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Psalm 136

Psa. 136:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And hath redeemed
paraq (Hebrew #6561)
to break off or crunch; figuratively, to deliver
KJV usage: break (off), deliver, redeem, rend (in pieces), tear in pieces.
Pronounce: paw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
us from our enemies
tsar (Hebrew #6862)
from 6887; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in 6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
KJV usage: adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.
Pronounce: tsar
Origin: or tsar {tsawr}
: for his mercy
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
endureth for 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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Forever,
Mercy,
Redeem

Cross References

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Ex. 15:13• 13{i}Thou by thy mercy hast led forth the people that thou hast redeemed;{HR}Thou hast guided them by thy strength unto the abode of thy holiness.{HR}{/i} (Ex. 15:13)
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Deut. 15:15• 15{i}And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and that Jehovah thy God redeemed thee; therefore I command thee this thing today.{/i} (Deut. 15:15)
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Prov. 23:10‑11• 10Remove not the ancient landmark,{HR}And enter not into the fields of the fatherless;
 11For their redeemer [is] strong;{HR}He will plead their cause against thee. (Prov. 23:10‑11)
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Isa. 63:9• 9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them and carried them all the days of old. (Isa. 63:9)
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Luke 1:68‑74• 68Blessed be [the] Lord the God of Israel; because he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,
 69and raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of David, his servant.
 70{i}as he spoke by [the] mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began;{/i}
 71that we should be delivered from our enemies, and out of the hand of all who hate us;
 72to fulfil mercy with our fathers, and remember his holy covenant;
 73[the] oath which he swore to Abraham, our father,
 74to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear, (Luke 1:68‑74)
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Titus 2:14• 14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works. (Titus 2:14)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And hath delivereda us from our oppressorsb, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever:

JND Translation Notes

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a
Lit. "rent us from," as Lam. 5.8.
b
Or "adversaries," Tzar, as Ps. 8.2.

W. Kelly Translation

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And rent us from our adversaries;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;