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Lexicon :: Strong's H7227 - raḇ

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רַב
Transliteration
raḇ
Pronunciation
rab
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Part of Speech
adjective, adverb, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Contracted from רָבַב (H7231)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2099a,2099b

Strong’s Definitions

רַב rab, rab; by contracted from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality):—(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 458x

The KJV translates Strong's H7227 in the following manner: many (190x), great (118x), much (36x), captain (24x), more (12x), long (10x), enough (9x), multitude (7x), mighty (5x), greater (4x), greatly (3x), miscellaneous (40x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 458x
The KJV translates Strong's H7227 in the following manner: many (190x), great (118x), much (36x), captain (24x), more (12x), long (10x), enough (9x), multitude (7x), mighty (5x), greater (4x), greatly (3x), miscellaneous (40x).
adjective

  1. much, many, great

    1. much

    2. many

    3. abounding in

    4. more numerous than

    5. abundant, enough

    6. great

    7. strong

    8. greater than

      adverb

    9. much, exceedingly

      masculine noun

  2. captain, chief

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רַב rab, rab; by contracted from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality):—(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
STRONGS H7227: Abbreviations
I. רַב 429 adjective much, many, great; — masculine singular absolute ר׳ Genesis 24:25+, רָ֑ב Genesis 33:9+, also רָ֛ב 2 Chronicles 20:2 ב֖ 2 Chronicles 28:8, רָב֨ Ezra 10:13, etc.; construct תַב Exodus 34:6 +; feminine singular רַבָּה Numbers 11:33 +; construct רַבַּת Ezekiel 22:5 + רַבָּ֫תִי (Ges §90 k 1) Lamentations 1:1 (twice in verse); masculine plural absolute רַבִּים Exodus 23:2 (twice in verse)+, construct see II. רַב; feminine plural absolute רַבּוֺת Genesis 30:43 +; — [often both as predicate and as attributive; as attributive preceding noun (influence of usage for numerals ? KöSynt.§334 k Ges§ 132 b): רַב Isaiah 63:7; Psalm 145:7 (but read probably רֹב, רָבֿ; in Isaiah 21:7 ר׳ is predicate), רַבּים Jeremiah 16:16; Psalm 32:10; Psalm 89:51 (on context BöNÄ Bae, also Hup), Proverbs 7:26; 1 Chronicles 28:5, רַבּוֺת Nehemiah 9:28; Proverbs 31:29]; —
1. (often opposed to מְעַט)
a.
(1) much: of substances, gold 1 Kings 10:2; Psalm 19:11, silver (money) 2 Kings 12:11= 2 Chronicles 24:11, bronze 1 Chronicles 18:8, wine Esther 1:7; of other quantities, e.g. spoil 2 Samuel 3:22, property 2 Chronicles 32:29, seed Deuteronomy 28:38, etc.; שֶׁיִּהְיוּ רַב Ecclesiastes 6:3b, be it much that his days amount to;
(2) especially of collectives, numerous, עַם־רַב Joshua 11:4; 2 Samuel 13:34, רַבָּה עֲבֻדָּה Genesis 26:14; Job 1:3, רַב מִקְנֶה Deuteronomy 3:19 +, etc.
