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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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Psa. 18:20• 20Jehovah recompenseth me according to my righteousness;{HR}According to the cleanness of my hands he requiteth me. (Psa. 18:20)

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Righteousness

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Ministry on This Verse

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The Lord.
Psa. 9:8• 8And he, even he, will judge the world in righteousness;{HR}He will judge the nations in righteousness. (Psa. 9:8)
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Psa. 11:4• 4Jehovah [is] in the temple of his holiness;{HR}Jehovah, his throne is in the heavens;{HR}His eyes behold, his eyelids prove, the sons of men. (Psa. 11:4)
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Psa. 82:1• 1A psalm of Asaph.{HR}God standeth in the assembly of God ;{HR}He judgeth among the gods . (Psa. 82:1)
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Psa. 96:13• 13Before Jehovah, for he cometh;{HR}For he cometh to judge the earth;{HR}He will judge the world in righteousness,{HR}And the peoples in his truth. (Psa. 96:13)
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Psa. 98:9• 9Before Jehovah, for he cometh to judge the earth;{HR}He will judge the world in righteousness{HR}And the peoples in equity. (Psa. 98:9)
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Gen. 18:25• 25{i}Far 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?{/i} (Gen. 18:25)
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Acts 17:31• 31inasmuch as he has appointed a day, in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness by a Man whom he marked out, having given assurance to all in that he raised him from [the] dead. (Acts 17:31)
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Rom. 14:10‑12• 10But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? or thou too, why despisest thou thy brother? for we shall all stand 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 account concerning himself to God. (Rom. 14:10‑12)
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1 Cor. 4:4‑5• 4Nay, I do not examine even myself, for I am conscious to myself of nothing, yet I am not justified by this, but he that examineth me is the Lord.
 5So then judge nothing prematurely until the Lord shall have come, who shall both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then shall each have his praise from God. (1 Cor. 4:4‑5)
judge.
Psa. 26:1• 1Of David.{HR}Judge me, O Jehovah,{HR}For I have walked in mine integrity,{HR}And in Jehovah have I trusted;{HR}I shall not be moved. (Psa. 26:1)
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Psa. 35:24• 24Judge me according to thy righteousness,{HR}O Jehovah my God,{HR}And let them not rejoice over me. (Psa. 35:24)
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Psa. 43:1• 1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause with an ungodly nation;{HR}From a man of deceit and iniquity do thou deliver me. (Psa. 43:1)
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Gen. 31:53• 53The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac. (Gen. 31:53)
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2 Chron. 20:12• 12{i}Our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might in presence of this great company which cometh against us, neither know we what to do; but our eyes are upon thee.{/i} (2 Chron. 20:12)
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Psa. 17:2‑3• 2My judgment goeth forth from thy presence;{HR}Thine eyes behold that which is right.
 3Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited [me] by night;{HR}Thou hast refined me; thou shalt find nothing;{HR}I have purposed, my mouth shall not transgress. (Psa. 17:2‑3)
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Psa. 18:20‑24• 20Jehovah recompenseth me according to my righteousness;{HR}According to the cleanness of my hands he requiteth me.
 21For I have kept the ways of Jehovah{HR}And have not acted wickedly against my God.
 22For all his judgments [are] before me,{HR}And his statutes I will not put away from me.
 23And I am upright before him{HR}And keep myself from mine iniquity.
 24And Jehovah requiteth me according to my righteousness,{HR}According to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes. (Psa. 18:20‑24)
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Psa. 35:24‑27• 24Judge me according to thy righteousness,{HR}O Jehovah my God,{HR}And let them not rejoice over me.
 25Let them not say in their heart, Aha, our soul!{HR}Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
 26They shall be ashamed and confounded together who rejoice at my hurt;{HR}They shall be clothed with shame and reproach who magnify themselves against me.
 27They shall shout for joy and rejoice who delight in my righteousness,{HR}And they shall say continually, Let Jehovah be magnified,{HR}who delighteth in the peace 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 holiness f and sincerity before God, not in carnal wisdom but in God's grace, we conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly towards you. (2 Cor. 1:12)
to mine.
Psa. 25:21• 21Integrity and uprightness shall preserve me,{HR}For I have waited for thee. (Psa. 25:21)
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Psa. 26:11• 11But I walk in mine integrity;{HR}Redeem me and be gracious to me. (Psa. 26:11)
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Psa. 41:12• 12And as for me, thou hast upheld me in mine integrity{HR}And thou settest me before thy face forever. (Psa. 41:12)
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Psa. 78:72• 72And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart,{HR}And in the skill of his hands he led them. (Psa. 78:72)
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Prov. 19:1• 1Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity{HR}Than one perverse in his lips (and) who is a fool. (Prov. 19:1)
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1 Thess. 2:10• 10Ye [are] witnesses, and God, how holily and righteously and blamelessly we behaved ourselves to you that believe; (1 Thess. 2:10)
• 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.

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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."

W. Kelly Translation

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Jehovah will govern the peoples:{HR}Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness{HR}And according to mine integrity [that is] upon me.