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Psalm 99:8 KJV
Psalms · chapter 99 · verse 8
Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.Psalm 99:8 · King James Version
Psalm 99:8 in context
6Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
7He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
8Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
9Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answeredstʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- forgavestnâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeH5375 →
- vengeancenâqamto grudgeH5358 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
- GodʼêlstrengthH410 →
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The happiness of Israel in God's government is here further made out by some particular instances of his administration, especially with reference to those that were, in their day, the prime leaders and most active useful governors of that people - Moses, Aaron, and Samuel, in the two former of whom the theocracy or…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-9