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Lexicon :: Strong's H7227 - raḇ

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רַב
Transliteration
raḇ
Pronunciation
rab
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Part of Speech
adjective, adverb, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Contracted from רָבַב (H7231)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2099a,2099b

Strong’s Definitions

רַב rab, rab; by contracted from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality):—(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 458x

The KJV translates Strong's H7227 in the following manner: many (190x), great (118x), much (36x), captain (24x), more (12x), long (10x), enough (9x), multitude (7x), mighty (5x), greater (4x), greatly (3x), miscellaneous (40x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 458x
The KJV translates Strong's H7227 in the following manner: many (190x), great (118x), much (36x), captain (24x), more (12x), long (10x), enough (9x), multitude (7x), mighty (5x), greater (4x), greatly (3x), miscellaneous (40x).
adjective

  1. much, many, great

    1. much

    2. many

    3. abounding in

    4. more numerous than

    5. abundant, enough

    6. great

    7. strong

    8. greater than

      adverb

    9. much, exceedingly

      masculine noun

  2. captain, chief

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רַב rab, rab; by contracted from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality):—(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
STRONGS H7227: Abbreviations
I. רַב 429 adjective much, many, great; — masculine singular absolute ר׳ Genesis 24:25+, רָ֑ב Genesis 33:9+, also רָ֛ב 2 Chronicles 20:2 ב֖ 2 Chronicles 28:8, רָב֨ Ezra 10:13, etc.; construct תַב Exodus 34:6 +; feminine singular רַבָּה Numbers 11:33 +; construct רַבַּת Ezekiel 22:5 + רַבָּ֫תִי (Ges §90 k 1) Lamentations 1:1 (twice in verse); masculine plural absolute רַבִּים Exodus 23:2 (twice in verse)+, construct see II. רַב; feminine plural absolute רַבּוֺת Genesis 30:43 +; — [often both as predicate and as attributive; as attributive preceding noun (influence of usage for numerals ? KöSynt.§334 k Ges§ 132 b): רַב Isaiah 63:7; Psalm 145:7 (but read probably רֹב, רָבֿ; in Isaiah 21:7 ר׳ is predicate), רַבּים Jeremiah 16:16; Psalm 32:10; Psalm 89:51 (on context BöNÄ Bae, also Hup), Proverbs 7:26; 1 Chronicles 28:5, רַבּוֺת Nehemiah 9:28; Proverbs 31:29]; —
1. (often opposed to מְעַט)
a.
(1) much: of substances, gold 1 Kings 10:2; Psalm 19:11, silver (money) 2 Kings 12:11= 2 Chronicles 24:11, bronze 1 Chronicles 18:8, wine Esther 1:7; of other quantities, e.g. spoil 2 Samuel 3:22, property 2 Chronicles 32:29, seed Deuteronomy 28:38, etc.; שֶׁיִּהְיוּ רַב Ecclesiastes 6:3b, be it much that his days amount to;
(2) especially of collectives, numerous, עַם־רַב Joshua 11:4; 2 Samuel 13:34, רַבָּה עֲבֻדָּה Genesis 26:14; Job 1:3, רַב מִקְנֶה Deuteronomy 3:19 +, etc.
