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Lexicon :: Strong's H776 - 'ereṣ

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אֶרֶץ
Transliteration
'ereṣ
Pronunciation
eh'-rets
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 167

Strong’s Definitions

אֶרֶץ ʼerets, eh'-rets; from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):—× common, country, earth, field, ground, land, × nations, way, + wilderness, world.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,504x

The KJV translates Strong's H776 in the following manner: land (1,543x), earth (712x), country (140x), ground (98x), world (4x), way (3x), common (1x), field (1x), nations (1x), wilderness (with H4057) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,504x
The KJV translates Strong's H776 in the following manner: land (1,543x), earth (712x), country (140x), ground (98x), world (4x), way (3x), common (1x), field (1x), nations (1x), wilderness (with H4057) (1x).

  1. land, earth

    1. earth

      1. whole earth (as opposed to a part)

      2. earth (as opposed to heaven)

      3. earth (inhabitants)

    2. land

      1. country, territory

      2. district, region

      3. tribal territory

      4. piece of ground

      5. land of Canaan, Israel

      6. inhabitants of land

      7. Sheol, land without return, (under) world

      8. city (-state)

    3. ground, surface of the earth

      1. ground

      2. soil

    4. (in phrases)

      1. people of the land

      2. space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)

      3. level or plain country

      4. land of the living

      5. end(s) of the earth

    5. (almost wholly late in usage)