b. plural many: person Exodus 5:5; Judges 8:30; Judges 9:40; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 11:1+, things Genesis 30:43; Amos 5:12; Deuteronomy 31:17 +; noun omitted רַבּוֺת Daniel 11:41 (that is, lands; read רִבּוֺת myriads Kmp Bev Behrm Marti Prince); יָמִים רֵבִּים many days (a long time) Genesis 21:34; Genesis 37:24 + 28 times, שָׁנִים רַבּוֺת Nehemiah 9:30; Ecclesiastes 6:3a, אִם עוֺר רַבּוֺת בַּשָּׁנִים Leviticus 25:51; רַבּוֺת עִתִּים Nehemiah 9:28 many times (see above) = רַבּוֺת פְּעָמִים Psalm 106:43; Ecclesiastes 7:22; מַכָּה רַבָּה Deuteronomy 25:3 many blows; מַיִם רַבִּים many waters Numbers 20:11 Numbers 24:7 + 27 times, compare Isaiah 8:7; etc.
c. רַב as substantive collective person Exodus 19:21, also (opposed to מְעַט) 1 Samuel 14:6; Numbers 13:18; Numbers 26:54, 56; Numbers 33:54; Numbers 35:8; so רַבַּת (Ges§ 130a) 2 Chronicles 30:17, 18, and (thing; =much) Ezekiel 24:12; רַב construct before abstract (= רֹב) Isaiah 21:7; Isaiah 63:7; Psalm 145:7; especially plural רַבִּים of person Exodus 23:2 (twice in verse) + 37 times + בַּתרַֿבִּים Cant 7:5.
†d. construct= abounding in, רַב־בְּרָכוֹת Proverbs 28:20, רַבחֶֿסֶר (see I. חֶסֶד 3), רַב־כֹּחַ Psalm 147:5, רַבמְֿאֵרוֺת Proverbs 28:27, רַב הַמְּהוּמָה Ezekiel 22:5, רַב־נוֹצָה Ezekiel 17:7, רַב־הָעֲלִילִיָּה Jeremiah 32:19, רַב־פְּעָלִים 2 Samuel 23:20= 1 Chronicles 11:22, רַב־פָּ֑שַׁע Proverbs 29:22 רַבתְּֿבוּנָה Proverbs 14:29; רַבַּת אוֺצָרֹת Jeremiah 51:13, רַבַּת בָּנִים 1 Samuel 2:5 רַבָּ֫תִי עָם Lamentations 1:1 (Ges§ 90l).
†e. + מִן compare= more numerous than Exodus 1:9; Numbers 22:15; Joshua 10:11; Judges 16:30; 2 Kings 6:16; Isaiah 54:1; 1 Chronicles 24:4; 2 Chronicles 32:7; Daniel 11:13; followed by infinitive, too many to Genesis 36:7; Judges 7:2 (compare Judges 7:4); see also following
†f. רַב =abundant, enough Genesis 24:25; Genesis 33:9; as exclamation enough! Genesis 45:28; 2 Samuel 24:16 = 1 Chronicles 21:15; 1 Kings 19:4, so (+ מִן infinitive) Exodus 9:28 (מִן 6d); רַבלָֿךְ (with implication of excess) Deuteronomy 3:26 (let it) suffice thee! so רַבלָֿכֶם Ezekiel 45:9, also Numbers 16:3, 7= ye assume too much ! + infinitive it is enough for you to Deuteronomy 1:6; Deuteronomy 2:3 (i.e. you have done it enough), so + מִן infinitive 1 Kings 12:28, מִן substantive Ezekiel 44:6.
†g. as adverb much, exceedingly (only Psalms), רַב Psalm 123:3, רָֹב Psalm 18:15 (Hup De Che and others; HPS 2 Samuel 22:15 conjectures רָמָה omits || 2 Samuel 22:15); רַבָּה Psalm 62:3; Psalm 78:15; Psalm 89:8 (Greek Version of the LXX. Bae רַב הוּא); רַבַּת (Aramaism, compare Syriac bdb091301, bdb091302, Nö§ 155 A WSG 135) Psalm 65:10; Psalm 120:6 (=long enough), Psalm 123:4; Psalm 129:1; Psalm 129:2;
2. less often great:
a. of space 1 Samuel 26:13, the deep Amos 7:4; Genesis 7:11; Isaiah 51:10; Psalm 36:7(figurative), city Lamentations 1:1 (רַ֫בָּתִי בַגּוֺיִם Ges § 90 l), — see also צִירוֺן, חֲמָת; —plague Numbers 11:33, empire Esther 1:20 goodness Psalm 31:20, wickedness Genesis 6:5, etc.
b. specifically strong (opposed to אֵין כֹּחַ) 2 Chronicles 14:10; רַב לְהוֺשִׁיעַ Isaiah 63:1 so רַבִּים as substantive Isaiah 53:12 (|| עֲצוּמִים).
†c. major natu Genesis 25:23 (opposed to צָעִיר); רַבּים as substantive grandœvi [grandævi ?], Job 32:9.
†d. + מִן compare greater than Deuteronomy 7:1, 17; Deuteronomy 9:14; Deuteronomy 20:1 too great for Joshua 19:9; 1 Kings 19:7 — Proverbs 26:10 is hopelessly corrupt, see Toy.

