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Psalm 102

Psa. 102:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For thy servants
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
take pleasure
ratsah (Hebrew #7521)
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt
KJV usage: (be) accept(-able), accomplish, set affection, approve, consent with, delight (self), enjoy, (be, have a) favour(-able), like, observe, pardon, (be, have, take) please(-ure), reconcile self.
Pronounce: raw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
in her stones
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
, and favor
chanan (Hebrew #2603)
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
KJV usage: beseech, X fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, X very.
Pronounce: khaw-nan'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2583)
the dust
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
thereof.

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Cross References

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Psa. 79:1,7‑10• 1A psalm of Asaph.{HR}O God, nations are come into thine inheritance,{HR}The temple of thy holiness have they defiled,{HR}They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
 7For they have devoured Jacob{HR}And laid waste his habitation.
 8Remember not against (for) us iniquities of forefathers;{HR}Let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us,{HR}For we are brought very low.
 9Help us, O God of our salvation,{HR}For the sake of the glory of thy name and deliver us,{HR}And forgive our sins because of thy name.
 10Why should the nations say, Where [is] their God?{HR}Let there be known among the nations in our sight (eyes){HR}Avenging of thy servants' blood that is shed. (Psa. 79:1,7‑10)
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Psa. 137:5‑6• 5If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill].
 6Let my tongue cleave to my palate, if I do not remember thee,{HR}If I do not raise Jerusalem above my chief joy. (Psa. 137:5‑6)
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Ezra 1:5• 5{i}And the chief fathers of Judah and Benjamin rose up, and the priests, and the Levites, even all those whose spirit God had stirred, to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem.{/i} (Ezra 1:5)
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Ezra 3:1‑3• 1{i}And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.{/i}
 2{i}Then stood up{/i} Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.
 3And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto Jehovah, even burnt offerings morning and evening. (Ezra 3:1‑3)
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Ezra 7:27• 27{i}Blessed be Jehovah the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem;{/i} (Ezra 7:27)
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Neh. 1:3• 3{i}And they said to me, Those who remain, that are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction and reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire.{/i} (Neh. 1:3)
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Neh. 2:3,17• 3{i}And I said to the king, Let the king live for ever!{/i} Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, and the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
 17Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, {i}and its gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.{/i} (Neh. 2:3,17)
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Neh. 4:2,6,10• 2And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they make an end in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
 6So built we the wall; {i}and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof; for the people had a mind to work.{/i}
 10{i}And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens faileth, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build at the wall.{/i} (Neh. 4:2,6,10)
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Dan. 9:16• 16{i}Lord, according to all thy righteousnesses, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain; for because of our sins, and because of the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all round about us.{/i} (Dan. 9:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favourd her dust.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "are gracious to," as in preceding verse.

W. Kelly Translation

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For thy servants take pleasure in her stones{HR}And are gracious to her dust.