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Psalm 59

Psa. 59:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But thou, O 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
, shalt laugh
sachaq (Hebrew #7832)
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
KJV usage: deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.
Pronounce: saw-khak'
Origin: a primitive root
j at them; thou shalt have all the heathen
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
in derision
la`ag (Hebrew #3932)
to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly
KJV usage: have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.
Pronounce: law-ag'
Origin: a primitive root
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Psa. 2:4• 4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. (Psa. 2:4)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Thou.
Psa. 2:4• 4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. (Psa. 2:4)
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Psa. 37:13• 13The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. (Psa. 37:13)
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1 Sam. 19:15‑16• 15And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
 16And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. (1 Sam. 19:15‑16)
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Prov. 1:26• 26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; (Prov. 1:26)
heathen.
Psa. 59:5• 5Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. (Psa. 59:5)
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Matt. 18:17• 17And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. (Matt. 18:17)
• Nevertheless, speaking after the manner of men, the Lord will hold such in derision. (“Psalms 59” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But thou, Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; thou wilt have all the nations in derision.