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Psalms 9:2

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I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
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  1. Psalms 83:18Rank 1 from verse 2
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    18That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.

  2. Psalms 5:11Rank 2 from verse 2
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    11But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

  3. Psalms 7:17Rank 3 from verse 2
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    17I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.

  4. Psalms 28:7Rank 4 from verse 2
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    7The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

  5. Psalms 97:9Rank 5 from verse 2
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    9For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.

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Psalms 9:2

COMBINED MEANING

glad

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

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COMBINED MEANING

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

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sing

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To produce musical sounds with the voice; to celebrate, praise, or tell in song.

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praise

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1. Commendation, thanksgiving, honour, or good report. 2. To commend, thank, honour, or declare excellence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

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

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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

COMBINED MEANING

most High

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A title of God as the supreme ruler, who rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomsoever he will.

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COMBINED MEANING

high

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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.

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

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9:1I WILL praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

9:2I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

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9:3When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

9:4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

9:5Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

9:6O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

9:7But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

9:8And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

9:9The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

9:10And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

9:11Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

9:12When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

9:13Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

9:14That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

9:15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

9:16The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

9:17The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

9:18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

9:19Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

9:20Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

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