King James Version
Psalms 91:14 in the King James Version says “Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my nam...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 91 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.”
Psalms 91:14 · KJV
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. adder: or, asp
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. long: Heb. length of days
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“Because he hath set his love”
H2836to cling, i.e., join, (figuratively) to love, delight in; elliptically; to deliver
“upon me therefore will I deliver”
H6403to slip out, i.e., escape; causatively, to deliver
“him I will set him on high”
H7682to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“because he hath known”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“my name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
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