Psalms 86:12

86:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

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I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more.

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify your name for ever more.

86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. hell: or, grave

What does Psalms 86:12 mean?

Psalms 86:12 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָדָה (yâdâh), אֲדֹנָי (ʼĂdônây), אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym).

Hebrew interlinear

will

praiseיָדָהyâdâh/yaw-daw'/H3034physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)

thee,

LordאֲדֹנָיʼĂdônây/ad-o-noy'/H136the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)

God,אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/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

with

all

heart:לֵבָבlêbâb/lay-bawb'/H3824the heart (as the most interior organ);

and

will

glorifyכָּבַדkâbad/kaw-bad'/H3513to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)

thy

nameשֵׁםshêm/shame/H8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

for

evermore.עוֹלָםʻôwlâm/o-lawm'/H5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 86:12.

Genesis 17:19

And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

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 21:33

And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. grove: or, tree

Genesis 6:4

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

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What does Psalms 86:12 say?

Psalms 86:12 (King James Version) reads: "I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore."

Is Psalms 86:12 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 86:12 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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