Lexicon :: Strong's H1897 - hāḡâ

“This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to meditate on[fn] it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do.

my lips will not speak unjustly,

and my tongue will not utter deceit.

Instead, his delight is in the LORD’s instruction,

and he meditates on it day and night.

Why do the nations rage

and the peoples plot in vain?

And my tongue will proclaim your righteousness,

your praise all day long.

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom;

his tongue speaks what is just.

Those who intend to kill me set traps,

and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;

they plot treachery all day long.

When I think of you as I lie on my bed,

I meditate on you during the night watches

Therefore, my tongue will proclaim

your righteousness all day long,

for those who intend to harm me

will be disgraced and confounded.

I will reflect on all you have done

and meditate on your actions.

They have hands but cannot feel,

feet, but cannot walk.

They cannot make a sound with their throats.

I remember the days of old;

I meditate on all you have done;

I reflect on the work of your hands.

“For my mouth tells the truth,

and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

The mind of the righteous person thinks before answering,

but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil things.

for their hearts plan violence,

and their words stir up trouble.

When they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,” shouldn’t a people inquire of their God?[fn] Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?

Therefore let Moab wail;

let every one of them wail for Moab.

You who are completely devastated, mourn

for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.

For this is what the LORD said to me:

As a lion or young lion growls over its prey

when a band of shepherds is called out against it,

and it is not terrified by their shouting

or subdued by their noise,

so the LORD of Armies will come down

to fight on Mount Zion

and on its hill.

Your mind will meditate on the past terror:

“Where is the accountant?[fn]

Where is the tribute collector?[fn]

Where is the one who spied out our defenses? ”[fn]

I chirp like a swallow or a crane;

I moan like a dove.

My eyes grow weak looking upward.

Lord, I am oppressed; support me.

For your hands are defiled with blood

and your fingers, with iniquity;

your lips have spoken lies,

and your tongues mutter injustice.

We all growl like bears

and moan like doves.

We hope for justice, but there is none;

for salvation, but it is far from us.

transgression and deception against the LORD,

turning away from following our God,

speaking oppression and revolt,

conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.

Therefore, I will wail over Moab.

I will cry out for Moab, all of it;

he will moan for the men of Kir-heres.