King James Version
Psalms 71:24 in the King James Version says “My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto sham...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 71 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.”
Psalms 71:24 · KJV
I will also praise thee with the psaltery , even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. the psaltery: Heb. the instrument of psaltery
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
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properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“My tongue”
H3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“of thy righteousness”
H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“long for they are confounded”
H954properly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for they are brought unto shame”
H2659to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach
“that seek”
H1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
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