strong feeling.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Descending, dropping, declining, failing, or coming down from a higher place or condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Psalms 116:9
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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
The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Alive or having life; as a noun, one's means of support or possessions.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 7
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Open the full verse study6I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
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Open the full verse study28¶ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
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Open the full verse study10¶ Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
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Open the full verse study16Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
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Open the full verse study17Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
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Open the full verse study11Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
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Open the full verse study8For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
9There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
10For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
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Open the full verse study7And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
From verse 8
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Open the full verse study13For 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?
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Open the full verse study4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
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Open the full verse study13For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
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Open the full verse study17For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
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Open the full verse study8He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
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Open the full verse study24Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
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Open the full verse study5Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
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Open the full verse study15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
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Open the full verse study18When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.
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Open the full verse study24And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.
From verse 9
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Open the full verse study13I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
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Open the full verse study75In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
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Open the full verse study4That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
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Open the full verse study25Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
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Open the full verse study4And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
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Open the full verse study1AND when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
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Open the full verse study8He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
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Open the full verse study6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
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Open the full verse study7He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
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