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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• 26As wicked did he strike them publicly,
 27Who purposely turned aside from after him,{HR}And attended not to any of his ways, (Job 34:26‑27)

Cross References

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Psa. 10:5• 5His ways are firm at every time;{HR}Thy judgments [are] a height away from him;{HR}All his adversaries—he puffeth at them. (Psa. 10:5)
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Psa. 92:4‑6• 4For thou hast gladdened me, Jehovah, by thy work;{HR}In the works of thy hands I will triumph.
 5How great are thy works, O Jehovah!{HR}Very deep [are] thy thoughts.
 6A brutish man knoweth not,{HR}And a fool doth not understand this. (Psa. 92:4‑6)
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Psa. 104:24• 24How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah!{HR}In wisdom hast thou wrought them all:{HR}The earth is full of thy riches. (Psa. 104:24)
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Psa. 111:2‑4• 2Great [are] Jehovah's works,{HR}Sought out by all delighting in them.
 3Honour and majesty [are] his work,{HR}And his righteousness standing forever.
 4A memorial he made for his wonders:{HR}Gracious and merciful [is] Jehovah. (Psa. 111:2‑4)
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Job 34:26‑27• 26As wicked did he strike them publicly,
 27Who purposely turned aside from after him,{HR}And attended not to any of his ways, (Job 34:26‑27)
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Isa. 5:12• 12And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands. (Isa. 5:12)
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Isa. 22:11• 11And ye made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But ye looked not unto the maker thereof, neither had regard 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 will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
 10If favour be shown unto the wicked, he doth not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he dealeth unjustly and doth not behold the majesty of Jehovah.
 11Jehovah, thy hand is uplifted, they do not see: but, they shall see jealousy [for] the people, and be ashamed; yea, the fire which is for thine enemies shall devour them. (Isa. 26:9‑11)
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Hos. 14:9• 9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? intelligent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors shall stumble thereon. (Hos. 14:9)
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John 12:37• 37But though he had done so many signs before them, they did not believe on him, (John 12:37)
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Rom. 1:20,28• 20For the invisible things of him from [the] world's creation are perceived, being understood by the works, both his eternal power and Godhead, that they might be inexcusable.
 28And even as they disapproved to have God in acknowledgment, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind to do improper things; (Rom. 1:20,28)
operation.
Psa. 8:3• 3When I behold thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,{HR}The moon and the stars which thou hast established, (Psa. 8:3)
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Psa. 19:1‑2• 1To the chief musician; a Psalm of David.{HR}The heavens [are] telling the glory of God,{HR}And the expanse [is] showing the work of his hands.
 2Day unto day uttereth speech,{HR}And night unto night showeth knowledge. (Psa. 19:1‑2)
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Num. 23:23• 23Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob,{HR}Neither is there any divination against Israel;{HR}According to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel,{HR}What hath God wrought! (Num. 23:23)
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Isa. 40:26• 26Lift up your eyes on high, and behold. Who hath created these [things], bringing out their host by number? He calleth them all by name; by 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 let righteousness spring up together; I Jehovah have created it.
 12I have made the earth, and created man upon it; I, [even] my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
 18For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens, God himself that formed the earth and made it; he that established it, not a waste he created 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 toward us that believe, according to the working of the might of his strength,
 20which he wrought in the Christ in having raised him out of the dead, and seated [him] at his right hand in the heavenly [places],
 21far above every principality and authority and power and lordship 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• 13He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom forever.
 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• 4Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. (Jer. 31:4)
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Jer. 32:20‑21• 20which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;
 21and hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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For they attend not unto the deeds of Jehovah and unto the work of his hands;{HR}He will destroy them and will not build them.