King James Version
Psalms 76:11 in the King James Version says “Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. un...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 76 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. unto him: Heb. to fear”
Psalms 76:11 · KJV
When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. unto him: Heb. to fear
He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and pay”
H7999to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate
“unto the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“your 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, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“let all that be round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
“unto him that ought to be feared”
H4172fear; by implication, a fearful thing or deed
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