      1. lands, countries

        1. often in contrast to Canaan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶרֶץ ʼerets, eh'-rets; from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):—× common, country, earth, field, ground, land, × nations, way, + wilderness, world.
STRONGS H776: Abbreviations
אֶ֫רֶץ 2407 noun feminineGenesis 10:11 & (seldom) masculine Genesis 13:16 earth, land (Phoenician, MI ארץ, Assyrian irṣitu COTGloss, Arabic أَرْضً, Sabean ארץֿ e.g. Os9 DHMZMG 1875, 594, 614; Semitic Sprachf. 12, compare PräBAS i. 374 n., Aramaic H772 אֲרַע, aYxiRAf  ) — א׳ absolute Genesis 1:24 +; construct Genesis 2:11 +; אָ֑רֶץ Genesis 1:10 +; with article always הָאָ֫רֶץ Genesis 1:11 +; with ָ  ה locative אַ֫רְצָה Genesis 11:31 +, (this form also in poetry = אֶרֶץ Job 34:13 +); suffix אַרְצִי Job 20:15 +; (אַרְצֶ֑ךָ) אַרְצְךָ Job 12:1 +, etc.; plural אֲרָצוֺת Jeremiah 28:8 + 65 times; construct אַרְצוֺת Ezekiel 39:27 + 6 times; suffix אַרְצֹתָם Genesis 10:5 + 2 times; —
1.
a. earth, whole earth (opposed to a part) Genesis 18:18, 25; Genesis 22:18 (= הָאֲדָמָה Genesis 12:3) Jeremiah 25:26, 29, 30; Jeremiah 26:6; Isaiah 37:16, 20 = 2 Kings 19:15; 2 Kings 19:19; Zechariah 4:10; Zechariah 4:14 +.
b. earth, opposed to heaven, sky Genesis 1:2; Exodus 20:4; Deuteronomy 5:8; Deuteronomy 30:19; Judges 5:4; Lamentations 2:1; Isaiah 37:16 = 2 Kings 19:15; Psalm 146:6; 1 Chronicles 21:16; 1 Chronicles 29:11; 2 Chronicles 2:11 +; as permanent Ecclesiastes 1:4; built on foundations, or pillars 1 Samuel 2:8; Psalm 104:5; Job 38:4; Isaiah 48:13; Isaiah 51:13, 16 compare also Isaiah 24:18; Psalm 82:5; firm, so that its shaking is something terrible, & token of terrible power 1 Samuel 14:4; 2 Samuel 22:8 = Psalm 18:8; Job 9:6 compare Psalm 46:2 & Psalm 46:6; so also Amos 8:8; Isaiah 2:19, 21; Isaiah 24:18, 19, 20; Psalm 60:4; Psalm 77:19; Psalm 99:1; Psalm 114:7; as hung on nothing Job 26:7; with waters under it Exodus 20:4 = Deuteronomy 5:8 compare Genesis 7:11; personified, especially as addressed, called to witness, etc. Deuteronomy 32:1; Jeremiah 6:19; Jeremiah 22:29; Isaiah 1:2; Micah 1:2; Job 16:18.
c. earth = inhabitants of earth Genesis 6:11; 1 Kings 2:2; 1 Kings 10:24; Psalm 33:8; Psalm 66:4 —תֵּבֵל א׳ Proverbs 8:31; Job 37:12.
2. land =
a. country, territory, שִׁנְעָר א׳ Genesis 10:10, מִצְרַיִם א׳ Genesis 21:21; compare also Genesis 10:11; Genesis 11:28, 31; Genesis 13:10; Genesis 47:6, 27; Genesis 50:8; Isaiah 7:18; Isaiah 23:1; Isaiah 23:13; Isaiah 27:13; Psalm 78:12; Jeremiah 25:20; 1 Chronicles 1:43; personified Isaiah 62:4; Ecclesiastes 10:16, 17.
b. district, region Genesis 19:28; Genesis 22:2; Joshua 11:3; Psalm 42:7.
c. tribal territory Deuteronomy 34:2; Judges 21:21; 1 Samuel 9:4, 16; 1 Samuel 13:7; 1 Kings 15:20; Isaiah 8:23; and still smaller territories 1 Samuel 9:4, 5.
d. piece of ground Genesis 23:15.
e. specifically land of Canaan, or Israel Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:1; Genesis 12:5; Genesis 12:6; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 31:3; Exodus 14:34; Deuteronomy 17:14; Deuteronomy 18:9; 2 Kings 5:2, 4 +; especially object of יָרַשׁ possess Deuteronomy 3:20 — Deuteronomy, Psalms and elsewhere; so after נָחַל Joshua 19:49 +; נָתַן Deuteronomy 1:21 +.
f. = inhabitants land Leviticus 19:29; Ezekiel 14:13 — Deuteronomy 24:4; Zechariah 12:12 etc.
g. used even of She’ôl Job 10:21, 22 (compare Assyrian irṣit la târat, land without return, in Descent of Ishtar, see Jr10. 65); see also Psalm 139:15; Isaiah 44:23.
3.
a. ground, surface of ground = אֲדָמָה q. v. Genesis 1:26, 30; Genesis 18:2; Genesis 33:3; Genesis 38:9; Exodus 4:3; Exodus 16:4; Ruth 2:10; 1 Samuel 5:4 + very often in Samuel.
b. soil, as productive = אֲדָמָה Genesis 1:11, 12; Leviticus 19:9; Leviticus 25:9; Leviticus 26:4 compare Numbers 14:7, 8; Isaiah 36:7 = 2 Kings 18:32; Psalm 72:6; Psalm 72:16; Psalm 107:34; Psalm 107:35; Ezra 9:12; Nehemiah 9:35.
4. אֶרֶץ in phrases:
a. people of the land עַם־הָא׳ of non-Israelites Genesis 23:7, 12, 13 (P) Numbers 14:9 (JE); as well as Israel Leviticus 20:4 (H) 2 Kings 15:5; 2 Kings 16:15; 2 Kings 21:24 (twice in verse); especially common people, opposed to officials, princes Leviticus 4:27 (P) Ezekiel 7:27; 2 Kings 11:18, 19.
b. in measurements of distance, כִּבְרַת הָא׳ the space or distance of country (see כּברה) Genesis 35:16, so כִּבְרַת א׳ some distance Genesis 48:7; 2 Kings 5:19.
c. אֶרֶץ הַמִּישׁוֺר the country of the plain, level or plain country Deuteronomy 4:33; Jeremiah 48:21; מִישׁוֺר א׳ figurative Psalm 143:10 (but read אֹרַח Syriac Version Bi Gr Che, compare Psalm 27:11).
d. חַיִּים א׳ land of the living Psalm 27:13; הַחַיִּים א׳ Psalm 142:6.
e. קְצֵה הָא׳ end(s) of the earth Isaiah 42:10; Isaiah 43:6 (|| רָחוֺק) Psalm 135:7; Proverbs 17:24, so אַפְסֵי א׳ Proverbs 30:4 +; קְצוֺת הָא׳ Isaiah 40:28; Isaiah 41:5, 9.
5. plural אֲרָצוֺת is almost wholly late, Jeremiah 16:15 + 6 times Jeremiah; + 23 times Ezekiel; Isaiah 36:20; Isaiah 37:11 = 2 Kings 18:35; 2 Kings 19:11 (Isaiah 37:18 read הַגּוֺיִם see Che Di & compare 2 Kings 19:17); + 22 times Chronicles; Daniel 9:7; Daniel 11:40, 42; Psalm 105:44; Psalm 106:27; Psalm 107:3; Psalm 116:9; besides these only P Genesis 10:5, 20, 31; Leviticus 26:36, 39, except Genesis 26:3, 4 (JR) Genesis 41:54 (JE); it denotes lands, countries, often in contrast to Canaan, lands of the nations, etc., see especially absolute Ezekiel 20:32; Ezekiel 22:4; = the various petty divisions of Canaan afterward united under Israel's control Genesis 26:3, 4, compare 1 Chronicles 13:2 אַרְצוֺת יִשְׂרָאֵל, 2 Chronicles 11:23 אַרְצוֺת יְהוּדָה.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:2; 1:10; 1:11; 1:11; 1:12; 1:24; 1:26; 1:30; 2:11; 6:11; 7:11; 10:5; 10:5; 10:10; 10:11; 10:11; 10:20; 10:31; 11:28; 11:31; 11:31; 11:31; 12:1; 12:3; 12:5; 12:6; 12:7; 13:10; 13:16; 18:2; 18:18; 18:25; 19:28; 21:21; 22:2; 22:18; 23:7; 23:12; 23:13; 23:15; 26:3; 26:3; 26:4; 26:4; 31:3; 33:3; 35:16; 38:9; 41:54; 47:6; 47:27; 48:7; 50:8

