King James Version
Psalms 66:7 in the King James Version says “He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 66 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.”
Psalms 66:7 · KJV
Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. holdeth: Heb. putteth
KJV Study — Public Domain
“by his power”
H1369force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory
“for ever”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
“his eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“the nations”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
“behold”
H6822properly, to lean forward, i.e., to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“exalt”
H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
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