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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 bring a charge against God's elect? [It is] God that justifieth:
 34who is he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather risen too, who is also at [the] right hand of God, who also pleadeth for us: (Rom. 8:33‑34)
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Hos. 7:2• 2And they say not to their hearts, I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings encompass them; they are before my face. (Hos. 7:2)

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Wherefore.
Psa. 27:1‑2• 1Of David.{HR}Jehovah [is] my light and my salvation;{HR}Whom shall I fear?{HR}Jehovah is the fortress of my life;{HR}Of whom shall I be afraid?
 2When evil doers drew near unto me to eat my flesh,{HR}Mine adversaries and mine enemies against me,{HR}They stumbled and fell. (Psa. 27:1‑2)
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Psa. 46:1‑2• 1To the chief musician, for the sons of Korah; upon Alamoth, a song.{HR}God [is] a refuge and strength to us,{HR}A help in distresses very readily found.
 2Therefore will we not fear in the changing of the earth{HR}And in the moving of the mountains into the heart of the seas. (Psa. 46:1‑2)
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Isa. 41:10‑11• 10Fear 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 are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish. (Isa. 41:10‑11)
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Acts 27:24• 24saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar; and, behold, God hath granted thee all that sail with thee. (Acts 27:24)
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Rom. 8:33‑34• 33Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? [It is] God that justifieth:
 34who is he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather risen too, who is also at [the] right hand of God, who also pleadeth for us: (Rom. 8:33‑34)
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Phil. 1:28• 28and not frightened in anything by the adversaries, which is to them a showing forth of destruction, but to you of salvation, and this from God; (Phil. 1:28)
days.
Prov. 24:10• 10[If] thou losest courage in the day of trouble,{HR}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• 16buying up the time, because the days are evil. (Eph. 5:16)
iniquity.
Psa. 38:4• 4For mine iniquities have passed over my head;{HR}As a 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,{HR}And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. (Prov. 5:22)
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Hos. 7:2• 2And they say not to their hearts, I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings encompass them; they are before my face. (Hos. 7:2)
heels.
Psa. 22:16• 16For dogs have surrounded me,{HR}The congregation of evil-doers have encompassed me,{HR}Piercing my hands and my feet. (Psa. 22:16)
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Psa. 56:6‑7• 6They gather themselves together, they hide,{HR}They mark my steps while they wait for my soul.
 7Shall they escape by iniquity?{HR}In anger cast down the peoples, O God. (Psa. 56:6‑7)
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Gen. 49:17• 17Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a horned serpent in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider falleth 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 Jehovah: 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. (“Psalm 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."

W. Kelly Translation

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Why should I fear in the days of evil?{HR}The iniquity of my supplanters surroundeth me,