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Psalms 68:3

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But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
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  1. Psalms 64:10Rank 1 from verse 3
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    10The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

  2. 1 Thessalonians 5:16Rank 2 from verse 3
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    16Rejoice evermore.

  3. Psalms 100:1–2Rank 3 from verse 3
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    1MAKE a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.

    2Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

  4. Revelation 18:20Rank 4 from verse 3
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    20Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

  5. 1 Peter 1:8Rank 5 from verse 3
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    8Whom 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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Psalms 68:3

COMBINED MEANING

but

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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

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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righteous

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Sense 1: Right, just, equitable, or in accord with truth, justice, or the will of God. Sense 2: Upright or innocent in a matter. Sense 3: Made or regarded as right. Sense 4: As a noun, persons so described.

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

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glad

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Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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rejoice

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1. To be glad, take joy, delight, or exult; to express gladness. 2. To make glad or cause to rejoice.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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yea

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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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68:1LET God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

68:2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

68:3But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

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68:4Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.

68:5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

68:6God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

68:7O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:

68:8The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

68:9Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

68:10Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

68:11The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

68:12Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.

68:13Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

68:14When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.

68:15The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.

68:16Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.

68:17The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

68:18Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.

68:19Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

68:20He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.

68:21But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

68:22The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:

68:23That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.

68:24They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

68:25The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

68:26Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.

68:27There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

68:28Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

68:29Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.

68:30Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

68:31Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

68:32Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:

68:33To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

68:34Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.

68:35O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.

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