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Lexicon :: Strong's H6666 - ṣᵊḏāqâ

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צְדָקָה
Transliteration
ṣᵊḏāqâ
Pronunciation
tsed-aw-kaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1879b

Strong’s Definitions

צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh, tsed-aw-kaw'; from H6663; rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity):—justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 157x

The KJV translates Strong's H6666 in the following manner: righteousness (128x), justice (15x), right (9x), righteous acts (3x), moderately (1x), righteously (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 157x
The KJV translates Strong's H6666 in the following manner: righteousness (128x), justice (15x), right (9x), righteous acts (3x), moderately (1x), righteously (1x).

  1. justice, righteousness

    1. righteousness (in government)

      1. of judge, ruler, king

      2. of law

      3. of Davidic king Messiah

    2. righteousness (of God's attribute)

    3. righteousness (in a case or cause)

    4. righteousness, truthfulness

    5. righteousness (as ethically right)

    6. righteousness (as vindicated), justification, salvation

      1. of God

      2. prosperity (of people)

    7. righteous acts

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh, tsed-aw-kaw'; from H6663; rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity):—justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
STRONGS H6666: Abbreviations
צְדָקָה 157 noun feminine righteousness; — absolute צ׳ Genesis 15:6 + 81 times; construct צִדְקַת Deuteronomy 33:21 +5 times; suffix צִדְקָתִי Genesis 30:33 +, etc.; plural צְדָקוֺת Isaiah 33:15 + 3 times; construct צִדְקוֺת Judges 5:11+; suffix צִדְקֹתֶיךָ Daniel 9:16, etc.; —
1. righteousness, in government:
a. of judge, ruler, king: || משׁפט Isaiah 5:7; Isaiah 9:6; Amos 5:7; Amos 6:12; משׁפט וצ׳ 2 Samuel 8:15, עשׂה David executed justice and righteousness = 1 Chronicles 18:14, compare 1 Kings 10:9 2 Chronicles 9:8; Jeremiah 22:3, 15; Jeremiah 33:15; Ezekiel 45:9; יִכּוֺן כִּסֵּא בּצ׳ Proverbs 16:12, compare Isaiah 54:14; עֲבֹדַת השׂ׳, מַעֲשֵׂה הצ׳ Isaiah 32:17, compare Isaiah 32:16; נֹגְשַׂיִךְ צ׳ Isaiah 60:17.
b. of law, || משׁפטים, צִדְקַת י׳ Deuteronomy 33:21.
c. of Davidic king, Messiah, || משׁפט, Psalm 72:1; Psalm 72:3; Isaiah 9:6; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:15.
2. God's attribute as sovereign Psalm 36:7; Psalm 71:19; in government, עשׂה משׁפט וצ׳ Psalm 99:4; Jeremiah 9:23; administering justice Job 37:23; punishment Isaiah 1:27; Isaiah 5:16; Isaiah 10:22; Isaiah 28:17; Daniel 9:7; vindication of his people Micah 7:9.
3. righteousness, in a case or cause, בצדקתי החזקתי Job 27:6 on my righteousness I hold fast; מה ישׁ לי עוד צ׳ 2 Samuel 19:29 what right have I yet ? of God's judgments, הגיד צ׳ Isaiah 57:12 (irony); השׁיב צ׳ 1 Samuel 26:23; Job 33:26; כּצ׳, השׁיב 2 Samuel 22:25, גמל 2 Samuel 22:21, נתן 1 Kings 8:52 2 Chronicles 6:23.
4. righteousness = truthfulness, באמת ובצ׳ Isaiah 48:1; Zechariah 8:8; in word Isaiah 45:28; Isaiah 63:1, oath Jeremiah 4:2.
5. righteousness, as ethically right: Genesis 30:33 (J) Deuteronomy 6:25; Isaiah 33:5; Isaiah 41:18; Ezekiel 14:14, 20; Proverbs 10:2; Proverbs 11:4, 5, 18, 19 + 17 times, + (ה)צַךִּיק(ים) צִדְקַת Isaiah 5:23; Ezekiel 18:20; Ezekiel 33:12; ישׁרים צ׳ Proverbs 11:6; אֹרַח צ׳ Proverbs 8:20; Proverbs 12:28; דֶּרֶךְ צ׳ Proverbs 16:31; עשׂה צ׳ do righteousness Psalm 106:3; Isaiah 56:1; Isaiah 58:2; Ezekiel 18:22; עשׂה משׁפט וצ׳ Ezekiel 18:5 + 6 times Ezekiel; ומשׁפט עשׂה צ׳ Genesis 18:10 (J) Proverbs 21:8; רדף צ׳ Proverbs 15:9; Proverbs 21:21; הלך באמת ובצ׳ 1 Kings 3:6; חשׁב לוֺ (ל)צ׳ Genesis 15:6 (JE) imputed to him (for) righteousness, Psalm 106:31; וָחֶסֶד צ׳ Proverbs 21:21 (twice in verse) (strike out Greek Version of the LXXA B Toy).
6. righteousness as vindicated, justification, salvation, etc. (compare צֶדֶק 6):
a. of God || יָשַׁע, תְּשׁוּעָה, יְשׁוּעָה Isaiah 45:8; Isaiah 46:13; Isaiah 51:6 + 7 times Isaiah2; || בְּרָכָה Psalm 24:6; || נַחֲלָה Isaiah 54:17; || חֶסֶד Psalm 36:11; Psalm 103:17; שֶׁמֶשׁ צ׳ Malachi 3:20 [Malachi 4:2] sun of righteousness (with healing); בִּצ׳, י׳ delivers, guides, exalts his people Psalm 5:9; Psalm 31:2; Psalm 71:2; Psalm 89:17; Psalm 119:40; Psalm 143:1; Psalm 143:11; אַליָֿבאֹוּ בְּצִדְקָתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 69:28 (of wicked); as accusative after verbs of declaring, etc., his saving (delivering) righteousness Psalm 22:32 [Psalm 22:31]; Psalm 40:11; Psalm 51:16; Psalm 71:15; Psalm 71:16; Psalm 71:24; Psalm 98:2; Psalm 145:7; also יִוָּדַע צ׳ Psalm 88:13; עֹמֶדֶת צ׳ לָעַד his righteousness endureth for ever Psalm 111:3; compare Psalm 119:142.
b. of people, = prosperity, || הון, עשׁר Proverbs 8:18; מוֺרֶה לצ׳ early rain for prosperity Joel 2:23.
7. plural righteous acts:
a. of God Judges 5:11 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 12:7; Micah 6:5; vindication of right Psalm 103:6; redemptive Isaiah 45:24; Daniel 9:16.
b. of man's moral conduct Isaiah 64:5; Jeremiah 51:10, also probably Ezekiel 3:20; Ezekiel 18:24; Ezekiel 33:13 (Kt singular) Psalm 11:7 (? gloss), Daniel 9:18; as adverb accusative, הֹלֵךְ צְדָקוֺת Isaiah 33:15.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6665.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:6; 15:6; 18:10; 30:33; 30:33

