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Lexicon :: Strong's H7489 - rāʿaʿ

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רָעַע
Transliteration
rāʿaʿ
Pronunciation
raw-ah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2191,2192

Strong’s Definitions

רָעַע râʻaʻ, raw-ah'; a primitive root; properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally):—afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, × indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 83x

The KJV translates Strong's H7489 in the following manner: evil (20x), evildoer (10x), hurt (7x), wickedly (5x), worse (5x), afflict (5x), wicked (4x), break (3x), doer (3x), ill (3x), harm (3x), displease (2x), miscellaneous (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 83x
The KJV translates Strong's H7489 in the following manner: evil (20x), evildoer (10x), hurt (7x), wickedly (5x), worse (5x), afflict (5x), wicked (4x), break (3x), doer (3x), ill (3x), harm (3x), displease (2x), miscellaneous (13x).

  1. to be bad, be evil

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be displeasing

      2. to be sad

      3. to be injurious, be evil

      4. to be wicked, be evil (ethically)

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to do an injury or hurt

      2. to do evil or wickedly

      3. mischief (participle)

  2. to break, shatter

    1. (Qal)

      1. to break

      2. broken (participle)

      3. to be broken

    2. (Hithpolel) to be broken, be broken in pieces, be broken asunder

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָעַע râʻaʻ, raw-ah'; a primitive root; properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally):—afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, × indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
STRONGS H7489: Abbreviations
[רָעַע]98 verb denominative be evil, bad; —
† Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular רַע Numbers 22:34 + 3 times, רָ֑ע Numbers 11:10; 3rd person feminine singular רָעָה Deuteronomy 15:9 (Exodus 21:8 see I. רַע); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יֵרַע (Ges§ 67 p) Genesis 21:12 +; 3rd person feminine singular תֵּרַע Deuteronomy 28:54, Deuteronomy 28:56; 3rd person masculine plural יֵרְעוּ Nehemiah 2:3; —
1. be displeasing: רַע בְּעֵינֵי Numbers 11:10; Numbers 22:34 (J), Joshua 24:15 (E), Jeremiah 40:4; Proverbs 24:18 (with וְ consecutive) imperfect יֵרַע בְּעֵינֵי Genesis 21:11, Genesis 21:12 (E), Genesis 48:17 (J), 1 Samuel 8:6; 1 Samuel 18:8; 2 Samuel 11:25; later, וַיֵּרַעאֶל Jonah 4:1 or וירעלְ Nehemiah 2:10 (intensified by רָעָה גְרוֺלֶה), וַיֵּרַעלִי מְאֹד Nehemiah 13:8.
2. be sad: ירע לבב Deuteronomy 15:10; 1 Samuel 1:8; יֵֽֽֽרְעוּ פָנַי Nehemiah 2:3.
3. be injurious, evil: וַיִּרַע לְ Psalm 106:32 it went ill with Moses, person subject 2 Samuel 20:6; רָעָה עַיִן be grudging, with ב person, Deuteronomy 15:9; Deuteronomy 28:54, Deuteronomy 28:56.
4. be evil, wicked, ethically: וַיֵּרַע בְּעֵינֵי י׳ Genesis 38:10 (J) 2 Samuel 11:27; Isaiah 59:15; בְּעֵינֵי אֱלֹהַים 1 Chronicles 21:71 Chronicles 21:7.
†Niph. suffer hurt: Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular (רַע) יֵרוֺעַ Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 13:20.
Hiph.70 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵרַע Exodus 5:23 +; 2nd person masculine singular הֲרֵעוֺתָ 1 Kings 17:20, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָרֵעַ Zephaniah 1:12, וַיָּרַע 1 Kings 16:25; 2nd person masculine singular תָּרַע Psalm 44:3 [Psalm 44:2] +, etc.; Infinitive absolute הָרֵעַ 1 Samuel 12:25; 1 Chronicles 21:17; construct הָרַע Genesis 31:7 + 8 times, הָרֵעַ֑ Isaiah 1:16 + 4 times; Participle מֵרַע Isaiah 9:16 [Isaiah 9:17]; Proverbs 17:4; plural מְרֵעִים Isaiah 1:4 +; —
1. do an injury, hurt: absolute Genesis 44:5 (J), Isaiah 11:9 = Isaiah 65:25, Jeremiah 31:28; Proverbs 4:16; Proverbs 24:8; opposed to היטיב Isaiah 41:23; Jeremiah 10:5; Zephaniah 1:12 (all in prov. phr. = do anything at all, compare רָע 2); הרע ל Genesis 19:9; Genesis 43:6; Exodus 5:22, Exodus 5:23; Numbers 11:11 (J) Numbers 20:15; Joshua 24:20 (E) + 5 times; with accusative of person Numbers 16:15 (J) + 4 times; with בְּ, 1 Chronicles 16:22 = Psalm 105:15 (with ל), Jeremiah 25:29; Psalm 74:3; with עִמָּדִי Genesis 31:7 (E); with על 1 Kings 17:20 bring evil upon; swear לְהָרַע, = to one's hurt, Psalm 15:4; Leviticus 5:4 (P); Participle = substantive לְבָכָם לְמֵרָ֔ע [H4827 Daniel 11:27] (shall be) for mischief.
2. do evil, wickedly: absolute Genesis 19:7 (J) 1 Samuel 12:25 (twice in verse) + 6 times; opposed to היטיב Jeremiah 4:22; Jeremiah 13:23; with מִן compare, 1 Kings 14:9; 1 Kings 16:25; 2 Kings 21:11; Jeremiah 7:26; Jeremiah 16:12; with accusative הֵרֵעוּ מַעַלְלֵיהֶם Micah 3:4, compare 1 Samuel 25:3; Participle מֵרַע evil doer, Isaiah 9:16 [Isaiah 9:17]; Proverbs 17:4; plural Jeremiah 20:13; Jeremiah 23:14; Psalm 27:2 + 7 times; וֶרַע מ׳ Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 14:20; בית מ׳ Isaiah 31:2; עֲרַתמ׳ Psalm 22:17 [Psalm 22:16]; קִחַל מ׳ Psalm 26:5; סוֺר מ׳ Psalm 64:3 [Psalm 64:2].