b. plural many: person Exodus 5:5; Judges 8:30; Judges 9:40; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 11:1+, things Genesis 30:43; Amos 5:12; Deuteronomy 31:17 +; noun omitted רַבּוֺת Daniel 11:41 (that is, lands; read רִבּוֺת myriads Kmp Bev Behrm Marti Prince); יָמִים רֵבִּים many days (a long time) Genesis 21:34; Genesis 37:24 + 28 times, שָׁנִים רַבּוֺת Nehemiah 9:30; Ecclesiastes 6:3a, אִם עוֺר רַבּוֺת בַּשָּׁנִים Leviticus 25:51; רַבּוֺת עִתִּים Nehemiah 9:28 many times (see above) = רַבּוֺת פְּעָמִים Psalm 106:43; Ecclesiastes 7:22; מַכָּה רַבָּה Deuteronomy 25:3 many blows; מַיִם רַבִּים many waters Numbers 20:11 Numbers 24:7 + 27 times, compare Isaiah 8:7; etc.
c. רַב as substantive collective person Exodus 19:21, also (opposed to מְעַט) 1 Samuel 14:6; Numbers 13:18; Numbers 26:54, 56; Numbers 33:54; Numbers 35:8; so רַבַּת (Ges§ 130a) 2 Chronicles 30:17, 18, and (thing; =much) Ezekiel 24:12; רַב construct before abstract (= רֹב) Isaiah 21:7; Isaiah 63:7; Psalm 145:7; especially plural רַבִּים of person Exodus 23:2 (twice in verse) + 37 times + בַּתרַֿבִּים Cant 7:5.
†d. construct= abounding in, רַב־בְּרָכוֹת Proverbs 28:20, רַבחֶֿסֶר (see I. חֶסֶד 3), רַב־כֹּחַ Psalm 147:5, רַבמְֿאֵרוֺת Proverbs 28:27, רַב הַמְּהוּמָה Ezekiel 22:5, רַב־נוֹצָה Ezekiel 17:7, רַב־הָעֲלִילִיָּה Jeremiah 32:19, רַב־פְּעָלִים 2 Samuel 23:20= 1 Chronicles 11:22, רַב־פָּ֑שַׁע Proverbs 29:22 רַבתְּֿבוּנָה Proverbs 14:29; רַבַּת אוֺצָרֹת Jeremiah 51:13, רַבַּת בָּנִים 1 Samuel 2:5 רַבָּ֫תִי עָם Lamentations 1:1 (Ges§ 90l).
†e. + מִן compare= more numerous than Exodus 1:9; Numbers 22:15; Joshua 10:11; Judges 16:30; 2 Kings 6:16; Isaiah 54:1; 1 Chronicles 24:4; 2 Chronicles 32:7; Daniel 11:13; followed by infinitive, too many to Genesis 36:7; Judges 7:2 (compare Judges 7:4); see also following
†f. רַב =abundant, enough Genesis 24:25; Genesis 33:9; as exclamation enough! Genesis 45:28; 2 Samuel 24:16 = 1 Chronicles 21:15; 1 Kings 19:4, so (+ מִן infinitive) Exodus 9:28 (מִן 6d); רַבלָֿךְ (with implication of excess) Deuteronomy 3:26 (let it) suffice thee! so רַבלָֿכֶם Ezekiel 45:9, also Numbers 16:3, 7= ye assume too much ! + infinitive it is enough for you to Deuteronomy 1:6; Deuteronomy 2:3 (i.e. you have done it enough), so + מִן infinitive 1 Kings 12:28, מִן substantive Ezekiel 44:6.
†g. as adverb much, exceedingly (only Psalms), רַב Psalm 123:3, רָֹב Psalm 18:15 (Hup De Che and others; HPS 2 Samuel 22:15 conjectures רָמָה omits || 2 Samuel 22:15); רַבָּה Psalm 62:3; Psalm 78:15; Psalm 89:8 (Greek Version of the LXX. Bae רַב הוּא); רַבַּת (Aramaism, compare Syriac bdb091301, bdb091302, Nö§ 155 A WSG 135) Psalm 65:10; Psalm 120:6 (=long enough), Psalm 123:4; Psalm 129:1; Psalm 129:2;
2. less often great:
a. of space 1 Samuel 26:13, the deep Amos 7:4; Genesis 7:11; Isaiah 51:10; Psalm 36:7(figurative), city Lamentations 1:1 (רַ֫בָּתִי בַגּוֺיִם Ges § 90 l), — see also צִירוֺן, חֲמָת; —plague Numbers 11:33, empire Esther 1:20 goodness Psalm 31:20, wickedness Genesis 6:5, etc.
b. specifically strong (opposed to אֵין כֹּחַ) 2 Chronicles 14:10; רַב לְהוֺשִׁיעַ Isaiah 63:1 so רַבִּים as substantive Isaiah 53:12 (|| עֲצוּמִים).
†c. major natu Genesis 25:23 (opposed to צָעִיר); רַבּים as substantive grandœvi [grandævi ?], Job 32:9.
†d. + מִן compare greater than Deuteronomy 7:1, 17; Deuteronomy 9:14; Deuteronomy 20:1 too great for Joshua 19:9; 1 Kings 19:7 — Proverbs 26:10 is hopelessly corrupt, see Toy.