Exodus

4:3; 16:4; 20:4; 20:4

Leviticus

4:27; 19:9; 19:29; 20:4; 25:9; 26:4; 26:36; 26:39

Numbers

14:7; 14:8; 14:9

Deuteronomy

1:21; 3:20; 4:33; 5:8; 5:8; 17:14; 18:9; 24:4; 30:19; 32:1; 34:2

Joshua

11:3; 19:49

Judges

5:4; 21:21

Ruth

2:10

1 Samuel

2:8; 5:4; 9:4; 9:4; 9:5; 9:16; 13:7; 14:4

2 Samuel

22:8

1 Kings

2:2; 10:24; 15:20

2 Kings

5:2; 5:4; 5:19; 11:18; 11:19; 15:5; 16:15; 18:32; 18:35; 19:11; 19:15; 19:15; 19:17; 19:19; 21:24

1 Chronicles

1:43; 13:2; 21:16; 29:11

2 Chronicles

2:11; 11:23

Ezra

9:12

Nehemiah

9:35

Job

9:6; 10:21; 10:22; 12:1; 16:18; 20:15; 26:7; 34:13; 37:12; 38:4

Psalms

18:8; 27:11; 27:13; 33:8; 42:7; 46:2; 46:6; 60:4; 66:4; 72:6; 72:16; 77:19; 78:12; 82:5; 99:1; 104:5; 105:44; 106:27; 107:3; 107:34; 107:35; 114:7; 116:9; 135:7; 139:15; 142:6; 143:10; 146:6

Proverbs

8:31; 17:24; 30:4

Ecclesiastes

1:4; 10:16; 10:17

Isaiah

1:2; 2:19; 2:21; 7:18; 23:1; 23:13; 24:18; 24:18; 24:19; 24:20; 27:13; 36:7; 36:20; 37:11; 37:16; 37:16; 37:18; 37:20; 40:28; 41:5; 41:9; 42:10; 43:6; 44:23; 48:13; 51:13; 51:16; 62:4

