KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 89:14–15
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Psalms 89:14
14Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
14‖Iustice and iudgement are the habitation of thy throne: mercie and trueth shall goe before thy face.
- Or, establishment.
Psalms 89:15
15Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.
15*Blessed is the people that knowe the ioyfull sound: they shall walke O LORD in the light of thy countenance.
- Num.10.6
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 89:14
The virtue which consists in giving to every one what is his due; practical conformity to the laws and to principles of rectitude in the dealings of men with each other; honesty; integrity in commerce or mutual intercourse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
habitation
A dwelling place.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616
A royal seat; by extension, sovereign rule or authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
That which is true; conformity to fact, reality, faithfulness, or God's revealed word, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 89:15
Favored by God; happy or spiritually prosperous; or praised, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Full of joy; very glad; exulting.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Sound: an audible noise, voice, report, or message; as an adjective, healthy, whole, firm, or free from error; as a verb, to make a noise, play or blow an instrument, or give a signal.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · 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
Visible brightness; something that gives illumination; not heavy; to kindle, illuminate, or come down upon, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
countenance
The favorable or rebuking presence and regard shown by one's face; in these passages, divine or royal favor, attention, or displeasure.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 14
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Open the full verse study2Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
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Open the full verse study12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
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Open the full verse study6Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
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Open the full verse study17The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
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Open the full verse study13Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
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Open the full verse study4He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
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Open the full verse study4The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
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Open the full verse study3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
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Open the full verse study2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
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Open the full verse study17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
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Open the full verse study3For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
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Open the full verse study5O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.
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Open the full verse study3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
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Open the full verse study6There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
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Open the full verse study28Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
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Open the full verse study7¶ How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
8Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.
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Open the full verse study1MAKE a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
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Open the full verse study26The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
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Open the full verse study21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
22Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
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Open the full verse study9Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
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Open the full verse study10Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the Lord your God.
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Open the full verse study21He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
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Open the full verse study15Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
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Open the full verse study15In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
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Open the full verse study6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
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Open the full verse study4Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
5Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
6With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.
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Open the full verse study23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
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Open the full verse study15And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
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Open the full verse study18But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
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Open the full verse study10And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
13And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
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