II. רַב 49 noun masculine chief (Assyrian-Babylonian influence, compare rab DlHWB 609 b; Biblical Aramic רַב); — construct ר׳ Jeremiah 39:9 +; plural construct רַבֵּי [H7249 Jeremiah 39:13]; Jeremiah 41:1 (but see below); — especially רַבֿ טַבָּחִים chief of guardsmen (see טַבָּח), only as title of Babylonian officer Jeremiah 30:9, 10 + 15 times Jeremiah, 7 times || 2 Kings 25 (compare שַׁר הַט׳ in Gen [J E]); also † רַב הַחֹבֵל Jonah 1:6 chief of the sailors, i.e. captain; † in general כָּלרַֿב בֵּיתוֺ Esther 1:8, † רַ־סָרִיסָיו Daniel 1:3 (see סָרִיס), and so רַבֵּי מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל Jeremiah 39:13, רַבֵּי הַמֶּלֶךְ Jeremiah 41:1 (late gloss; omitted by Greek Version of the LXX and || 2 Kings 25:25, so Hi Gf Gie). † The following titles of Assyrian -Babylonian officers are probably loan-words in Hebrew: רַב־מָ֑ג [H7249 Jeremiah 39:3], 13 usually chief soothsayer (see מָ֑ג), but = rab-mugi [? chief of princes] PinchesHast. DB. BAB-MAG;
[H7249 רַב־סָרִיס (compare Old Aramaic [Nineveh] רב סרס Lzb366), 2 Kings 18:17 (Assyrian; not in || [H7262 Isaiah 36:2]), Jeremiah 39:3, 13 (Babylonian), usually chief eunuch, but = rabû-ša-rêši, chief of the heads (the principal men) WklUnters. x. altor. Geschichte. 1889, Excurs. v, p. 138 (actually found as rubû-ša-ri-ešu PinchesAcad June 25,1892, 618), PinchesHast. DB. RAB-SARIS];
[H7262 רַב־שָׁקֵה (van d. H. רַבְשָׁקֵה) chief of the officers (?) (so probably Assyrian rab-ŠAḲ; šaḳû = high one; COT 2 Kings 18:17] KBii. 23 DlHWB 685 a TieleBab.-As. Geschichte. 497. 513 PinchesHast. DB. iv 191), 2 Kings 18:17, 19, 26, 27, 28, 37; 2 Kings 19:4, 8 = Isaiah 36:2, 4, 11, 12, 13 (twice in verse); Isaiah 36:22; 37:4, 8.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:5; 7:11; 21:34; 24:25; 24:25; 25:23; 26:14; 30:43; 30:43; 33:9; 33:9; 36:7; 37:24; 45:28

Exodus

1:9; 5:5; 9:28; 19:21; 23:2; 23:2; 34:6

Leviticus

25:51

Numbers

11:33; 11:33; 13:18; 16:3; 16:7; 20:11; 22:15; 24:7; 26:54; 26:56; 33:54; 35:8

Deuteronomy

1:6; 2:3; 3:19; 3:26; 7:1; 7:17; 9:14; 20:1; 25:3; 28:38; 31:17

Joshua

10:11; 11:4; 19:9

Judges

7:2; 7:4; 8:30; 9:40; 16:30

1 Samuel

2:5; 14:6; 26:13

2 Samuel

3:22; 13:34; 22:15; 22:15; 23:20; 24:16

1 Kings

4:20; 10:2; 11:1; 12:28; 19:4; 19:7

2 Kings

6:16; 12:11; 25:25

1 Chronicles

11:22; 18:8; 21:15; 24:4; 28:5

2 Chronicles

14:10; 20:2; 24:11; 28:8; 30:17; 30:18; 32:7; 32:29

Ezra

10:13

Nehemiah

9:28; 9:28; 9:30

Esther

1:7; 1:8; 1:20

Job

1:3; 32:9

Psalms

18:15; 19:11; 31:20; 32:10; 36:7; 62:3; 65:10; 78:15; 89:8; 89:51; 106:43; 120:6; 123:3; 123:4; 129:1; 129:2; 145:7; 145:7; 147:5

