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Psalm 131

Psa. 131:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
hope
yachal (Hebrew #3176)
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
KJV usage: (cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, wait.
Pronounce: yaw-chal'
Origin: a primitive root
in the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
λfrom henceforth and for
`ad (Hebrew #5704)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
KJV usage: against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-)to, + how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, (+ as) yet.
Pronounce: ad
Origin: properly, the same as 5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition)
ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, 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
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
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from now.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Let Israel.
Psa. 115:9‑11• 9O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.
 10O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.
 11Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield. (Psa. 115:9‑11)
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Psa. 130:7• 7Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. (Psa. 130:7)
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Psa. 146:5• 5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God: (Psa. 146:5)
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Jer. 17:7‑8• 7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
 8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. (Jer. 17:7‑8)
from henceforth.
Heb. from now.
Psa. 115:18• 18But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the Lord. (Psa. 115:18)
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Isa. 26:4• 4Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: (Isa. 26:4)
• The psalm closes with the desire that the experiences of the individual may become the experience of the nation. (“Psalms 131” by H. Smith)
• But activity of mind as to what ought to be and managing matters, which are really in God's hand, does not go together with true hoping in Him in lowliness of heart. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 120-131” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let Israel hope in Jehovah, from henceforth and for evermore.