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Lexicon :: Strong's H6664 - ṣeḏeq

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צֶדֶק
Transliteration
ṣeḏeq
Pronunciation
tseh'-dek
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1879a

Strong’s Definitions

צֶדֶק tsedeq, tseh'-dek; from H6663; the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity:—× even, (× that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 116x

The KJV translates Strong's H6664 in the following manner: righteousness (77x), just (11x), justice (10x), righteous (8x), righteously (3x), right (3x), righteous cause (1x), unrighteousness (1x), miscellaneous (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 116x
The KJV translates Strong's H6664 in the following manner: righteousness (77x), just (11x), justice (10x), righteous (8x), righteously (3x), right (3x), righteous cause (1x), unrighteousness (1x), miscellaneous (2x).

  1. justice, rightness, righteousness

    1. what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures)

    2. righteousness (in government)

      1. of judges, rulers, kings

      2. of law

      3. of Davidic king, Messiah

      4. of Jerusalem as seat of just government

      5. of God's attribute

    3. righteousness, justice (in case or cause)

    4. rightness (in speech)

    5. righteousness (as ethically right)

    6. righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity

      1. of God as covenant-keeping in redemption

      2. in name of Messianic king

      3. of people enjoying salvation

      4. of Cyrus

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צֶדֶק tsedeq, tseh'-dek; from H6663; the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity:—× even, (× that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).
STRONGS H6664: Abbreviations
† צֶ֫דֶק noun masculineIsaiah 1:21 rightness, righteousness; — צ׳ Leviticus 19:36 + 87 times; צִדְקִי Isaiah 41:10 + 8 times, etc.; —
1. what is right, just, normal; rightness, justness, of weights and measures, אֵיפָה, אֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה וָצֶדֶק Deuteronomy 25:15 a perfect and a just weight, ephah; מאֹזְנֵי צ׳; אַבְנֵי צ׳, אֵיפַת צ׳, הִין צ׳, בַּת צ׳ Leviticus 19:36 (H) Job 31:6; Ezekiel 45:10; מַעְגְּלֵי צ׳ right paths Psalm 23:3; זִבְחֵי צ׳ right peace-offerings Deuteronomy 33:19; Psalm 4:6 [Psalm 4:3]; Psalm 51:21 [Psalm 51:19].
2. righteousness, in government:
a. of judges, rulers, kings, שׁפט בצ׳ Leviticus 19:15(H); שׁפט צ׳ Deuteronomy 1:16; Proverbs 31:9; משׁפט צ׳ Deuteronomy 16:18; רדף צ׳ Deuteronomy 16:20; חוֺקֵק צ׳ Proverbs 8:15; מלך לצ׳ Isaiah 32:1; דבּר צ׳ Psalm 58:2 [Psalm 58:1]; also Proverbs 25:5; Psalm 94:15; Ecclesiastes 5:7 [Ecclesiastes 5:8].
b. of law, as מִשְׁמָּטִים Isaiah 58:2; Psalm 119:7; Psalm 119:62; Psalm 119:75; Psalm 119:106; Psalm 119:160 (Greek Version of the LXX, but MT מִשְׁפַּט), Psalm 119:164; as עֵדוֺת Psalm 119:138; Psalm 119:144; as מִצְוֺר Psalm 119:172.
c. of Davidic king, Messiah Isaiah 11:4, Isaiah 11:5; Isaiah 16:5; Psalm 45:5 [Psalm 45:4], דין דצ׳ Psalm 72:2.
d. of Jerusalem, as seat of just government, עִיר הַצֶּדֶק Isaiah 1:26 city of righteousness; נְוֵה צ׳ Jeremiah 31:23; Jeremiah 50:7 (possibly these reflect an original god צֶדֶק, see מַלְכִּי צֶדֶק); יָלִין בָּהּ צ׳ Isaiah 1:21 righteousness used to lodge in her; compare מְקוֺם הצ׳ Ecclesiastes 3:16 the place of righteousness.
e. of God's attribute as sovereign Job 36:3, husband of Israel Hosea 2:21; צ׳ his personified agent Psalm 85:11 [Psalm 85:10]; Psalm 85:12 [Psalm 85:11]; Psalm 85:14 [Psalm 85:13], foundation of his throne Psalm 89:15 [Psalm 89:14] = Psalm 97:2; in his government Psalm 9:9 [Psalm 9:8]; Psalm 65:6 [Psalm 65:5]; Psalm 96:13 = Psalm 98:9, promise Isaiah 45:19, administration of justice Job 8:3; Jeremiah 11:20; Psalm 7:18 [Psalm 7:17]; Psalm 48:11 [Psalm 48:10]; Psalm 50:6 = Psalm 97:6, vindication of his people Psalm 9:5 [Psalm 9:4]; Psalm 35:24; Psalm 35:28; raising up Cyrus Isaiah 45:13, calling his servant Isaiah 42:6; אֱלֹהֵי צִדְקִי Psalm 4:2 [Psalm 4:1] God of my righteousness (who vindicates me); his צ׳ is everlasting Psalm 119:142.
3. righteousness, justice, in a case or cause Job 6:29; Job 8:6; Job 29:14; Psalm 35:27; Isaiah 59:4; God שׁפט כצ׳ Psalm 7:9 [Psalm 7:8] judges according to righteousness; גמל כצ׳ Psalm 18:21 [Psalm 18:20]; השׁיב כצ׳ Psalm 18:25 [Psalm 18:24]; שׁמע צ׳ Psalm 17:1 הוציא צ׳ Psalm 37:6.
4. rightness, in speech, דבּר צ׳ Psalm 52:5 [Psalm 52:3] (opposed to שֶׁקֶר); יַגִּיד צ׳ Proverbs 12:17; כל אמרי פי בצ׳ Proverbs 8:8; שִׂפְתֵי צ׳ Proverbs 16:13.
5. righteousness, as ethically right Job 35:2; Psalm 17:15; Psalm 45:8 [Psalm 45:7]; Proverbs 1:3; Proverbs 2:9; Ecclesiastes 7:15; Jeremiah 22:13; Ezekiel 3:20; Hosea 10:12 (read צ׳פְּרִי, so Greek Version of the LXX We Now); עלמים צ׳ Daniel 9:24; עשׂה צ׳ Isaiah 64:4 [Isaiah 64:5]; Psalm 119:121; פעל צ׳ Psalm 15:2; למד צ׳ Isaiah 26:6 [Isaiah 26:9] , Isaiah 26:10; בקּשׁ צ׳ Zephaniah 2:3; רדף צ׳ Isaiah 51:1; ידע צ׳ Isaiah 51:7.
6. righteousness as vindicated, justification in controversy with enemies and troubles, deliverance, victory, prosperity:
a. of God as covenant-keeping, in redemption, בִּימִין צִדְקִי Isaiah 41:10, || יֵשַׁע Isaiah 45:8; Isaiah 51:5, compare Isaiah 42:21; בשּׂר צ׳ Psalm 40:10 [Psalm 40:9]; אִמְרַת צ׳ Psalm 119:123.
b. in name יהוה צִדְקֵנוּ, of Messianic king (vindicating people's cause and giving victory) [H3072 Jeremiah 23:6]; of city [H3072 Jeremiah 33:16].
c. of people as enjoying צ׳ of salvation, || יְשׁוּעָה Isaiah 62:1; || כָּבוֺד Isaiah 58:8; Isaiah 62:2; כהנים יִלְבְּשׁוּ צ׳ Psalm 132:9; שַׁעֲרֵי צ׳ Psalm 118:19; אֵילֵי הצ׳ Isaiah 61:3.
d. of Cyrus, יִקְרָאֵהוּ לְרַגְלוֺ צ׳ Isaiah 41:2 (who) in victory calleth him at every step (CheHpt on whose steps attends victory, so Di Du).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