Deuteronomy

6:25; 33:21; 33:21

Judges

5:11; 5:11

1 Samuel

12:7; 26:23

2 Samuel

8:15; 19:29; 22:21; 22:25

1 Kings

3:6; 8:52; 10:9

1 Chronicles

18:14

2 Chronicles

6:23; 9:8

Job

27:6; 33:26; 37:23

Psalms

5:9; 11:7; 22:31; 24:6; 31:2; 36:7; 36:11; 40:11; 51:16; 69:28; 71:2; 71:15; 71:16; 71:19; 71:24; 72:1; 72:3; 88:13; 89:17; 98:2; 99:4; 103:6; 103:17; 106:3; 106:31; 111:3; 119:40; 119:142; 143:1; 143:11; 145:7

Proverbs

8:18; 8:20; 10:2; 11:4; 11:5; 11:6; 11:18; 11:19; 12:28; 15:9; 16:12; 16:31; 21:8; 21:21; 21:21

Isaiah

1:27; 5:7; 5:16; 5:23; 9:6; 9:6; 10:22; 28:17; 32:16; 32:17; 33:5; 33:15; 33:15; 41:18; 45:8; 45:24; 46:13; 48:1; 51:6; 54:14; 54:17; 56:1; 57:12; 58:2; 60:17; 63:1; 64:5

