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Psalms 83:16

83:15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

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Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Yahweh.

Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O Lord.

Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek your name, O LORD.

83:17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

What does Psalms 83:16 mean?

Psalms 83:16 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מָלֵא (mâlêʼ), פָּנִים (pânîym), קָלוֹן (qâlôwn).

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Fillמָלֵאmâlêʼ/maw-lay'/H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
their
facesפָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
with
shame;קָלוֹןqâlôwn/kaw-lone'/H7036disgrace; (by implication) the pudenda
that
they
may
seekבָּקַשׁbâqash/baw-kash'/H1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
thy
name,שֵׁםshêm/shame/H8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
O
LORD.יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 83:16.

Leviticus 6:25

Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy.

Leviticus 7:30

His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD.

Leviticus 8:26

And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:

Leviticus 8:27

And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the LORD.

Leviticus 8:29

And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Leviticus 9:2

And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.

Leviticus 9:21

And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.

Leviticus 9:4

Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear unto you.

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What does Psalms 83:16 say?

Psalms 83:16 (King James Version) reads: "Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD."

Is Psalms 83:16 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 83:16 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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