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Lexicon :: Strong's H1755 - dôr

Aa
דּוֹר
Transliteration
dôr
Pronunciation
dore
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 418b

Strong’s Definitions

דּוֹר dôwr, dore; or (shortened) דֹּר dôr; from H1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling:—age, × evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 167x

The KJV translates Strong's H1755 in the following manner: generation (133x), all (18x), many (6x), miscellaneous (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 167x
The KJV translates Strong's H1755 in the following manner: generation (133x), all (18x), many (6x), miscellaneous (10x).

  1. period, generation, habitation, dwelling

    1. period, age, generation (period of time)

    2. generation (those living during a period)

    3. generation (characterised by quality, condition, class of men)

    4. dwelling-place, habitation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דּוֹר dôwr, dore; or (shortened) דֹּר dôr; from H1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling:—age, × evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.
STRONGS H1755: Abbreviations
† I. דּוֺר, דֹּר noun masculineDeuteronomy 32:5 period, generation, dwelling (compare below verb above; also Late Hebrew דּוֺר, Aramaic (included Biblical Aramaic) H1859 דָּר, RxD, age, generation; Arabic دَوْرً gyrus, orbis, periodus; Sabean דר, one time, once, דרם דרם each once in a year DHM in MV) — absolute דּוֺר Genesis 7:1 + 68 times; דֹּר Exodus 3:15; + 36 times; construct דּוֺר Deuteronomy 32:20 + 7 times, דֹּר Exodus 3:15; suffix דּוֺרִי Isaiah 38:12, דּוֺרוֺ Isaiah 53:8; plural דּוֺרִים Psalm 72:5 + 2 times, דֹּרוֺת absolute Job 42:16; Isaiah 41:4; construct Judges 3:2; דּוֺרוֺת construct Isaiah 51:9, דֹּרֹת Genesis 9:12; suffix דֹּרֹתָיו Genesis 6:9; Leviticus 25:30, דּוֺרוֺתֵינוּ Joshua 22:27, דֹּרֹתֵינוּ Joshua 22:28, דּרֹתֵיכֶם Genesis 17:12 + 27 times, דֹּרֹתָם Genesis 17:7 + 10 times; —
1. period, age, generation, mostly poetic:
a. of duration in the past, former age(s) דּוֺרוֺת עוֺלָמִים Isaiah 51:9 (|| קדם ימי); שְׁנוֺת דֹּר וָדֹר Deuteronomy 32:7 (song; || ימות עולם); בְּדֹר וָדֹר Psalm 90:1 (compare Psalm 90:2); מוֺסְדֵי דּוֺרוָֿדוֺר Isaiah 58:12 (|| חרבות עולם); שֹׁמֲמוֺת דּוֺר וָדוֺר Isaiah 61:4 (|| id.)
b. usually of duration to come, future age(s), לְדֹר דֹּר Exodus 3:15 (E; || לעולם) compare Proverbs 27:24 Kt (Qr לְדוֺר וָדוֺר; || id.); מִדֹּר דֹּר Exodus 17:16 (E), = מִדּוֺר לָדוֺר Isaiah 34:10; לְדֹר וָדֹר Psalm 10:6; Psalm 33:11 (|| לעולם) Psalm 49:12; Psalm 79:13; Psalm 85:6; Psalm 102:13; Psalm 119:90; Psalm 135:13; Psalm 146:10; Joel 4:20 (all || id.); Psalm 89:2 (|| עולם) Psalm 89:5 (|| עדעֿולם) Psalm 106:31 (|| id.) Isaiah 34:17 (|| id.); Psalm 77:9 (|| לנצח); עַדדֹּֿר וָדֹר Psalm 100:5 (|| לעולם) Isaiah 13:20 (|| לנצח) Jeremiah 50:39 (|| id.); בְּכָלדֹּֿר וָדֹר Jeremiah 45:18 (|| לעולם ועד) compare Esther 9:28; שְׁנוֺתָיו כְּמוֺ דֹר וָדֹר Psalm 61:7 compare שְׁנֵי דּוֺר וָדוֺר Joel 2:2 (|| העולם); as modifying phrase מְשׂוֺשׂ דּוֺר וָדוֺר Isaiah 60:15 (|| נאון עולם); further דּוֺר דּוֺרִים Psalm 72:5; יְשׁוּעָתִי לְדוֺר דּוֺרִים Isaiah 51:8 (|| לעולם).
c. apparently including both past and future בְּדוֺר דּוֺרִים שְׁנוֺתֶיךָ Psalm 102:25; בְּכָל דּוֺר וָדֹר Psalm 145:13; לְדוֺר וָדוֺר Lamentations 5:19.
2. of men living at a particular time (period, age), generation, as transitory דּוֺר הֹלֵךְ וְדוֺר בָּא Ecclesiastes 1:4: specifically
a. in the present, and (or) the past Genesis 7:1 (J) Exodus 1:6 (P) Numbers 32:13 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:35; Deuteronomy 2:14; Judges 2:10 (twice in verse); Isaiah 53:8 (compare Che critical note) Jeremiah 2:31; also Psalm 95:10; Job 8:8; Isaiah 41:4.
b. Judges 3:2 (present & future); compare plural דֹּרֹתָיו Genesis 6:9 (i.e. his own Generation and those immediately contiguous, before and after).
c. especially of a future Generation Genesis 15:16 (JE), with numeral, compare Deuteronomy 23:3; Deuteronomy 23:4; Deuteronomy 23:9; also Deuteronomy 29:21; Psalm 48:14; Psalm 71:18; Psalm 78:4; Psalm 78:6; Psalm 102:19; Psalm 109:13; Joel 1:3 compare Psalm 22:31; Psalm 22:32 (Checritical note); of a succession of generations דּוֺר לְדוֺר יְשַׂבַּח מַעֲשֶׂיךָ Psalm 145:4; בְּכָלדּֿוֺר וָדוֺר Esther 9:28; usually plural לְדֹרֹת עוֺלָם Genesis 9:12 (P); with number לְאֶלֶף דּוֺר Psalm 105:8 (|| עולם) = 1 Chronicles 16:15 (|| לעולם); Deuteronomy 7:9; see further, of posterity, אַרְבָּעָה דֹּרוֺת Job 42:16; usually plural with suffix Genesis 17:7, 9, 12; Exodus 12:14, 17, 42; Exodus 16:32, 33; Exodus 27:21; Exodus 29:42; Exodus 30:8, 10, 21, 31; Exodus 31:13, 16; Exodus 40:15; Leviticus 3:17; Leviticus 6:11; Leviticus 7:36; Leviticus 10:9 (all P); Leviticus 17:7; Leviticus 21:17; Leviticus 22:3; Leviticus 23:14, 21, 31, 41, 43; Leviticus 24:3; Leviticus 25:30 (all H); Numbers 9:10; Numbers 10:8; Numbers 15:14, 15, 21, 23, 38; Numbers 18:23; Numbers 35:29; Joshua 22:27, 28 (all P).
3. generation characterized by quality or condition, class of men: דּוֺר עִקֵּשׁ crooked Generation Deuteronomy 32:5 (song) compare Deuteronomy 32:20; Psalm 78:8 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 7:29; of different classes of wicked, Proverbs 30:11, 12, 13, 14 compare Psalm 12:8; of the righteous, as a class Psalm 14:5; Psalm 24:6; Psalm 73:15 (בָּנֶיךָ דּוֺר) Psalm 112:2 (compare Psalm 22:31 MT, but < Che joins לדור to Psalm 22:32 compare above below 2c); so also דּוֺר אֲבוֺתָיו i.e. the dead Psalm 49:20 (so most; yet see below below 4).
4. dwelling-place, habitation Isaiah 38:12 compare דּוּר verb, so Saad Ki Ges De Che RVm (Ew life || חַיַּי); so also Psalm 49:20 De Witt, compare CheOP 479.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:9; 6:9; 7:1; 7:1; 9:12; 9:12; 15:16; 17:7; 17:7; 17:9; 17:12; 17:12

