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Psalm 55

Psa. 55:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He hath put forth
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
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
against such as be at peace
shalowm (Hebrew #7965)
from 7999; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
KJV usage: X do, familiar, X fare, favour, + friend, X great, (good) health, (X perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, (X all is, be) well, X wholly.
Pronounce: shaw-lome'
Origin: or shalom {shaw-lome'}
with him: he hath λbroken
chalal (Hebrew #2490)
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an "opening wedge"); denom. (from 2485) to play (the flute)
KJV usage: begin (X men began), defile, X break, defile, X eat (as common things), X first, X gather the grape thereof, X take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
Pronounce: khaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2470)
his covenant
briyth (Hebrew #1285)
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
KJV usage: confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
Pronounce: ber-eeth'
Origin: from 1262 (in the sense of cutting (like 1254))
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profaned.

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Ministry on This Verse

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1 Sam. 22:17• 17{i}And the king said to the couriers that stood about him, Turn and put the priests of Jehovah to death; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not inform me. But the servants of the king were not willing to put forth their hand to fall on the priests of Jehovah.{/i} (1 Sam. 22:17)
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1 Sam. 24:10• 10Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that Jehovah had delivered thee today into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eyes spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is Jehovah's anointed. (1 Sam. 24:10)
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2 Sam. 18:12• 12{i}And the man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand silver pieces in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take care, whoever it be of you, of the young man Absalom.{/i} (2 Sam. 18:12)
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Acts 12:1• 1Now at that season Herod the king put forth his hands to injure some of those from the assembly. (Acts 12:1)
at peace.
Psa. 7:4• 4If I have recompensed with evil him that is at peace with me;{HR}If I have spoiled mine adversary without a cause; (Psa. 7:4)
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Psa. 109:5• 5And they set upon me evil for good,{HR}And hatred for my love. (Psa. 109:5)
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Psa. 120:6‑7• 6Long (much) for her hath my soul dwelt with a hater of peace.
 7For me I [am] peace;{HR}And when I speak, {i}they{/i} [are] for war. (Psa. 120:6‑7)
broken.
Heb. profaned.
Psa. 89:28,34,38• 28My mercy will I keep for him,{HR}And my covenant [shall be] fixed for him.
 34Nor will I profane my covenant,{HR}Nor change what is gone out of my lips.
 38But {i}thou{/i} hast cast off and rejected;{HR}Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed one; (Psa. 89:28,34,38)
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2 Sam. 2:4• 4{i}And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah.{/i} (2 Sam. 2:4)
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2 Sam. 5:3• 3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and King David made a league with them in Hebron before Jehovah: and they anointed David king over Israel. (2 Sam. 5:3)
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2 Sam. 14:32‑33• 32{i}And Absalom said to Joab, Behold, I sent to thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Why am I come from Geshur? it would have been better for me to be there still. And now let me see the king's face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him slay me.{/i}
 33{i}And Joab came to the king, and told him. And he called Absalom, and he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Absalom.{/i} (2 Sam. 14:32‑33)
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2 Sam. 15:10‑12• 10But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.
 11And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not anything.
 12And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom. (2 Sam. 15:10‑12)
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Eccl. 8:2• 2[I counsel thee], Keep the king's command,{HR}And [that] in regard of the oath of God. (Eccl. 8:2)
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Ezek. 17:16‑19• 16As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
 17Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:
 18seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.
 19Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head. (Ezek. 17:16‑19)
• {v.20-21} Moreover the wicked, not only refuses to glorify God, but he puts forth his hand against the godly and breaks the covenant with them, in spite of all the smooth words he had uttered (Dan. 11:31; 12:11; Matt. 24:15). (“Psalm 55” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.

W. Kelly Translation

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He put forth his hands against those at peace with him;{HR}He profaned his covenant.