19:15; 19:36; 19:36

Deuteronomy

1:16; 16:18; 16:20; 25:15; 33:19

Job

6:29; 8:3; 8:6; 29:14; 31:6; 35:2; 36:3

Psalms

4:1; 4:3; 7:8; 7:17; 9:4; 9:8; 15:2; 17:1; 17:15; 18:20; 18:24; 23:3; 35:24; 35:27; 35:28; 37:6; 40:9; 45:4; 45:7; 48:10; 50:6; 51:19; 52:3; 58:1; 65:5; 72:2; 85:10; 85:11; 85:13; 89:14; 94:15; 96:13; 97:2; 97:6; 98:9; 118:19; 119:7; 119:62; 119:75; 119:106; 119:121; 119:123; 119:138; 119:142; 119:144; 119:160; 119:164; 119:172; 132:9

Proverbs

1:3; 2:9; 8:8; 8:15; 12:17; 16:13; 25:5; 31:9

Ecclesiastes

3:16; 5:8; 7:15

Isaiah

1:21; 1:21; 1:26; 11:4; 11:5; 16:5; 26:9; 26:10; 32:1; 41:2; 41:10; 41:10; 42:6; 42:21; 45:8; 45:13; 45:19; 51:1; 51:5; 51:7; 58:2; 58:8; 59:4; 61:3; 62:1; 62:2; 64:5

