King James Version
Psalms 35:18 in the King James Version says “I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. much: Heb. strong” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. much: Heb. strong”
Psalms 35:18 · KJV
With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. darling: Heb. only one
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. much: Heb. strong
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. wrongfully: Heb. falsely
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I will give thee 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
“people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“I will praise”
H1984to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causativ
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