King James Version
Psalms 48:10 in the King James Version says “According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 48 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.”
Psalms 48:10 · KJV
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“According to thy name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“O God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“of righteousness”
H6664the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
“is full”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
“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
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