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Psalm 28

Psa. 28:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Becausea they regard
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
not the works
p`ullah (Hebrew #6468)
(abstractly) work
KJV usage: labour, reward, wages, work.
Pronounce: peh-ool-law'
Origin: feminine passive participle of 6466
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, nor the operation
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
of his hands
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
, he shall destroy
harac (Hebrew #2040)
to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy
KJV usage: beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, X utterly.
Pronounce: haw-ras'
Origin: a primitive root
them, and not build them up
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Job 34:26‑27• 26He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others,
 27Because they have turned back from him, and would consider none of his ways; (Job 34:26‑27)

Cross References

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Because.
Psa. 10:5• 5His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them. (Psa. 10:5)
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Psa. 92:4‑6• 4For thou, Jehovah, hast made me glad through thy work; I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
 5Jehovah, how great are thy works! Thy thoughts are very deep:
 6A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand it. (Psa. 92:4‑6)
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Psa. 104:24• 24How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. (Psa. 104:24)
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Psa. 111:2‑4• 2Great are the works of Jehovah; sought out of all that delight in them.
 3His work is majesty and splendour, and his righteousness abideth for ever.
 4He hath made his wonders to be remembered: Jehovah is gracious and merciful. (Psa. 111:2‑4)
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Job 34:26‑27• 26He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others,
 27Because they have turned back from him, and would consider none of his ways; (Job 34:26‑27)
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Isa. 5:12• 12And harp and lyre, tambour and flute, and wine are in their banquets; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, nor do they see the operation of his hands. (Isa. 5:12)
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Isa. 22:11• 11and ye have made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not had regard unto the maker thereof, neither have ye looked unto him that fashioned it long ago. (Isa. 22:11)
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Isa. 26:9‑11• 9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
 10If favour be shewn to the wicked, he doth not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness he dealeth unjustly, and beholdeth not the majesty of Jehovah.
 11Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, but they do not see: yet they shall see thy jealousy for the people, and be ashamed; yea, the fire which is for thine adversaries shall devour them. (Isa. 26:9‑11)
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Hos. 14:9• 9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? intelligent, and he shall know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors shall fall therein. (Hos. 14:9)
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John 12:37• 37But though he had done so many signs before them, they believed not on him, (John 12:37)
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Rom. 1:20,28• 20--for from the world's creation the invisible things of him are perceived, being apprehended by the mind through the things that are made, both his eternal power and divinity,--so as to render them inexcusable.
 28And according as they did not think good to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind to practise unseemly things; (Rom. 1:20,28)
operation.
Psa. 8:3• 3When I see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast established; (Psa. 8:3)
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Psa. 19:1‑2• 1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of *God; and the expanse sheweth the work of his hands.
 2Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. (Psa. 19:1‑2)
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Num. 23:23• 23For there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel. At this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath *God wrought! (Num. 23:23)
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Isa. 40:26• 26Lift up your eyes on high, and see! Who hath created these things, bringing out their host by number? He calleth them all by name; through the greatness of his might and strength of power, not one faileth. (Isa. 40:26)
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Isa. 45:8,12,18• 8Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and with it let righteousness spring up. I, Jehovah, have created it.
 12It is I that have made the earth, and created man upon it; it is I, my hands, that have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
 18For thus saith Jehovah who created the heavens, God himself who formed the earth and made it, he who established it,--not as waste did he create it: he formed it to be inhabited:--I am Jehovah, and there is none else. (Isa. 45:8,12,18)
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Jer. 10:12‑13• 12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
 13When he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the end of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries. (Jer. 10:12‑13)
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Eph. 1:19‑21• 19and what the surpassing greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the working of the might of his strength,
 20in which he wrought in the Christ in raising him from among the dead, and he set him down at his right hand in the heavenlies,
 21above every principality, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in that to come; (Eph. 1:19‑21)
not build.
2 Sam. 7:13,27• 13It is he who shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
 27For thou, Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house; therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. (2 Sam. 7:13,27)
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1 Kings 11:38• 38And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my sight, in keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, that I will be with thee, and build thee a lasting house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee. (1 Kings 11:38)
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Jer. 31:4• 4I will build thee again, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel! Thou shalt again be adorned with thy tambours, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. (Jer. 31:4)
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Jer. 32:20‑21• 20who hast displayed signs and wonders unto this day, in the land of Egypt and in Israel and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day.
 21And thou broughtest forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt by signs, and by wonders, and by a powerful hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terror; (Jer. 32:20‑21)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Ford they regard not the deeds of Jehovah, nor the work of his hands: he will destroy them, and not build them up.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Because they regard not ... his hands, he will destroy," etc.