King James Version
2 Samuel 22:50 in the King James Version says “Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.”
2 Samuel 22:50 · KJV
It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me, avengeth: Heb. giveth avengement for
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“Therefore I will give thanks”
H3034physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the ha
“unto thee O LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“among the heathen”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
“unto thy name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“and I will sing praises”
H2167properly, to touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument, i.e., play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in so
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