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Psalms 118:16

118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.

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The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!”

The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly.

The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD does valiantly.

118:17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

What does Psalms 118:16 mean?

Psalms 118:16 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָמִין (yâmîyn), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), רָמַם (râmam).

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The
right
handיָמִיןyâmîyn/yaw-meen'/H3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
of
the
LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
is
exalted:רָמַםrâmam/raw-mam'/H7426to rise (literally or figuratively)
the
right
handיָמִיןyâmîyn/yaw-meen'/H3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
of
the
LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
doethעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
valiantly.חַיִלchayil/khah'-yil/H2428probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 118:16.

Genesis 2:18

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. meet: Heb. as before him

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea: Heb. Yea, because, etc.

Genesis 3:13

And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Genesis 3:14

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Genesis 3:21

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

Genesis 6:6

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Genesis 6:7

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. both: Heb. from man unto beast

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What does Psalms 118:16 say?

Psalms 118:16 (King James Version) reads: "The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly."

Is Psalms 118:16 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 118:16 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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