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Psalm 7

Psa. 7:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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
shall judge
diyn (Hebrew #1777)
a primitive roy a straight course, i.e. sail direct
KJV usage: (come) with a straight course.
Pronounce: deen
Origin: or (Gen. 6:3) duwn {doon}
the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
: judge
shaphat (Hebrew #8199)
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + avenge, X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), X needs, plead, reason, rule.
Pronounce: shaw-fat'
Origin: a primitive root
me, 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
, accordingb to my righteousness
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
, and according to mine integrity
tom (Hebrew #8537)
completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually (morally) innocence
KJV usage: full, integrity, perfect(-ion), simplicity, upright(-ly, -ness), at a venture. See 8550.
Pronounce: tome
Origin: from 8552
that is in me.

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The Lord.
Psa. 9:8• 8And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity. (Psa. 9:8)
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Psa. 11:4• 4Jehovah is in the temple of his holiness; Jehovah,--his throne is in the heavens: his eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men. (Psa. 11:4)
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Psa. 82:1• 1A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the assembly of *God, he judgeth among the gods. (Psa. 82:1)
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Psa. 96:13• 13Before Jehovah, for he cometh; for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness. (Psa. 96:13)
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Psa. 98:9• 9Before Jehovah, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity. (Psa. 98:9)
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Gen. 18:25• 25Far be it from thee to do so, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked--far be it from thee! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right? (Gen. 18:25)
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Acts 17:31• 31because he has set a day in which he is going to judge the habitable earth in righteousness by the man whom he has appointed, giving the proof of it to all in having raised him from among the dead. (Acts 17:31)
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Rom. 14:10‑12• 10But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou make little of thy brother? for we shall all be placed before the judgment-seat of God.
11For it is written, *I* live, saith the Lord, that to me shall bow every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God.
12So then each of us shall give an account concerning himself to God.
(Rom. 14:10‑12)
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1 Cor. 4:4‑5• 4For I am conscious of nothing in myself; but I am not justified by this: but he that examines me is the Lord.
5So that do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have his praise from God.
(1 Cor. 4:4‑5)
judge.
according.
Psa. 17:2‑3• 2Let my judgment come forth from thy presence, let thine eyes regard equity.
3Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word.
(Psa. 17:2‑3)
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Psa. 18:20‑24• 20Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22For all his ordinances were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me;
23And I was upright with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.
24And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
(Psa. 18:20‑24)
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Psa. 35:24‑27• 24Judge me, Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me.
25Let them not say in their heart, Aha! so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine adversity; let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
27Let them exult and rejoice that delight in my righteousness; and let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified, who delighteth in the prosperity of his servant.
(Psa. 35:24‑27)
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2 Cor. 1:12• 12For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity before God, (not in fleshly wisdom but in God's grace,) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards you. (2 Cor. 1:12)
to mine.
 I cannot give the Psalm as presenting anything of the experience of the Christian, save the consciousness of integrity and the fact of trusting God. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 9-11 by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoplesc. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in med.

JND Translation Notes

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Ammim, the peoples in connection with Israel, brought into relationship with Israel.
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Or "be it unto me."