KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 68:2–3
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Psalms 68:2
2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
2As smoke is driuen away, so driue them away: as waxe melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Psalms 68:3
3But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
3†But let the righteous be glad: let them reioyce before God, yea let them exceedingly reioyce.
- Hebr. reioyce with gladnesse.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 68:2
The exhalation, visible vapor or substance that escapes or is expelled in combustion from the substance burning. To emit smoke; to throw off volatile matter in the form of vapor or exhalation.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To drive: to impel, force, urge, or move onward.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To force, urge, guide, or cause to move forward.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To grow, increase, or become.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To make or become liquid or dissolved; to waste or lose substance; figuratively, to lose courage or strength.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Flame and burning heat; figuratively, fiery trial, judgment, zeal, or anger; to kindle or burn.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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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Psalms 68:3
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Just, right, or conforming to God's law and judgment; equitable or upright; as a noun, a person characterized as righteous.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · 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)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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)
Yes; truly; an expression of affirmation or emphasis.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
exceedingly
To a very great, intense, or unusual degree.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study4And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
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Open the full verse study3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
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Open the full verse study20But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
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Open the full verse study18¶ For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
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Open the full verse study5The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
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Open the full verse study16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
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Open the full verse study16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
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Open the full verse study8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
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Open the full verse study2As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
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Open the full verse study5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
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Open the full verse study14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
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Open the full verse study7Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
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Open the full verse study10The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
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Open the full verse study16Rejoice evermore.
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Open the full verse study1MAKE a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
2Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
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Open the full verse study20Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
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Open the full verse study8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
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Open the full verse study1O COME, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
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Open the full verse study12And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
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Open the full verse study4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
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Open the full verse study12Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
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Open the full verse study8Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
9Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
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Open the full verse study7Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
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Open the full verse study1THE king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
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Open the full verse study10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
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