Jeremiah

6:19; 16:15; 22:29; 25:20; 25:26; 25:29; 25:30; 26:6; 28:8; 48:21

Lamentations

2:1

Ezekiel

7:27; 14:13; 20:32; 22:4; 39:27

Daniel

9:7; 11:40; 11:42

Amos

8:8

Micah

1:2

Zechariah

4:10; 4:14; 12:12

H776

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Strong's Number H776 matches the Hebrew אֶרֶץ ('ereṣ),
which occurs 190 times in 188 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Psa 2:2–Psa 57:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:2 - The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the rulers take counsel together,
Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:8 - Ask of Me, and I will give You
The nations for Your inheritance,
And the ends of the earth for Your possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:10 - Now therefore, be wise, O kings;
Be instructed, you judges of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 - Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me;
Yes, let him trample my life to the earth,
And lay my honor in the dust. Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:1 - To the Chief Musician. On the instrument of Gath.[fn] A Psalm of David.

O LORD, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have set Your glory above the heavens!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:9 - O LORD, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:16 - The LORD is King forever and ever;
The nations have perished out of His land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:18 - To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,
That the man of the earth may oppress no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:6 - The words of the LORD are pure words,
Like silver tried in a furnace of earth,
Purified seven times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:3 - As for the saints who are on the earth,
“They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:11 - They have now surrounded us in our steps;
They have set their eyes, crouching down to the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:7 - Then the earth shook and trembled;
The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken,
Because He was angry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:4 - Their line[fn] has gone out through all the earth,
And their words to the end of the world.

In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:10 - Their offspring You shall destroy from the earth,
And their descendants from among the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:27 - All the ends of the world
Shall remember and turn to the LORD,
And all the families of the nations
Shall worship before You.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:29 - All the prosperous of the earth
Shall eat and worship;
All those who go down to the dust
Shall bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep himself alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:1 - A Psalm of David.

The earth is the LORD’s, and all its fullness,
The world and those who dwell therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:13 - He himself shall dwell in prosperity,
And his descendants shall inherit the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:13 - I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
That I would see the goodness of the LORD
In the land of the living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:5 - He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:8 - Let all the earth fear the LORD;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:14 - From the place of His dwelling He looks
On all the inhabitants of the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:16 - The face of the LORD is against those who do evil,
To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:20 - For they do not speak peace,
But they devise deceitful matters
Against the quiet ones in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:3 - Trust in the LORD, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:9 - For evildoers shall be cut off;
But those who wait on the LORD,
They shall inherit the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:11 - But the meek shall inherit the earth,
And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:22 - For those blessed by Him shall inherit the earth,
But those cursed by Him shall be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:29 - The righteous shall inherit the land,
And dwell in it forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:34 - Wait on the LORD,
And keep His way,
And He shall exalt you to inherit the land;
When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:2 - The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive,
And he will be blessed on the earth;
You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:6 - O my God,[fn] my soul is cast down within me;
Therefore I will remember You from the land of the Jordan,
And from the heights of Hermon,
From the Hill Mizar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:3 - For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword,
Nor did their own arm save them;
But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance,
Because You favored them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 - For our soul is bowed down to the dust;
Our body clings to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:16 - Instead of Your fathers shall be Your sons,
Whom You shall make princes in all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:2 - Therefore we will not fear,
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:6 - The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved;
He uttered His voice, the earth melted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:8 - Come, behold the works of the LORD,
Who has made desolations in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 - He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He burns the chariot in the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:10 - Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:2 - For the LORD Most High is awesome;
He is a great King over all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:7 - For God is the King of all the earth;
Sing praises with understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:9 - The princes of the people have gathered together,
The people of the God of Abraham.
For the shields of the earth belong to God;
He is greatly exalted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2 - Beautiful in elevation,
The joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north,
The city of the great King.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:10 - According to Your name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:1 - A Psalm of Asaph.

The Mighty One, God the LORD,
Has spoken and called the earth
From the rising of the sun to its going down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:4 - He shall call to the heavens from above,
And to the earth, that He may judge His people:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:5 - God shall likewise destroy you forever;
He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:5 - Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
Let Your glory be above all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:11 - Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
Let Your glory be above all the earth.

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