† II. [רָעַע] verb break (Aramaic loan-word = Hebrew רָצַץwhich see); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural רָעוּ Jeremiah 11:16; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָרֹעַ Jeremiah 15:12; Job 34:24, 2nd person masculine singular suffix תְּרֹעֵם Psalm 2:9 (but see below); Infinitive absolute רֹ֫עָה Isaiah 24:19 (strike out ה as dittograph and read רֹעַ, see Hithpō`.); Participle feminine רֹעָה (? for רֹעֲעָה) [H7465 Proverbs 25:19]: —
1. transitive הֲיָרֹע בַּרְזֶל בַּרְזֶל וגו׳ Jeremiah 15:12 can one break iron, iron out of the north? compare יָרֹעַ כַּבִּירִים Job 34:24; תְּרֹעֵם בְּשֵֹׁבֶט בַּרְזֶל Psalm 2:9 (but read תִּרְעֵם, see I. רהְ, Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Hup-Now and others).
2. intransitive break = be broken, of branches Jeremiah 11:16 (in figurative; Gf Or and others; > Hi Gie are in a sad state, √ I. רעע); שֵׁן רֹעָה [H7465 Proverbs 25:19] a broken tooth (ר׳ = רֹעֲעָה ?; Frankenb Niph. Participle נְרָעָה, compare Toy, but Niph. not elsewhere; Vrss רָעָה bad). — רֹ֫עוּ Isaiah 8:9 read דְּעוּ (Greek Version of the LXX Lo Che and others, || הַאֲזִינוּ).
Hithpō`. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular + Qal Infinitive absolute (see above) צרץ [הָ] רֹעַ הִתְרֹעֲעָה Isaiah 24:19 the earth is broken asunder (|| הִתְפּוֹרְרָה פּוֹר, מוֺט הִתְמוֺטְטָה); also Infinitive construct לְהִתְרוֺעֵעַ Proverbs 18:24 will be broken in pieces (Ges§ 114 i), ruined, De and others, but < read לְהִתְרָעוֺת Vrss Toy and others, see רעה Hithp. (see, however, DrExpos. Times xi (1899-1900), 230f.).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:7; 19:9; 21:11; 21:12; 21:12; 31:7; 31:7; 38:10; 43:6; 44:5; 48:17

Exodus

5:22; 5:23; 5:23; 21:8

Leviticus

5:4

Numbers

11:10; 11:10; 11:11; 16:15; 20:15; 22:34; 22:34

Deuteronomy

15:9; 15:9; 15:10; 28:54; 28:54; 28:56; 28:56

Joshua

24:15; 24:20

1 Samuel

1:8; 8:6; 12:25; 12:25; 18:8; 25:3

2 Samuel

11:25; 11:27; 20:6

1 Kings

14:9; 16:25; 16:25; 17:20; 17:20

2 Kings

21:11

1 Chronicles

16:22; 21:7; 21:7; 21:17

Nehemiah

2:3; 2:3; 2:10; 13:8

Job

34:24; 34:24

Psalms

2:9; 2:9; 15:4; 22:16; 26:5; 27:2; 44:2; 64:2; 74:3; 105:15; 106:32

Proverbs

4:16; 11:15; 13:20; 17:4; 17:4; 18:24; 24:8; 24:18

Isaiah

1:4; 1:4; 1:16; 8:9; 9:17; 9:17; 11:9; 14:20; 24:19; 24:19; 31:2; 41:23; 59:15; 65:25

