KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 40:16–17
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Psalms 40:16
16Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.
16Let all those that seeke thee, reioyce and bee glad in thee: let such as loue thy saluation, say continually, The LORD be magnified.
Psalms 40:17
17But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
17But I am poore and needy, yet the LORD thinketh vpon me: thou art my helpe and my deliuerer, make no tarrying, O my God.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 40:16
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Of the kind, degree, or character already named or indicated.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Affection, goodwill, devoted regard, or charity; as a verb, to regard with such affection or goodwill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
continually
Very often; in repeated succession; from time to time; without pause or cessation; unceasingly.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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 make great in esteem; to praise, exalt, or declare great.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 40:17
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Lacking material means; needy, afflicted, lowly, or humble, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Necessitous; indigent; very poor; distressed by want of the means of living.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A title of authority applied here to God, Christ, or a male master or ruler, according to the verse.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Thinks: judges, concludes, or holds as an opinion.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Aid, assistance, or relief; as a verb, to aid, assist, or support.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
One who delivers; one who releases or rescues; a preserver.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To form, produce, cause, or carry out what the verse states.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Staying; delaying.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 16
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Open the full verse study27Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
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Open the full verse study3But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
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Open the full verse study17And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
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Open the full verse study123Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
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Open the full verse study13Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
14Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
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Open the full verse study46And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
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Open the full verse study7But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
8Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
9And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
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Open the full verse study3Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.
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Open the full verse study26The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
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Open the full verse study45¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
46Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
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Open the full verse study111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
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Open the full verse study166Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
167My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
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Open the full verse study81My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
From verse 17
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Open the full verse study5But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying.
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Open the full verse study6So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
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Open the full verse study17When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
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Open the full verse study7Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
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Open the full verse study6This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
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Open the full verse study4Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
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Open the full verse study1BOW down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
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Open the full verse study23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
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Open the full verse study7¶ For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
8He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
9Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
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Open the full verse study7Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
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Open the full verse study5Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
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Open the full verse study5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
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Open the full verse study33For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
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Open the full verse study20He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Open the full verse study9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
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Open the full verse study20And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
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Open the full verse study22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
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