Proverbs

7:26; 14:29; 26:10; 28:20; 28:27; 29:22; 31:29

Ecclesiastes

6:3; 6:3; 7:22

Song of Songs

7:5

Isaiah

8:7; 21:7; 21:7; 51:10; 53:12; 54:1; 63:1; 63:7; 63:7

Jeremiah

16:16; 30:9; 30:10; 32:19; 39:9; 39:13; 39:13; 41:1; 41:1; 51:13

Lamentations

1:1; 1:1; 1:1

Ezekiel

17:7; 22:5; 22:5; 24:12; 44:6; 45:9

Daniel

1:3; 11:13; 11:41

Amos

5:12; 7:4

Jonah

1:6

H7227

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Strong's Number H7227 matches the Hebrew רַב (raḇ),
which occurs 57 times in 57 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Psa 3:1–Psa 123:3)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:1 - A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
O LORD, how many are my foes!
Many are rising against me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:2 - many are saying of my soul,
“There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:6 - There are many who say, “Who will show us some good?
Lift up the light of your face upon us, O LORD!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:16 - He sent from on high, he took me;
he drew me out of many waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:10 - More to be desired are they than gold,
even much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey
and drippings of the honeycomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:11 - Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:13 - Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins;
let them not have dominion over me!
Then I shall be blameless,
and innocent of great transgression.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:12 - Many bulls encompass me;
strong bulls of Bashan surround me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:25 - From you comes my praise in the great congregation;
my vows I will perform before those who fear him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:11 - For your name’s sake, O LORD,
pardon my guilt, for it is great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:3 - The voice of the LORD is over the waters;
the God of glory thunders,
the LORD, over many waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:13 - For I hear the whispering of many—
terror on every side!—
as they scheme together against me,
as they plot to take my life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:19 - Oh, how abundant is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you
and worked for those who take refuge in you,
in the sight of the children of mankind!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:6 - Therefore let everyone who is godly
offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found;
surely in the rush of great waters,
they shall not reach him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:10 - Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:19 - Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the LORD delivers him out of them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:18 - I will thank you in the great congregation;
in the mighty throng I will praise you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 - Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
your judgments are like the great deep;
man and beast you save, O LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16 - Better is the little that the righteous has
than the abundance of many wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:3 - He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
and put their trust in the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5 - You have multiplied, O LORD my God,
your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them,
yet they are more than can be told.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:9 - I have told the glad news of deliverance[fn]
in the great congregation;
behold, I have not restrained my lips,
as you know, O LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:10 - I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2 - beautiful in elevation,
is the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion, in the far north,
the city of the great King.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:18 - He redeems my soul in safety
from the battle that I wage,
for many are arrayed against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:2 - my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many attack me proudly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:2 - He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:9 - You visit the earth and water it;[fn]
you greatly enrich it;
the river of God is full of water;
you provide their grain,
for so you have prepared it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:11 - The Lord gives the word;
the women who announce the news are a great host:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:7 - I have been as a portent to many,
but you are my strong refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 - You who have made me see many troubles and calamities
will revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
you will bring me up again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:19 - Your way was through the sea,
your path through the great waters;
yet your footprints were unseen.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 - He split rocks in the wilderness
and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:5 - For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,
abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15 - But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:7 - a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones,
and awesome above all who are around him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:50

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:50 - Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
and how I bear in my heart the insults[fn] of all the many nations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 93:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4 - Mightier than the thunders of many waters,
mightier than the waves of the sea,
the LORD on high is mighty!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:1 - The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice;
let the many coastlands be glad!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:8 - The LORD is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43 - Many times he delivered them,
but they were rebellious in their purposes
and were brought low through their iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:23 - Some went down to the sea in ships,
doing business on the great waters;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:30 - With my mouth I will give great thanks to the LORD;
I will praise him in the midst of the throng.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 110:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6 - He will execute judgment among the nations,
filling them with corpses;
he will shatter chiefs[fn]
over the wide earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:156

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:156 - Great is your mercy, O LORD;
give me life according to your rules.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:157

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157 - Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
but I do not swerve from your testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:162

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:162 - I rejoice at your word
like one who finds great spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:165

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:165 - Great peace have those who love your law;
nothing can make them stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 120:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:6 - Too long have I had my dwelling
among those who hate peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 123:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:3 - Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us,
for we have had more than enough of contempt.

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