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Psalms 65:6–7

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Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
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From verse 6

  1. Psalms 93:1Rank 1 from verse 6
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    1THE Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

  2. Habakkuk 3:6Rank 2 from verse 6
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    6He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.

  3. Micah 6:2Rank 3 from verse 6
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    2Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

  4. Psalms 119:90Rank 4 from verse 6
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    90Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

  5. 1 Samuel 2:4Rank 5 from verse 6
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    4The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

From verse 7

  1. Psalms 89:9Rank 1 from verse 7
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    9Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

  2. Isaiah 17:12–13Rank 2 from verse 7
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    12¶ Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

    13The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

  3. Psalms 93:3–4Rank 3 from verse 7
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    3The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

    4The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.

  4. John 18:6Rank 4 from verse 7
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    6As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

  5. Psalms 107:29Rank 5 from verse 7
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    29He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

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Psalms 65:6

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

strength

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Power, might, force, ability, firmness, courage, capacity, support, defence, resources, or that by which a person or thing is enabled to stand, act, endure, overcome, or accomplish a work.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

setteth

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Third-person singular present form of set. Sense 1: To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe. Sense 2: Fixed or determined.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fast

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Sense 1: Firm, fixed, or secure. Sense 2: Moving quickly. Sense 3: A period or act of abstaining from food. Sense 4: To abstain from food for a time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

girded

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gird, meaning to fasten clothing or another object around the body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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power

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Sense 1: Ability, strength, force, or effective capacity to act, prevail, or produce an effect. Sense 2: Authority, right, permission, rule, dominion, or control. Sense 3: A person, authority, host, spiritual being, or other agent possessing or manifesting power.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 65:7

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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noise

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Sense 1: An audible sound or collection of sounds. Sense 2: Figuratively, loud but ineffectual report or display. Sense 3: To spread by report.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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seas

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Great gathered bodies of water, including named salt waters, large lakes, and the waters collectively distinguished from dry land.

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waves

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Sense 1: Moving ridges or swells of water. Sense 2: Figuratively, overwhelming troubles or forces.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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5By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

6Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:

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7Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

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8They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

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