Psalms 20:8
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
They are brought downe and fallen: but we are risen, and stand vpright.
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- Psalms 125:1Rank 1 from verse 8
- Jeremiah 17:7–8Rank 3 from verse 8
7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
7*Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
8*‖For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her rootes by the riuer, and shall not see when heate commeth, but her leafe shall be greene, and shall not be carefull in the yeere of drought, neither shall cease from yeelding fruit.
- Psalms 34:21–22Rank 4 from verse 8
21Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
22The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
21‖Euill shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shalbe desolate.
22The LORD redeemech the soule of his seruants: and none of them that trust in him, shalbe desolate.
- Judges 5:31Rank 5 from verse 8
31So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
31So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that loue him, be as the Sunne when he goeth foorth in his might. And the land had rest fourtie yeeres.
- Psalms 146:5–9Rank 6 from verse 8
5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
6Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
7Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:
8The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:
9The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
5Happy is he that hath the God of Iacob for his helpe: whose hope is in the LORD his God:
6Which made heauen and earth, the Sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth trueth for euer:
7Which executeth iudgement for the oppressed, which giueth food to the hungry: the LORD looseth the prisoners.
8The LORD openeth the eyes of the blinde, the LORD raiseth them that are bowed downe: the LORD loueth the righteous.
9The LORD preserueth the strangers, he relieueth the fatherlesse and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth vpside downe.
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Psalms 20:8
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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1. Come or gone down from a higher or upright position; dropped or collapsed. 2. Slain, defeated, overthrown, ruined, or declined from a former position or state. 3. Come upon, into, under, or away from a person, thing, place, condition, influence, or relation. 4. Assigned or allotted. 5. In “fallen out,” happened or resulted. 6. In “fallen to,” gone over or surrendered to another side.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Having risen; stood up, come forth, ascended, or returned from death.
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Sense 1: To be upright, rise, stop, remain, endure, take or keep a position, be established, withstand, or present oneself before another. Sense 2: A fixed position or state of stopping, as in ‘at a stand’.
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1. Honest, just, or morally right; also a person so characterized. 2. Straight, erect, or standing up.
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7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
7Some trust in charets, and some in horses: but wee will remember the Name of the LORD our God.
8They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
8They are brought downe and fallen: but we are risen, and stand vpright.
Selected passage9Save, Lord: let the king hear us when we call.
9Saue LORD, let the King heare vs when we call.