Jeremiah

4:22; 7:26; 10:5; 11:16; 11:16; 13:23; 15:12; 15:12; 16:12; 20:13; 23:14; 25:29; 31:28; 40:4

Jonah

4:1

Micah

3:4

Zephaniah

1:12; 1:12

H7489

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Strong's Number H7489 matches the Hebrew רָעַע (rāʿaʿ),
which occurs 102 times in 99 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 19:7–Psa 27:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7 - and said, “Please, my brethren, do not do so wickedly!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:9 - And they said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one came in to stay here, and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with you than with them.” So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:11 - And the matter was very displeasing in Abraham’s sight because of his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - But God said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your sight because of the lad or because of your bondwoman. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac your seed shall be called.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:7 - “Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:10 - And the thing which he did displeased the LORD; therefore He killed him also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:6 - And Israel said, “Why did you deal so wrongfully with me as to tell the man whether you had still another brother?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:5 - ‘Is not this the one from which my lord drinks, and with which he indeed practices divination? You have done evil in so doing.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17 - Now when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; so he took hold of his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:22 - So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Lord, why have You brought trouble on this people? Why is it You have sent me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:23 - “For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done evil to this people; neither have You delivered Your people at all.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - ‘Or if a person swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips to do evil or to do good, whatever it is that a man may pronounce by an oath, and he is unaware of it—when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty in any of these matters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10 - Then Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, everyone at the door of his tent; and the anger of the LORD was greatly aroused; Moses also was displeased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:11 - So Moses said to the LORD, “Why have You afflicted Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all these people on me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:15 - Then Moses was very angry, and said to the LORD, “Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, nor have I hurt one of them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:15 - ‘how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:34 - And Balaam said to the Angel of the LORD, “I have sinned, for I did not know You stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases You, I will turn back.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:9 - “Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,’ and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and he cry out to the LORD against you, and it become sin among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:10 - “You shall surely give to him, and your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the LORD your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:6 - ‘But the Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and laid hard bondage on us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:54 - “The sensitive and very refined man among you will be hostile toward his brother, toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the rest of his children whom he leaves behind,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:56 - “The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and sensitivity, will refuse[fn] to the husband of her bosom, and to her son and her daughter,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:20 - “If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you, after He has done you good.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:23 - But the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, “No, my brethren! I beg you, do not act so wickedly! Seeing this man has come into my house, do not commit this outrage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:21 - “I went out full, and the LORD has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:6 - But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” So Samuel prayed to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:25 - “But if you still do wickedly, you shall be swept away, both you and your king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:8 - Then Saul was very angry, and the saying displeased him; and he said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - “For indeed, as the LORD God of Israel lives, who has kept me back from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely by morning light no males would have been left to Nabal!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:21 - Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David. For I will harm you no more, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Indeed I have played the fool and erred exceedingly.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25 - Then David said to the messenger, “Thus you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city, and overthrow it.’ So encourage him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:27 - And when her mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:7 - “Now therefore, arise, go out and speak comfort to your servants. For I swear by the LORD, if you do not go out, not one will stay with you this night. And that will be worse for you than all the evil that has befallen you from your youth until now.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:9 - “but you have done more evil than all who were before you, for you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molded images to provoke Me to anger, and have cast Me behind your back—

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:25 - Omri did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all who were before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:20 - Then he cried out to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on the widow with whom I lodge, by killing her son?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:11 - “Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations (he has acted more wickedly than all the Amorites who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols),

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:22 - Saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do My prophets no harm.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:7 - And God was displeased with this thing; therefore He struck Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:17 - And David said to God, “Was it not I who commanded the people to be numbered? I am the one who has sinned and done evil indeed; but these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, O LORD my God, be against me and my father’s house, but not against Your people that they should be plagued.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:3 - and said to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should my face not be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:10 - When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official[fn] heard of it, they were deeply disturbed that a man had come to seek the well-being of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:8 - And it grieved me bitterly; therefore I threw all the household goods of Tobiah out of the room.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - Behold, God will not cast away the blameless,
Nor will He uphold the evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:24 - He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry,
And sets others in their place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:9 - You shall break[fn] them with a rod of iron;
You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:4 - In whose eyes a vile person is despised,
But he honors those who fear the LORD;
He who swears to his own hurt and does not change;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:16 - For dogs have surrounded Me;
The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me.
They pierced[fn] My hands and My feet;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:5 - I have hated the assembly of evildoers,
And will not sit with the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:2 - When the wicked came against me
To eat up my flesh,
My enemies and foes,
They stumbled and fell.

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