Lexicon :: Strong's H8252 - šāqaṭ

“So let all Your enemies perish, O LORD;

But let those who love Him be like the rising of the sun in its might.”

And the land was at rest for forty years.

Then the five men went on and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, [how they were] living securely in the style of the Sidonians, quiet and peaceful; and there was no oppressive magistrate in the land humiliating them in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.

They took the [idolatrous] things that Micah had made, and his priest, and they came to Laish, to a people who were quiet and secure; and they struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.

[fn]So Abijah slept with his fathers [in death], and they buried him in the City of David; and Asa his son became king in his place. The land was at peace for ten years during his days.

“For now I would have lain down and been quiet;

I would have slept then, I would have been at rest [in death],

“I am not at ease, nor am I quiet,

And I am not at rest, and yet trouble still comes [upon me].”

“When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?

When He hides His face [withdrawing His favor and help], who then can behold Him [and make supplication to Him],

Whether it be a nation or a man by himself?—

You whose garments are hot,

When He quiets the earth [in sultry summer] with the [oppressive] south wind?

You caused judgment to be heard from heaven;

The earth feared and was quiet

A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.

Do not keep silent, O God;

Do not hold Your peace or be still, O God.

That You may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity,

Until the pit is dug for the wicked and ungodly.

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,

But he who is slow to anger and patient calms disputes.

“The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;

They break into shouts of joy.

For this is what the LORD has said to me,

“I will be quiet and I will look on from My dwelling place,

Like shimmering heat above the sunshine,

Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel has said this,

“In returning [to Me] and rest you shall be saved,

In quietness and confident trust is your strength.”

But you were not willing,

And the effect of righteousness will be peace,

And the result of righteousness will be quietness and confident trust forever.

But the wicked are like the tossing sea,

For it cannot be quiet,

And its waters toss up mire and mud.

For Zion’s sake I (Isaiah) will not be silent,

And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,

Until her righteousness and vindication go forth as brightness,

And her salvation goes forth like a burning torch.

‘Fear not, O Jacob My servant,’ says the LORD,

‘Nor be dismayed or downcast, O Israel;

For behold, I will save you from a distant land [of exile]

And your descendants from the land of their captivity.

Jacob will return and will be quiet and at ease,

And no one will make him afraid.

“But as for you, do not fear, O My servant Jacob,

Nor be dismayed, O Israel!

For behold, I will save you from [your captivity in] a distant land,

And your descendants from the land of their exile;

And Jacob will return and be quiet and secure,

And no one will make him afraid.

“O you sword of the LORD,

How long will it be before you are quiet?

Put yourself into your sheath;

Rest and be still.

“Moab has been at ease from his youth;

He has also been undisturbed, and settled like wine on his dregs,

And he has not been emptied from one vessel to another,

Nor has he gone into exile.

Therefore his flavor remains in him,

And his scent has not changed.

Concerning Damascus [in Syria].

“Hamath and Arpad are perplexed and shamed,

For they have heard bad news;

They are disheartened;

Troubled and anxious like a [storm-tossed] sea

Which cannot be calmed.