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Lexicon :: Strong's H7227 - raḇ

Aa
רַב
Transliteration
raḇ
Pronunciation
rab
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Part of Speech
adjective, adverb, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Contracted from רָבַב (H7231)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2099a,2099b

Strong’s Definitions

רַב rab, rab; by contracted from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality):—(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 458x

The KJV translates Strong's H7227 in the following manner: many (190x), great (118x), much (36x), captain (24x), more (12x), long (10x), enough (9x), multitude (7x), mighty (5x), greater (4x), greatly (3x), miscellaneous (40x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 458x
The KJV translates Strong's H7227 in the following manner: many (190x), great (118x), much (36x), captain (24x), more (12x), long (10x), enough (9x), multitude (7x), mighty (5x), greater (4x), greatly (3x), miscellaneous (40x).
adjective

  1. much, many, great

    1. much

    2. many

    3. abounding in

    4. more numerous than

    5. abundant, enough

    6. great

    7. strong

    8. greater than

      adverb

    9. much, exceedingly

      masculine noun

  2. captain, chief

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רַב rab, rab; by contracted from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality):—(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
STRONGS H7227: Abbreviations
I. רַב 429 adjective much, many, great; — masculine singular absolute ר׳ Genesis 24:25+, רָ֑ב Genesis 33:9+, also רָ֛ב 2 Chronicles 20:2 ב֖ 2 Chronicles 28:8, רָב֨ Ezra 10:13, etc.; construct תַב Exodus 34:6 +; feminine singular רַבָּה Numbers 11:33 +; construct רַבַּת Ezekiel 22:5 + רַבָּ֫תִי (Ges §90 k 1) Lamentations 1:1 (twice in verse); masculine plural absolute רַבִּים Exodus 23:2 (twice in verse)+, construct see II. רַב; feminine plural absolute רַבּוֺת Genesis 30:43 +; — [often both as predicate and as attributive; as attributive preceding noun (influence of usage for numerals ? KöSynt.§334 k Ges§ 132 b): רַב Isaiah 63:7; Psalm 145:7 (but read probably רֹב, רָבֿ; in Isaiah 21:7 ר׳ is predicate), רַבּים Jeremiah 16:16; Psalm 32:10; Psalm 89:51 (on context BöNÄ Bae, also Hup), Proverbs 7:26; 1 Chronicles 28:5, רַבּוֺת Nehemiah 9:28; Proverbs 31:29]; —
1. (often opposed to מְעַט)
a.
(1) much: of substances, gold 1 Kings 10:2; Psalm 19:11, silver (money) 2 Kings 12:11= 2 Chronicles 24:11, bronze 1 Chronicles 18:8, wine Esther 1:7; of other quantities, e.g. spoil 2 Samuel 3:22, property 2 Chronicles 32:29, seed Deuteronomy 28:38, etc.; שֶׁיִּהְיוּ רַב Ecclesiastes 6:3b, be it much that his days amount to;
(2) especially of collectives, numerous, עַם־רַב Joshua 11:4; 2 Samuel 13:34, רַבָּה עֲבֻדָּה Genesis 26:14; Job 1:3, רַב מִקְנֶה Deuteronomy 3:19 +, etc.
b. plural many: person Exodus 5:5; Judges 8:30; Judges 9:40; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 11:1+, things Genesis 30:43; Amos 5:12; Deuteronomy 31:17 +; noun omitted רַבּוֺת Daniel 11:41 (that is, lands; read רִבּוֺת myriads Kmp Bev Behrm Marti Prince); יָמִים רֵבִּים many days (a long time) Genesis 21:34; Genesis 37:24 + 28 times, שָׁנִים רַבּוֺת Nehemiah 9:30; Ecclesiastes 6:3a, אִם עוֺר רַבּוֺת בַּשָּׁנִים Leviticus 25:51; רַבּוֺת עִתִּים Nehemiah 9:28 many times (see above) = רַבּוֺת פְּעָמִים Psalm 106:43; Ecclesiastes 7:22; מַכָּה רַבָּה Deuteronomy 25:3 many blows; מַיִם רַבִּים many waters Numbers 20:11 Numbers 24:7 + 27 times, compare Isaiah 8:7; etc.
c. רַב as substantive collective person Exodus 19:21, also (opposed to מְעַט) 1 Samuel 14:6; Numbers 13:18; Numbers 26:54, 56; Numbers 33:54; Numbers 35:8; so רַבַּת (Ges§ 130a) 2 Chronicles 30:17, 18, and (thing; =much) Ezekiel 24:12; רַב construct before abstract (= רֹב) Isaiah 21:7; Isaiah 63:7; Psalm 145:7; especially plural רַבִּים of person Exodus 23:2 (twice in verse) + 37 times + בַּתרַֿבִּים Cant 7:5.
†d. construct= abounding in, רַב־בְּרָכוֹת Proverbs 28:20, רַבחֶֿסֶר (see I. חֶסֶד 3), רַב־כֹּחַ Psalm 147:5, רַבמְֿאֵרוֺת Proverbs 28:27, רַב הַמְּהוּמָה Ezekiel 22:5, רַב־נוֹצָה Ezekiel 17:7, רַב־הָעֲלִילִיָּה Jeremiah 32:19, רַב־פְּעָלִים 2 Samuel 23:20= 1 Chronicles 11:22, רַב־פָּ֑שַׁע Proverbs 29:22 רַבתְּֿבוּנָה Proverbs 14:29; רַבַּת אוֺצָרֹת Jeremiah 51:13, רַבַּת בָּנִים 1 Samuel 2:5 רַבָּ֫תִי עָם Lamentations 1:1 (Ges§ 90l).
†e. + מִן compare= more numerous than Exodus 1:9; Numbers 22:15; Joshua 10:11; Judges 16:30; 2 Kings 6:16; Isaiah 54:1; 1 Chronicles 24:4; 2 Chronicles 32:7; Daniel 11:13; followed by infinitive, too many to Genesis 36:7; Judges 7:2 (compare Judges 7:4); see also following
†f. רַב =abundant, enough Genesis 24:25; Genesis 33:9; as exclamation enough! Genesis 45:28; 2 Samuel 24:16 = 1 Chronicles 21:15; 1 Kings 19:4, so (+ מִן infinitive) Exodus 9:28 (מִן 6d); רַבלָֿךְ (with implication of excess) Deuteronomy 3:26 (let it) suffice thee! so רַבלָֿכֶם Ezekiel 45:9, also Numbers 16:3, 7= ye assume too much ! + infinitive it is enough for you to Deuteronomy 1:6; Deuteronomy 2:3 (i.e. you have done it enough), so + מִן infinitive 1 Kings 12:28, מִן substantive Ezekiel 44:6.
†g. as adverb much, exceedingly (only Psalms), רַב Psalm 123:3, רָֹב Psalm 18:15 (Hup De Che and others; HPS 2 Samuel 22:15 conjectures רָמָה omits || 2 Samuel 22:15); רַבָּה Psalm 62:3; Psalm 78:15; Psalm 89:8 (Greek Version of the LXX. Bae רַב הוּא); רַבַּת (Aramaism, compare Syriac bdb091301, bdb091302, Nö§ 155 A WSG 135) Psalm 65:10; Psalm 120:6 (=long enough), Psalm 123:4; Psalm 129:1; Psalm 129:2;
2. less often great:
a. of space 1 Samuel 26:13, the deep Amos 7:4; Genesis 7:11; Isaiah 51:10; Psalm 36:7(figurative), city Lamentations 1:1 (רַ֫בָּתִי בַגּוֺיִם Ges § 90 l), — see also צִירוֺן, חֲמָת; —plague Numbers 11:33, empire Esther 1:20 goodness Psalm 31:20, wickedness Genesis 6:5, etc.
b. specifically strong (opposed to אֵין כֹּחַ) 2 Chronicles 14:10; רַב לְהוֺשִׁיעַ Isaiah 63:1 so רַבִּים as substantive Isaiah 53:12 (|| עֲצוּמִים).
†c. major natu Genesis 25:23 (opposed to צָעִיר); רַבּים as substantive grandœvi [grandævi ?], Job 32:9.
†d. + מִן compare greater than Deuteronomy 7:1, 17; Deuteronomy 9:14; Deuteronomy 20:1 too great for Joshua 19:9; 1 Kings 19:7 — Proverbs 26:10 is hopelessly corrupt, see Toy.

