King James Version
Psalms 26:7 in the King James Version says “That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.”
Psalms 26:7 · KJV
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. where: Heb. of the tabernacle of thy honour
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: Gather: or, Take not away bloody: Heb. men of blood
KJV Study — Public Domain
“That I may publish”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“of thanksgiving”
H8426properly, an extension of the hand, i.e., (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adoration; specifically, a choir of worshippers
“and tell”
H5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“of all thy wondrous works”
H6381properly, perhaps to separate, i.e., distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
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