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Psalm 49

Psa. 49:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whereforeb should I fear
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
in the days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
of evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
, when the iniquity
`avon (Hebrew #5771)
from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
KJV usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Pronounce: aw-vone'
Origin: or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}
of my heels
`aqeb (Hebrew #6120)
a lier in wait
KJV usage: heel (by mistake for 6119).
Pronounce: aw-kabe'
Origin: from 6117 in its denominative sense
shall compass
cabab (Hebrew #5437)
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively (as follows)
KJV usage: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, X whirl, X round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, X circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, X on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
Pronounce: saw-bab'
Origin: a primitive root
c me about?
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Rom. 8:33‑34• 33Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
 34Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. (Rom. 8:33‑34)
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Hos. 7:2• 2And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face. (Hos. 7:2)

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Wherefore.
Psa. 27:1‑2• 1<<A Psalm of David.>> The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
 2When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. (Psa. 27:1‑2)
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Psa. 46:1‑2• 1<<To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.>> God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
 2Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; (Psa. 46:1‑2)
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Isa. 41:10‑11• 10Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
 11Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. (Isa. 41:10‑11)
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Acts 27:24• 24Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. (Acts 27:24)
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Rom. 8:33‑34• 33Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
 34Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. (Rom. 8:33‑34)
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Phil. 1:28• 28And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. (Phil. 1:28)
days.
Prov. 24:10• 10If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. (Prov. 24:10)
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Amos 5:13• 13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. (Amos 5:13)
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Eph. 5:16• 16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. (Eph. 5:16)
iniquity.
Psa. 38:4• 4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. (Psa. 38:4)
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Prov. 5:22• 22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. (Prov. 5:22)
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Hos. 7:2• 2And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face. (Hos. 7:2)
heels.
Psa. 22:16• 16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. (Psa. 22:16)
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Psa. 56:6‑7• 6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
 7Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God. (Psa. 56:6‑7)
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Gen. 49:17• 17Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. (Gen. 49:17)
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1 Sam. 26:20• 20Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. (1 Sam. 26:20)
• The psalmist opens his warning with a word of encouragement for the godly man who finds himself living in an evil day, surrounded by those who seek to trip him up. (“Psalms 49” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Wherefore should I fear in the days of adversity, when the iniquity of my supplanterse encompasseth me?—

JND Translation Notes

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Or "of them who would trip me up."