II. רַב 49 noun masculine chief (Assyrian-Babylonian influence, compare rab DlHWB 609 b; Biblical Aramic רַב); — construct ר׳ Jeremiah 39:9 +; plural construct רַבֵּי [H7249 Jeremiah 39:13]; Jeremiah 41:1 (but see below); — especially רַבֿ טַבָּחִים chief of guardsmen (see טַבָּח), only as title of Babylonian officer Jeremiah 30:9, 10 + 15 times Jeremiah, 7 times || 2 Kings 25 (compare שַׁר הַט׳ in Gen [J E]); also † רַב הַחֹבֵל Jonah 1:6 chief of the sailors, i.e. captain; † in general כָּלרַֿב בֵּיתוֺ Esther 1:8, † רַ־סָרִיסָיו Daniel 1:3 (see סָרִיס), and so רַבֵּי מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל Jeremiah 39:13, רַבֵּי הַמֶּלֶךְ Jeremiah 41:1 (late gloss; omitted by Greek Version of the LXX and || 2 Kings 25:25, so Hi Gf Gie). † The following titles of Assyrian -Babylonian officers are probably loan-words in Hebrew: רַב־מָ֑ג [H7249 Jeremiah 39:3], 13 usually chief soothsayer (see מָ֑ג), but = rab-mugi [? chief of princes] PinchesHast. DB. BAB-MAG;
[H7249 רַב־סָרִיס (compare Old Aramaic [Nineveh] רב סרס Lzb366), 2 Kings 18:17 (Assyrian; not in || [H7262 Isaiah 36:2]), Jeremiah 39:3, 13 (Babylonian), usually chief eunuch, but = rabû-ša-rêši, chief of the heads (the principal men) WklUnters. x. altor. Geschichte. 1889, Excurs. v, p. 138 (actually found as rubû-ša-ri-ešu PinchesAcad June 25,1892, 618), PinchesHast. DB. RAB-SARIS];
[H7262 רַב־שָׁקֵה (van d. H. רַבְשָׁקֵה) chief of the officers (?) (so probably Assyrian rab-ŠAḲ; šaḳû = high one; COT 2 Kings 18:17] KBii. 23 DlHWB 685 a TieleBab.-As. Geschichte. 497. 513 PinchesHast. DB. iv 191), 2 Kings 18:17, 19, 26, 27, 28, 37; 2 Kings 19:4, 8 = Isaiah 36:2, 4, 11, 12, 13 (twice in verse); Isaiah 36:22; 37:4, 8.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:5; 7:11; 21:34; 24:25; 24:25; 25:23; 26:14; 30:43; 30:43; 33:9; 33:9; 36:7; 37:24; 45:28

