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Psalms 89:23–24
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Psalms 89:23
23And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
23And I will beate downe his foes before his face: and plague them that hate him.
Psalms 89:24
24But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
24But my faithfulnesse and my mercy shalbe with him: and in my name shall his horne be exalted.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 89:23
To strike repeatedly; to lay on repeated blows, with a stick, with the hand or fist, or with any instrument, and for any cause, just or unjust, or for punishment.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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)
To feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Psalms 89:24
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
faithfulness
Steadfastness, fidelity, trustworthiness, or constancy.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828
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)
A word or appellation by which a person or thing is known; also reputation, character, authority, remembrance, or the person represented, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Raised high; elevated in rank or honor; praised or magnified.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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From verse 23
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Open the full verse study9And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
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Open the full verse study40For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
41Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
42They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
43Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
44Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
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Open the full verse study1NOW there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
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Open the full verse study1AND it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
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Open the full verse study23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
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Open the full verse study18His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
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Open the full verse study40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
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Open the full verse study8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
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Open the full verse study14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
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Open the full verse study27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
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Open the full verse study1WHY do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,
3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
From verse 24
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Open the full verse study20For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
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Open the full verse study16In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
17For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
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Open the full verse study14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
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Open the full verse study1AND Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
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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 study11And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
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Open the full verse study6I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
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Open the full verse study1THE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
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Open the full verse study5We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.
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Open the full verse study28My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
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Open the full verse study33Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
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Open the full verse study7He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
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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.
3I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
4Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
5And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
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Open the full verse study26And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
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