Psalms 89:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־תִפְאֶרֶת עֻזָּמוֹ אָתָּה וּבִרְצֹנְךָ תָּרוּם קַרְנֵנוּ

Transliteration

For-tipʾeret ʿuzzāmô ʾāttâ and-in-riṣōnᵉkā tārûm qarnēnû

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*tipʾeret*: noun, feminine singular construct - glory of
*ʿuzzāmô*: noun + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their strength
*ʾāttâ*: pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you
*û-bi-rṣōnᵉkā*: conjunction + preposition + noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and in your favor
*tārûm*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - it is exalted
*qarnēnû*: noun + 1st person plural suffix - our horn

Word Meanings

*tipʾeret*: glory/beauty/splendor
*ʿuzzāmô*: their strength/might/power
*riṣōnᵉkā*: your favor/pleasure/goodwill
*tārûm*: is lifted up/exalted
*qarnēnû*: our horn [symbol of power and dignity]

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 47:9 : 9 The princes of the people are gathered together{H8738)}, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted{H8738)}.
Ps 71:22 : 22 I will also praise{H8686)} thee with the psaltery {H8676)}, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing{H8762)} with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
Ps 84:11 : 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give{H8799)} grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold{H8799)} from them that walk{H8802)} uprightly.
Ps 91:1-2 : 1 He that dwelleth{H8802)} in the secret place of the most High shall abide{H8698)} under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say{H8799)} of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust{H8799)}.
Isa 1:4 : 4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
Isa 29:19 : 19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Isa 30:11 : 11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Isa 33:22 : 22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
Isa 43:3 : 3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Isa 43:14 : 14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
Ps 62:1-2 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)}, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. 2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved{H8735)}.
Ps 62:6 : 6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved{H8735)}.
Gen 15:1 : 1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Deut 33:27-29 : 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Ps 44:4 : 4 Thou art my King, O God: command{H8761)} deliverances for Jacob.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 89:17
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17For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted {H8799)}{H8675)}{H8686)}.
Ps 89:19
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19Then thou spakest{H8765)} in vision to thy holy one, and saidst{H8799)}, I have laid{H8765)} help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted{H8689)} one chosen{H8803)} out of the people.
Isa 47:4
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4As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
Ps 94:22
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22But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
Ps 115:9
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9O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
Ps 18:2
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2The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Isa 43:15
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15I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
Isa 33:22
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22For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
Ps 144:1-2
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1A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
Ps 18:30-31
2 verses
75%
30As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
31For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
Ps 28:7-8
2 verses
75%
7The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
8The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
2 Sam 22:31-32
2 verses
74%
31As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
32For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
Ps 89:8
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8O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
Ps 84:9
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9Behold{H8798)}, O God our shield, and look{H8685)} upon the face of thine anointed.
Ps 91:2
73%
2I will say{H8799)} of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust{H8799)}.
2 Sam 22:2-3
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73%
2And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
3The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
Ps 59:9
72%
9Because of his strength will I wait{H8799)} upon thee: for God is my defence.
Ps 115:11
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11Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
Ps 33:20-21
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20Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
21For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
Ps 46:7
72%
7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
1 Sam 2:2
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2There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
Ps 46:11
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11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Ps 99:9
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9Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.
1 Chr 17:22
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22For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
Ps 46:1
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1To the chief Musician{H8764)} for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present{H8738)} help in trouble.
Ps 89:13
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13Thou hast a mighty arm: strong{H8799)} is thy hand, and high{H8799)} is thy right hand.
Ps 140:7
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7O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
Ps 9:9
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9The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Deut 33:29
71%
29Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Ps 118:14
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14The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
Ps 90:1
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1A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
Ps 91:9
71%
9Because thou hast made{H8804)} the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
Ps 87:1
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1A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation is in the holy mountains.
Ps 3:3
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3But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Ps 114:2
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2Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
Ps 121:5
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5The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
Ps 44:4
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4Thou art my King, O God: command{H8761)} deliverances for Jacob.
Ps 33:12
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12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Ps 113:5
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5Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
Ps 93:1
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1The LORD reigneth{H8804)}, he is clothed{H8804)} with majesty; the LORD is clothed{H8804)} with strength, wherewith he hath girded{H8694)} himself: the world also is stablished{H8735)}, that it cannot be moved{H8735)}.
Isa 26:4
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4Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
Isa 49:7
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7Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
Ps 22:3
70%
3But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.