Exodus

1:9; 5:5; 9:28; 19:21; 23:2; 23:2; 34:6

Leviticus

25:51

Numbers

11:33; 11:33; 13:18; 16:3; 16:7; 20:11; 22:15; 24:7; 26:54; 26:56; 33:54; 35:8

Deuteronomy

1:6; 2:3; 3:19; 3:26; 7:1; 7:17; 9:14; 20:1; 25:3; 28:38; 31:17

Joshua

10:11; 11:4; 19:9

Judges

7:2; 7:4; 8:30; 9:40; 16:30

1 Samuel

2:5; 14:6; 26:13

2 Samuel

3:22; 13:34; 22:15; 22:15; 23:20; 24:16

1 Kings

4:20; 10:2; 11:1; 12:28; 19:4; 19:7

2 Kings

6:16; 12:11; 25:25

1 Chronicles

11:22; 18:8; 21:15; 24:4; 28:5

2 Chronicles

14:10; 20:2; 24:11; 28:8; 30:17; 30:18; 32:7; 32:29

Ezra

10:13

Nehemiah

9:28; 9:28; 9:30

Esther

1:7; 1:8; 1:20

Job

1:3; 32:9

Psalms

18:15; 19:11; 31:20; 32:10; 36:7; 62:3; 65:10; 78:15; 89:8; 89:51; 106:43; 120:6; 123:3; 123:4; 129:1; 129:2; 145:7; 145:7; 147:5

Proverbs

7:26; 14:29; 26:10; 28:20; 28:27; 29:22; 31:29

Ecclesiastes

6:3; 6:3; 7:22

Song of Songs

7:5

Isaiah

8:7; 21:7; 21:7; 51:10; 53:12; 54:1; 63:1; 63:7; 63:7

Jeremiah

16:16; 30:9; 30:10; 32:19; 39:9; 39:13; 39:13; 41:1; 41:1; 51:13

Lamentations

1:1; 1:1; 1:1

Ezekiel

17:7; 22:5; 22:5; 24:12; 44:6; 45:9

Daniel

1:3; 11:13; 11:41

Amos

5:12; 7:4

Jonah

1:6

H7227

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Strong's Number H7227 matches the Hebrew רַב (raḇ),
which occurs 461 times in 443 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 9 (Psa 22:25–Pro 7:26)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:25 - From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you[fn] I will fulfill my vows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:11 - For the sake of your name, LORD, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:3 - The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD thunders over the mighty waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:13 - For I hear many whispering, “Terror on every side!” They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:19 - How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:6 - Therefore let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found; surely the rising of the mighty waters will not reach them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:10 - Many are the woes of the wicked, but the LORD’s unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:19 - The righteous person may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:18 - I will give you thanks in the great assembly; among the throngs I will praise you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 - Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, LORD, preserve both people and animals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16 - Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:3 - He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5 - Many, LORD my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, they would be too many to declare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:9 - I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly; I do not seal my lips, LORD, as you know.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:10 - I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help. I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness from the great assembly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2 - Beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth, like the heights of Zaphon[fn] is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:18 - He rescues me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:2 - My adversaries pursue me all day long; in their pride many are attacking me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:2 - Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:9 - You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have ordained it.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:11 - The Lord announces the word, and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:7 - I have become a sign to many; you are my strong refuge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 - Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:19 - Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:15 - He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them water as abundant as the seas;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:5 - You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15 - But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:7 - In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:50

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:50 - Remember, Lord, how your servant has[fn] been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:4 - Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is mighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:1 - The LORD reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:8 - The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43 - Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:23 - Some went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:30 - With my mouth I will greatly extol the LORD; in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6 - He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:156 - Your compassion, LORD, is great; preserve my life according to your laws.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:157 - Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:162

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:162 - I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:165

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:165 - Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:6 - Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:3 - Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured no end of contempt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:4 - We have endured no end of ridicule from the arrogant, of contempt from the proud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1 - A song of ascents. “They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:2 - “they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:10 - He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:7 - Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:7 - They celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:5 - Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:26 - Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng.

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