KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 59:7–8
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Psalms 59:7
7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
7*Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lippes; for who, say they, doeth heare?
- Psal. 10.11. and 73.11. and 94.7.
Psalms 59:8
8But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
8But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt haue all the heathen in derision.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 59:7
To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To force or pour forth violently; in Psalm 59:7, to utter words from the mouth.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The opening used for eating and speaking; also an opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To perceive by the ear; to listen, attend, understand, or obey, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 59:8
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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 laugh at in mockery, scorn, derision, or contempt.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A Gentile or nation outside Israel; one associated with the worship of other gods, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Mockery, scorn, or ridicule.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893
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From verse 7
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Open the full verse study4My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
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Open the full verse study2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
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Open the full verse study11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
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Open the full verse study11And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
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Open the full verse study18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
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Open the full verse study28The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
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Open the full verse study13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
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Open the full verse study21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
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Open the full verse study3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
5They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
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Open the full verse study7Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
8Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
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Open the full verse study24Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
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Open the full verse study12Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
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Open the full verse study34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
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Open the full verse study2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
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Open the full verse study4How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
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Open the full verse study26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
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Open the full verse study13The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
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Open the full verse study4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
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Open the full verse study17And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
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Open the full verse study5Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
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Open the full verse study15And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
16And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
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