Psalms 108:7

108:6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.

God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

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God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.

God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

108:8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

What does Psalms 108:7 mean?

Psalms 108:7 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym), דָבַר (dâbar), קֹדֶשׁ (qôdesh).

Hebrew interlinear

Godאֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

hath

spokenדָבַרdâbar/daw-bar'/H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

his

holiness;קֹדֶשׁqôdesh/ko'-desh/H6944a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

will

rejoice,עָלַזʻâlaz/aw-laz'/H5937to jump for joy, i.e. exult

will

divideחָלַקchâlaq/khaw-lak'/H2505to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate

Shechem,שְׁכֶםShᵉkem/shek-em'/H7927Shekem, a place in Palestine

and

mete

outמָדַדmâdad/maw-dad'/H4058properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended

the

valleyעֵמֶקʻêmeq/ay'-mek/H6010a vale (i.e. broad depression)

Succoth.סֻכּוֹתÇukkôwth/sook-kohth'/H5523Succoth, the name of a place in Egypt and of three in Palestine

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 108:7.

Psalms 60:6

God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

Genesis 34:6

And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

Genesis 37:14

And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. see: Heb. see the peace of thy brethren, etc.

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What does Psalms 108:7 say?

Psalms 108:7 (King James Version) reads: "God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth."

Is Psalms 108:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 108:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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