II. רַב 49 noun masculine chief (Assyrian-Babylonian influence, compare rab DlHWB 609 b; Biblical Aramic רַב); — construct ר׳ Jeremiah 39:9 +; plural construct רַבֵּי [H7249 Jeremiah 39:13]; Jeremiah 41:1 (but see below); — especially רַבֿ טַבָּחִים chief of guardsmen (see טַבָּח), only as title of Babylonian officer Jeremiah 30:9, 10 + 15 times Jeremiah, 7 times || 2 Kings 25 (compare שַׁר הַט׳ in Gen [J E]); also † רַב הַחֹבֵל Jonah 1:6 chief of the sailors, i.e. captain; † in general כָּלרַֿב בֵּיתוֺ Esther 1:8, † רַ־סָרִיסָיו Daniel 1:3 (see סָרִיס), and so רַבֵּי מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל Jeremiah 39:13, רַבֵּי הַמֶּלֶךְ Jeremiah 41:1 (late gloss; omitted by Greek Version of the LXX and || 2 Kings 25:25, so Hi Gf Gie). † The following titles of Assyrian -Babylonian officers are probably loan-words in Hebrew: רַב־מָ֑ג [H7249 Jeremiah 39:3], 13 usually chief soothsayer (see מָ֑ג), but = rab-mugi [? chief of princes] PinchesHast. DB. BAB-MAG;
[H7249 רַב־סָרִיס (compare Old Aramaic [Nineveh] רב סרס Lzb366), 2 Kings 18:17 (Assyrian; not in || [H7262 Isaiah 36:2]), Jeremiah 39:3, 13 (Babylonian), usually chief eunuch, but = rabû-ša-rêši, chief of the heads (the principal men) WklUnters. x. altor. Geschichte. 1889, Excurs. v, p. 138 (actually found as rubû-ša-ri-ešu PinchesAcad June 25,1892, 618), PinchesHast. DB. RAB-SARIS];
[H7262 רַב־שָׁקֵה (van d. H. רַבְשָׁקֵה) chief of the officers (?) (so probably Assyrian rab-ŠAḲ; šaḳû = high one; COT 2 Kings 18:17] KBii. 23 DlHWB 685 a TieleBab.-As. Geschichte. 497. 513 PinchesHast. DB. iv 191), 2 Kings 18:17, 19, 26, 27, 28, 37; 2 Kings 19:4, 8 = Isaiah 36:2, 4, 11, 12, 13 (twice in verse); Isaiah 36:22; 37:4, 8.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:5; 7:11; 21:34; 24:25; 24:25; 25:23; 26:14; 30:43; 30:43; 33:9; 33:9; 36:7; 37:24; 45:28

Exodus

1:9; 5:5; 9:28; 19:21; 23:2; 23:2; 34:6

Leviticus

25:51

Numbers

11:33; 11:33; 13:18; 16:3; 16:7; 20:11; 22:15; 24:7; 26:54; 26:56; 33:54; 35:8

Deuteronomy

1:6; 2:3; 3:19; 3:26; 7:1; 7:17; 9:14; 20:1; 25:3; 28:38; 31:17

Joshua

10:11; 11:4; 19:9

Judges

7:2; 7:4; 8:30; 9:40; 16:30

1 Samuel

2:5; 14:6; 26:13

2 Samuel

3:22; 13:34; 22:15; 22:15; 23:20; 24:16

1 Kings

4:20; 10:2; 11:1; 12:28; 19:4; 19:7

2 Kings

6:16; 12:11; 25:25

1 Chronicles

11:22; 18:8; 21:15; 24:4; 28:5

2 Chronicles

14:10; 20:2; 24:11; 28:8; 30:17; 30:18; 32:7; 32:29

Ezra

10:13

Nehemiah

9:28; 9:28; 9:30

Esther

1:7; 1:8; 1:20

Job

1:3; 32:9

Psalms

18:15; 19:11; 31:20; 32:10; 36:7; 62:3; 65:10; 78:15; 89:8; 89:51; 106:43; 120:6; 123:3; 123:4; 129:1; 129:2; 145:7; 145:7; 147:5

