KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 135:3–4
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Psalms 135:3
3Praise the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.
3Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good: sing praises vnto his Name, for it is pleasant.
Psalms 135:4
4For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
4For the LORD hath chosen Iacob vnto himselfe: and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 135:3
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
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To produce musical sounds with the voice; to celebrate, praise, or tell in song.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Expressions of approval, honour, or commendation; also commends, extols, or glorifies.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A word or appellation by which a person or thing is known; also reputation, character, authority, remembrance, or the person represented, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Cheerful; enlivening. Giving pleasure; gratifying.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 135:4
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
Selected, preferred, or appointed from among others.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called in Scripture.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Belonging specially or exclusively; one's own.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Valuable things laid up; also to store or keep as precious.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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From verse 3
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Open the full verse study1PRAISE ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
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Open the full verse study68Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
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Open the full verse study1PRAISE ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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Open the full verse study1REJOICE in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
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Open the full verse study17And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
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Open the full verse study1O GIVE thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
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Open the full verse study7They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
8The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
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Open the full verse study5For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
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Open the full verse study5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
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Open the full verse study1O GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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Open the full verse study1O GIVE thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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Open the full verse study1IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
2To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
From verse 4
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Open the full verse study9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
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Open the full verse study15Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
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Open the full verse study6For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
7The 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:
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Open the full verse study17And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
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Open the full verse study22For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.
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Open the full verse study9For the Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
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Open the full verse study8But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
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Open the full verse study20The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
21This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
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Open the full verse study6O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
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Open the full verse study12Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
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Open the full verse study10¶ Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.
11And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
12And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
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Open the full verse study14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
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Open the full verse study5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
6And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
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