King James Version
Psalms 108:6 in the King James Version says “That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 108 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.”
Psalms 108:6 · KJV
For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. clouds: or, skies
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
“may be delivered”
H2502to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflexive) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
“save”
H3467properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
“with thy right hand”
H3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
“and answer”
H6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
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