Jeremiah

4:2; 9:23; 22:3; 22:15; 23:5; 33:15; 33:15; 51:10

Ezekiel

3:20; 14:14; 14:20; 18:5; 18:20; 18:22; 18:24; 33:12; 33:13; 45:9

Daniel

9:7; 9:16; 9:16; 9:18

Joel

2:23

Amos

5:7; 6:12

Micah

6:5; 7:9

Zechariah

8:8

Malachi

4:2

H6666

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Strong's Number H6666 matches the Hebrew צְדָקָה (ṣᵊḏāqâ),
which occurs 159 times in 150 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 15:6–Psa 103:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:6 - And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him -- righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:19 - for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33 - and my righteousness hath answered for me in the day to come, when it cometh in for my hire before thy face; -- every one which is not speckled and spotted among my goats, and brown among my lambs -- it is stolen with me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:25 - and righteousness it is for us, when we observe to do all this command before Jehovah our God, as He hath commanded us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:4 - 'Thou dost not speak in thy heart (in Jehovah thy God's driving them away from before thee), saying, For my righteousness hath Jehovah brought me in to possess this land, seeing for the wickedness of these nations is Jehovah dispossessing them from thy presence;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:5 - not for thy righteousness, and for the uprightness of thy heart, art thou going in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from before thee; and in order to establish the word which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:6 - and thou hast known, that not for thy righteousness is Jehovah thy God giving to thee this good land to possess it, for a people stiff of neck thou art.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:13 - thou dost certainly give back to him the pledge at the going in of the sun, and he hath lain down in his own raiment, and hath blessed thee; and to thee it is righteousness before Jehovah thy God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21 - And he provideth the first part for himself, For there the portion of the lawgiver is covered, And he cometh with the heads of the people; The righteousness of Jehovah he hath done, And His judgments with Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:11 - By the voice of shouters Between the places of drawing water, There they give out righteous acts of Jehovah, Righteous acts of His villages in Israel, Then ruled in the gates have the people of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:7 - and, now, station yourselves, and I judge you before Jehovah, with all the righteous acts of Jehovah, which He did with you, and with your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:23 - and Jehovah doth turn back to each his righteousness and his faithfulness, in that Jehovah hath given thee to-day into my hand, and I have not been willing to put forth my hand against the anointed of Jehovah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:15 - And David reigneth over all Israel, and David is doing judgment and righteousness to all his people,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:28 - for all the house of my father have been nothing except men of death before my lord the king, and thou dost set thy servant among those eating at thy table, and what right have I any more -- even to cry any more unto the king?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:21 - Jehovah recompenseth me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:25 - And Jehovah returneth to me, According to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:6 - And Solomon saith, 'Thou hast done with Thy servant David my father great kindness, as he walked before Thee in truth and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with Thee, and Thou dost keep for him this great kindness, and dost give to him a son sitting on his throne, as at this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:32 - then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast done, and hast judged Thy servants, to declare wicked the wicked, to put his way on his head, and to declare righteous the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9 - Jehovah thy God is blessed who delighted in thee, to put thee on the throne of Israel; in Jehovah's loving Israel to the age He doth set thee for king, to do judgment and righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:14 - And David reigneth over all Israel, and he is doing judgment and righteousness to all his people,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:23 - then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast done, and hast judged Thy servants, to give back to the wicked, to put his way on his head, and to declare righteous the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - Let Jehovah thy God be blessed who hath delighted in thee, to put thee on His throne for king for Jehovah thy God; in the love of thy God to Israel, to establish it to the age, He hath put thee over them for king, to do judgment and righteousness.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:20 - And I return them word, and say to them, 'The God of the heavens -- He doth give prosperity to us, and we His servants rise and have built; and to you there is no portion, and right, and memorial in Jerusalem.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:6 - On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:26 - He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:8 - For a man like thyself is thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:23 - The Mighty! we have not found Him out, High in power and judgment, He doth not answer! And abundant in righteousness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:8 - O Jehovah, lead me in Thy righteousness, Because of those observing me, Make straight before me Thy way,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:7 - For righteous is Jehovah, Righteousness He hath loved, The upright doth His countenance see!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:31 - They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is borne, that He hath made!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:5 - He beareth away a blessing from Jehovah, Righteousness from the God of his salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:1 - To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age, In Thy righteousness deliver me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:5 - Loving righteousness and judgment, Of the kindness of Jehovah is the earth full.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 - Thy righteousness is as mountains of God, Thy judgments are a great deep. Man and beast Thou savest, O Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:10 - Draw out Thy kindness to those knowing Thee, And Thy righteousness to the upright of heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:10 - Thy righteousness I have not concealed In the midst of my heart, Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation I have told, I have not hidden Thy kindness and Thy truth, To the great assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:14 - Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, My tongue singeth of Thy righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:27 - Give punishment for their iniquity, And they enter not into Thy righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:2 - In Thy righteousness Thou dost deliver me, And dost cause me to escape, Incline unto me Thine ear, and save me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:15 - My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:16 - I come in the might of the Lord Jehovah, I mention Thy righteousness -- Thine only.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:19 - And Thy righteousness, O God, is unto the heights, Because Thou hast done great things, O God, who is like Thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24 - My tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed -- because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:1 - By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:3 - The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:12 - Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:16 - In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:2 - Jehovah hath made known His salvation, Before the eyes of the nations, He hath revealed His righteousness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 99:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:4 - And the strength of the king Hath loved judgment, Thou -- Thou hast established uprightness; Judgment and righteousness in Jacob, Thou -- Thou hast done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:6 - Jehovah is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed.

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