Psalms 99:4

99:3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.

The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

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The King’s strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

The king’s strength also loves judgment; you do establish equity, you execute judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

99:5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy. he is: or, it is holy

What does Psalms 99:4 mean?

Psalms 99:4 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מֶלֶךְ (melek), עֹז (ʻôz), אָהַב (ʼâhab).

Hebrew interlinear

The

king'sמֶלֶךְmelek/meh'-lek/H4428a king

strengthעֹזʻôz/oze/H5797strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)

also

lovethאָהַבʼâhab/aw-hab'/H157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

judgment;מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭ/mish-pawt'/H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style

thou

dost

establishכּוּןkûwn/koon/H3559properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)

equity,מֵישָׁרmêyshâr/may-shawr'/H4339evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adverbially)

thou

executestעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭ/mish-pawt'/H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style

and

righteousnessצְדָקָהtsᵉdâqâh/tsed-aw-kaw'/H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

Jacob.יַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôb/yah-ak-obe'/H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 99:4.

Genesis 14:2

That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

Genesis 18:19

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

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What does Psalms 99:4 say?

Psalms 99:4 (King James Version) reads: "The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob."

Is Psalms 99:4 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 99:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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