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Psalms 97:10

97:9 For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

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You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

You that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

What does Psalms 97:10 mean?

Psalms 97:10 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָהַב (ʼâhab), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), שָׂנֵא (sânêʼ).

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Ye
that
loveאָהַבʼâhab/aw-hab'/H157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
the
LORD,יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
hateשָׂנֵאsânêʼ/saw-nay'/H8130to hate (personally)
evil:רַעraʻ/rah/H7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
he
preservethשָׁמַרshâmar/shaw-mar'/H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
the
soulsנֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
of
his
saints;חָסִידchâçîyd/khaw-seed'/H2623properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
he
deliverethנָצַלnâtsal/naw-tsal'/H5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
them
out
of
the
handיָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
of
the
wicked.רָשָׁעrâshâʻ/raw-shaw'/H7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 97:10.

2 Chronicles 19:2

And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.

2 Samuel 22:18

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

Deuteronomy 7:15

And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

Judges 14:16

And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?

Leviticus 27:14

And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

Psalms 11:5

The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Psalms 31:23

O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

Psalms 37:28

For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

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What does Psalms 97:10 say?

Psalms 97:10 (King James Version) reads: "Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked."

Is Psalms 97:10 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 97:10 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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