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Psalms 118:10

118:9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. destroy: Heb. cut them off

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All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh’s name, I cut them off.

All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them.

All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.

118:11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

What does Psalms 118:10 mean?

Psalms 118:10 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include גּוֹי (gôwy), סָבַב (çâbab), שֵׁם (shêm).

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All
nationsגּוֹיgôwy/go'-ee/H1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
compassed
me
about:סָבַבçâbab/saw-bab'/H5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
but
in
the
nameשֵׁםshêm/shame/H8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
of
the
LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
will
I
destroyמוּלmûwl/mool/H4135to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy
them.
destroy:
Heb.
cut
them
off

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 118:10.

Genesis 12:2

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

Genesis 17:5

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. Abraham: that is, Father of a great multitude

Genesis 2:11

The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

Genesis 2:13

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. Ethiopia: Heb. Cush

Genesis 2:19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Adam: or, the man

Genesis 4:26

And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. Enos: Heb. Enosh to call: or, to call themselves by the name of the Lord

Genesis 5:29

And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. Noah: Gr. Noe: that is Rest, or, Comfort

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What does Psalms 118:10 say?

Psalms 118:10 (King James Version) reads: "All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. destroy: Heb. cut them off"

Is Psalms 118:10 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 118:10 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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