Proverbs

7:26; 14:29; 26:10; 28:20; 28:27; 29:22; 31:29

Ecclesiastes

6:3; 6:3; 7:22

Song of Songs

7:5

Isaiah

8:7; 21:7; 21:7; 51:10; 53:12; 54:1; 63:1; 63:7; 63:7

Jeremiah

16:16; 30:9; 30:10; 32:19; 39:9; 39:13; 39:13; 41:1; 41:1; 51:13

Lamentations

1:1; 1:1; 1:1

Ezekiel

17:7; 22:5; 22:5; 24:12; 44:6; 45:9

Daniel

1:3; 11:13; 11:41

Amos

5:12; 7:4

Jonah

1:6

H7227

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Strong's Number H7227 matches the Hebrew רַב (raḇ),
which occurs 57 times in 57 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Psa 3:1–Psa 123:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:1 - LORD, how numerous are my enemies! Many attack me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:2 - Many say about me, "God will not deliver him." (Selah)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:6 - Many say, "Who can show us anything good?" Smile upon us, LORD!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:16 - He reached down from above and took hold of me; he pulled me from the surging water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:10 - They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:11 - Yes, your servant finds moral guidance there; those who obey them receive a rich reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:13 - Moreover, keep me from committing flagrant sins; do not allow such sins to control me. Then I will be blameless, and innocent of blatant rebellion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:12 - Many bulls surround me; powerful bulls of Bashan hem me in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:25 - You are the reason I offer praise in the great assembly; I will fulfill my promises before the LORD's loyal followers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:11 - For the sake of your reputation, O LORD, forgive my sin, because it is great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:3 - The LORD's shout is heard over the water; the majestic God thunders, the LORD appears over the surging water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:13 - For I hear what so many are saying, the terrifying news that comes from every direction. When they plot together against me, they figure out how they can take my life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:19 - How great is your favor, which you store up for your loyal followers! In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:6 - For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. Certainly when the surging water rises, it will not reach them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:10 - An evil person suffers much pain, but the LORD's faithfulness overwhelms the one who trusts in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:19 - The godly face many dangers, but the LORD saves them from each one of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:18 - Then I will give you thanks in the great assembly; I will praise you before a large crowd of people!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 - Your justice is like the highest mountains, your fairness like the deepest sea; you preserve mankind and the animal kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16 - The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:3 - He gave me reason to sing a new song, praising our God. May many see what God has done, so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5 - O LORD, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. No one can thwart you! I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:9 - I have told the great assembly about your justice. Look! I spare no words! O LORD, you know this is true.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:10 - I have not failed to tell about your justice; I spoke about your reliability and deliverance; I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2 - It is lofty and pleasing to look at, a source of joy to the whole earth. Mount Zion resembles the peaks of Zaphon; it is the city of the great king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:18 - He will rescue me and protect me from those who attack me, even though they greatly outnumber me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:2 - Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:2 - He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:9 - You visit the earth and give it rain; you make it rich and fertile with overflowing streams full of water. You provide grain for them, for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:11 - The Lord speaks; many, many women spread the good news.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:7 - Many are appalled when they see me, but you are my secure shelter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 - Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:19 - You walked through the sea; you passed through the surging waters, but left no footprints.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 - He broke open rocks in the wilderness, and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:5 - Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15 - But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:7 - a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly, and more awesome than all who surround him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:50

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:50 - Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted, and of how I must bear so many insults from people!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4 - Above the sound of the surging water, and the mighty waves of the sea, the LORD sits enthroned in majesty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:1 - The LORD reigns! Let the earth be happy! Let the many coastlands rejoice!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:8 - The LORD is compassionate and merciful; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43 - Many times he delivered them, but they had a rebellious attitude, and degraded themselves by their sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:23 - Some traveled on the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:30 - I will thank the LORD profusely, in the middle of a crowd I will praise him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6 - He executes judgment against the nations; he fills the valleys with corpses; he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:156

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:156 - Your compassion is great, O LORD. Revive me, as you typically do!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157 - The enemies who chase me are numerous. Yet I do not turn aside from your rules.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:162

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:162 - I rejoice in your instructions, like one who finds much plunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:165

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:165 - Those who love your law are completely secure; nothing causes them to stumble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:6 - For too long I have had to reside with those who hate peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:3 - Show us favor, O LORD, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.

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