Exodus

1:6; 3:15; 3:15; 3:15; 12:14; 12:17; 12:42; 16:32; 16:33; 17:16; 27:21; 29:42; 30:8; 30:10; 30:21; 30:31; 31:13; 31:16; 40:15

Leviticus

3:17; 6:11; 7:36; 10:9; 17:7; 21:17; 22:3; 23:14; 23:21; 23:31; 23:41; 23:43; 24:3; 25:30; 25:30

Numbers

9:10; 10:8; 15:14; 15:15; 15:21; 15:23; 15:38; 18:23; 32:13; 35:29

Deuteronomy

1:35; 2:14; 7:9; 23:3; 23:4; 23:9; 29:21; 32:5; 32:5; 32:7; 32:20; 32:20

Joshua

22:27; 22:27; 22:28; 22:28

Judges

2:10; 3:2; 3:2

1 Chronicles

16:15

Esther

9:28; 9:28

Job

8:8; 42:16; 42:16

Psalms

10:6; 12:8; 14:5; 22:31; 22:31; 24:6; 33:11; 48:14; 49:12; 49:20; 49:20; 61:7; 71:18; 72:5; 72:5; 73:15; 77:9; 78:4; 78:6; 78:8; 79:13; 85:6; 89:2; 89:5; 90:1; 90:2; 95:10; 100:5; 102:13; 102:19; 102:25; 105:8; 106:31; 109:13; 112:2; 119:90; 135:13; 145:4; 145:13; 146:10

Proverbs

27:24; 30:11; 30:12; 30:13; 30:14

Ecclesiastes

1:4

Isaiah

13:20; 34:10; 34:17; 38:12; 38:12; 41:4; 41:4; 51:8; 51:9; 51:9; 53:8; 53:8; 58:12; 60:15; 61:4