Jeremiah

11:20; 22:13; 31:23; 50:7

Ezekiel

3:20; 45:10

Daniel

9:24

Hosea

2:21; 10:12

Zephaniah

2:3

H6664

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Strong's Number H6664 matches the Hebrew צֶדֶק (ṣeḏeq),
which occurs 119 times in 112 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Lev 19:15–Psa 118:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:15 - Thou shalt not act unjustly in judgment: thou shalt not accept the person of the poor, nor admire the person of the mighty; with justice shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36 - There shall be among you just balances and just weights and a just liquid measure. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:16 - And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear causes between your brethren, and judge rightly between a man and his brother, and the [fn]stranger that is with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:18 - Thou shalt make for thyself judges and officers in thy cities, which the Lord thy God gives thee in thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:20 - Thou shalt justly pursue justice, that ye may live, and go in and inherit the land which the Lord thy God gives thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15 - Thou shalt have a true and just weight, and a true and just measure, that thou mayest live long upon the land which the Lord thy God gives thee for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:19 - They shall utterly destroy the nations, and ye shall call men there, and there offer the sacrifice of righteousness; for the wealth of the sea shall suckle thee, and so shall the marts of them that dwell by the sea-coast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:29 - Sit down now, and let there not be unrighteousness; and unite again with the just.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:3 - Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all things pervert justice?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:6 - If thou art pure and true, he will hearken to thy supplication, and will restore to thee the habitation of righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:14 - Also I put on righteousness, and clothed myself with judgment like a mantle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:6 - (for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence:)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:2 - What is this that thou thinkest to be according to right? who art thou that thou hast said, I am righteous before the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:3 - Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:1 - For the end, a Song of David among the Psalms. (LXX 4:2) When I called upon him, the God of my righteousness heard me: thou hast made room for me in tribulation; pity me, and hearken to my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:5 - (LXX 4:6) Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, and trust in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:8 - (LXX 7:9) The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:17 - (LXX 7:18) I will give thanks to the Lord according to his righteousness; I will sing to the name of the Lord most high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:4 - (LXX 9:5) For thou hast maintained my cause and my right; thou satest on the throne, that judgest righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:8 - (LXX 9:9) And he will judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the nations in uprightness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:2 - (LXX 14:2) He that walks blameless, and works righteousness, who speaks truth in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:1 - (LXX 16:1) A Prayer of David. Hearken, O Lord [fn]of my righteousness, attend to my petition; give ear to my prayer not uttered with deceitful lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:15 - (LXX 16:15) But I shall appear in righteousness before thy face: I shall be satisfied when thy glory appears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:20 - (LXX 17:21) And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:24 - (LXX 17:25) And the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:3 - (LXX 22:3) He has restored my soul: he has guided me into the paths of righteousness, for his name's sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:24 - (LXX 34:24) Judge me, O Lord, according to thy righteousness, O Lord my God; and let them not rejoice against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:27 - (LXX 34:27) Let them that rejoice in my righteousness exult and be glad: and let them say continually, The Lord be magnified, who desire the peace of his servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:28 - (LXX 34:28) And my tongue shall meditate on thy righteousness, and on thy praise all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:6 - (LXX 36:6) And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noon-day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:9 - (LXX 39:10) I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; lo! I will not refrain my lips; O Lord, thou knowest my righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:4 - (LXX 44:5) and bend thy bow, and prosper, and reign, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:7 - (LXX 44:8) Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:10 - (LXX 47:11) According to thy name, O God, so is also thy praise to the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:6 - (LXX 49:6) And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:19 - (LXX 50:21) Then shalt thou be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, [fn]offering, and whole-burnt-sacrifices: then shall they offer calves upon thine altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:3 - (LXX 51:5) Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:1 - (LXX 57:1) For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial. (57:2) If ye do indeed speak righteousness, then do ye judge rightly, ye sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:5 - (LXX 64:6) Thou art wonderful in righteousness. Hearken to us, O God our Saviour; the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are on the sea afar off:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:2 - (LXX 71:2) that he may judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:10 - (LXX 84:11) Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:11 - (LXX 84:12) Truth has sprung out of the earth; and righteousness has looked down from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:13 - (LXX 84:14) Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set his steps in the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:14 - (LXX 88:15) Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:15 - (LXX 93:15) until righteousness return to judgment, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:13 - (LXX 95:13) for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth; he shall judge the world in righteousness, and the people with his truth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:2 - (LXX 96:2) Cloud and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the establishment of his throne.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:6 - (LXX 96:6) The heavens have declared his righteousness, and all the people have seen his glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:9 - (LXX 97:9) For he is come to judge the earth; he shall judge the world in righteousness, and the nations in uprightness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:19 - (LXX 117:19) Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and give praise to the Lord.

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