Lexicon :: Strong's H6605 - pāṯaḥ

But if only God would speak

and open his lips against you!

Whatever he tears down cannot be rebuilt;

whoever he imprisons cannot be released.

“My roots will have access to water,

and the dew will rest on my branches all night.

Because God has loosened my[fn] bowstring and oppressed me,

they have cast off restraint in my presence.

No stranger had to spend the night on the street,

for I opened my door to the traveler.

My heart[fn] is like unvented wine;

it is about to burst like new wineskins.

I am going to open my mouth;

my tongue will form words on my palate.

Can you fasten the chains of the Pleiades

or loosen the belt of Orion?

Who set the wild donkey free?

Who released the swift donkey from its harness?

Who can open his jaws,[fn]

surrounded by those terrifying teeth?

For there is nothing reliable in what they say;

destruction is within them;

their throat is an open grave;

they flatter with their tongues.

You turned my lament into dancing;

you removed my sackcloth

and clothed me with gladness,

The wicked have drawn the sword and strung the[fn] bow

to bring down the poor and needy

and to slaughter those whose way is upright.

I am like a deaf person; I do not hear.

I am like a speechless person

who does not open his mouth.

“I am speechless; I do not open my mouth

because of what you have done.

I turn my ear to a proverb;

I explain my riddle with a lyre.

Lord, open my lips,

and my mouth will declare your praise.

I will declare wise sayings;

I will speak mysteries from the past —

to hear a prisoner’s groaning,

to set free those condemned to die,[fn]

When you give it to them,

they gather it;

when you open your hand,

they are satisfied with good things.

The king sent for him and released him;

the ruler of peoples set him free.

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;

it covered the assembly of Abiram.

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;

they speak against me with lying tongues.

LORD, I am indeed your servant;

I am your servant, the son of your female servant.

You have loosened my bonds.

Open the gates of righteousness for me;

I will enter through them

and give thanks to the LORD.

You open your hand

and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

Wisdom is inaccessible to[fn] a fool;

he does not open his mouth at the city gate.

Speak up[fn] for those who have no voice,[fn]

for the justice of all who are dispossessed.[fn]

I was sleeping, but my heart was awake.

A sound! My love was knocking!

Open to me, my sister, my darling,

my dove, my perfect one.

For my head is drenched with dew,

my hair with droplets of the night.

Let’s go early to the vineyards;

let’s see if the vine has budded,

if the blossom has opened,

if the pomegranates are in bloom.

There I will give you my caresses.

None of them grows weary or stumbles;

no one slumbers or sleeps.

No belt is loose

and no sandal strap broken.

“who turned the world into a wilderness,

who destroyed its cities

and would not release the prisoners to return home? ”

during that time the LORD had spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, take off your sackcloth from your waist and remove the sandals from your feet,” and he did that, going stripped and barefoot ​— ​

“I will place the key of the house of David on his shoulder; what he opens, no one can close; what he closes, no one can open.

Whoever flees at the sound of panic

will fall into a pit,

and whoever escapes from the pit

will be caught in a trap.

For the floodgates on high are opened,

and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Open the gates

so a righteous nation can come in —

one that remains faithful.

Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed?

Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil?

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,

and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

I will open rivers on the barren heights,

and springs in the middle of the plains.

I will turn the desert into a pool

and dry land into springs.

The LORD says this to Cyrus, his anointed,

whose right hand I have grasped

to subdue nations before him

and disarm[fn] kings,

to open doors before him,

and even city gates will not be shut:

“You have never heard; you have never known;

for a long time your ears have not been open.

For I knew that you were very treacherous,

and were known as a rebel from birth.