Jeremiah

2:31; 7:29; 50:39

Lamentations

5:19

Joel

1:3; 2:2

H1755

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Strong's Number H1755 matches the Hebrew דּוֹר (dôr),
which occurs 168 times in 127 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Deu 7:9–Psa 135:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9 - Understand, therefore, that the LORD your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:2 - “If a person is illegitimate by birth, neither he nor his descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:3 - “No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:8 - The third generation of Edomites and Egyptians may enter the assembly of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:22 - “Then the generations to come, both your own descendants and the foreigners who come from distant lands, will see the devastation of the land and the diseases the LORD inflicts on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:5 - “But they have acted corruptly toward him;
when they act so perversely,
are they really his children?[fn]
They are a deceitful and twisted generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:7 - Remember the days of long ago;
think about the generations past.
Ask your father, and he will inform you.
Inquire of your elders, and they will tell you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:20 - He said, ‘I will abandon them;
then see what becomes of them.
For they are a twisted generation,
children without integrity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:27 - but as a memorial. It will remind our descendants and your descendants that we, too, have the right to worship the LORD at his sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings. Then your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no claim to the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:28 - “If they say this, our descendants can reply, ‘Look at this copy of the LORD’s altar that our ancestors made. It is not for burnt offerings or sacrifices; it is a reminder of the relationship both of us have with the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:10 - After that generation died, another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the LORD or remember the mighty things he had done for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:2 - He did this to teach warfare to generations of Israelites who had no experience in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:15 - Remember his covenant forever—
the commitment he made to a thousand generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:28 - These days would be remembered and kept from generation to generation and celebrated by every family throughout the provinces and cities of the empire. This Festival of Purim would never cease to be celebrated among the Jews, nor would the memory of what happened ever die out among their descendants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:8 - “Just ask the previous generation.
Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:16 - Job lived 140 years after that, living to see four generations of his children and grandchildren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:6 - They think, “Nothing bad will ever happen to us!
We will be free of trouble forever!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:7 - Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed,
preserving them forever from this lying generation,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:5 - Terror will grip them,
for God is with those who obey him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:30 - Our children will also serve him.
Future generations will hear about the wonders of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:6 - Such people may seek you
and worship in your presence, O God of Jacob.
Interlude

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:11 - But the LORD’s plans stand firm forever;
his intentions can never be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:17 - I will bring honor to your name in every generation.
Therefore, the nations will praise you forever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:13 - Take note of the fortified walls,
and tour all the citadels,
that you may describe them
to future generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:11 - The grave is their eternal home,
where they will stay forever.
They may name their estates after themselves,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:19 - But they will die like all before them
and never again see the light of day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:6 - Add many years to the life of the king!
May his years span the generations!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:18 - Now that I am old and gray,
do not abandon me, O God.
Let me proclaim your power to this new generation,
your mighty miracles to all who come after me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:5 - May they fear you[fn] as long as the sun shines,
as long as the moon remains in the sky.
Yes, forever!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:15 - If I had really spoken this way to others,
I would have been a traitor to your people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:8 - Is his unfailing love gone forever?
Have his promises permanently failed?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:4 - We will not hide these truths from our children;
we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the LORD,
about his power and his mighty wonders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:6 - so the next generation might know them—
even the children not yet born—
and they in turn will teach their own children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:8 - Then they will not be like their ancestors—
stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful,
refusing to give their hearts to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:13 - Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,
will thank you forever and ever,
praising your greatness from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:5 - Will you be angry with us always?
Will you prolong your wrath to all generations?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:1 - A psalm[fn] of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I will sing of the LORD’s unfailing love forever!
Young and old will hear of your faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:4 - ‘I will establish your descendants as kings forever;
they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.’”
Interlude

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:1 - A prayer of Moses, the man of God.

Lord, through all the generations
you have been our home!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:10 - For forty years I was angry with them, and I said,
‘They are a people whose hearts turn away from me.
They refuse to do what I tell them.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:5 - For the LORD is good.
His unfailing love continues forever,
and his faithfulness continues to each generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:12 - But you, O LORD, will sit on your throne forever.
Your fame will endure to every generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18 - Let this be recorded for future generations,
so that a people not yet born will praise the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:24 - But I cried to him, “O my God, who lives forever,
don’t take my life while I am so young!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:8 - He always stands by his covenant—
the commitment he made to a thousand generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:31 - So he has been regarded as a righteous man
ever since that time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:13 - May all his offspring die.
May his family name be blotted out in a single generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:2 - Their children will be successful everywhere;
an entire generation of godly people will be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:90

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:90 - Your faithfulness extends to every generation,
as enduring as the earth you created.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:13 - Your name, O LORD, endures forever;
your fame, O LORD, is known to every generation.

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