King James Version
Psalms 63:11 in the King James Version says “But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies sha...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 63 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.”
Psalms 63:11 · KJV
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
They shall fall by the sword : they shall be a portion for foxes. They shall fall: Heb. They shall make him run out like water by the hands of
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
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“shall rejoice”
H8055probably to brighten up, i.e., (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
“in 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
“by him shall glory”
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
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“every one that sweareth”
H7650to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“but the mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“of them that speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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