King James Version
Psalms 10:16 in the King James Version says “The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.”
Psalms 10:16 · KJV
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. committeth: Heb. leaveth
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: prepare: or, establish
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. oppress: or, terrify
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“for ever”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
“and ever”
H5703properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e., (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or wit
“are perished”
H6properly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
“the heathen”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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