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Psalm 31

Psa. 31:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I have hated
sane' (Hebrew #8130)
to hate (personally)
KJV usage: enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, X utterly.
Pronounce: saw-nay'
Origin: a primitive root
them that regard
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
e lying
shav' (Hebrew #7723)
from the same as 7722 in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
KJV usage: false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
Pronounce: shawv
Origin: or shav {shav}
vanities
hebel (Hebrew #1892)
from 1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
KJV usage: X altogether, vain, vanity.
Pronounce: heh'bel
Origin: or (rarely in the abs.) habel {hab-ale'}
: but I trust
batach (Hebrew #982)
properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
KJV usage: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Pronounce: baw-takh'
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
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Cross References

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hated.
lying.
Psa. 24:4• 4The clean of hands and pure of heart,{HR}Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood{HR}And hath not sworn to deceit. (Psa. 24:4)
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Psa. 96:7‑9• 7Give to Jehovah, ye families of the peoples,{HR}Give to Jehovah glory and strength;
8Give to Jehovah the glory of his name,{HR}Bring an offering and come to his courts.
9Bow down to Jehovah in the majesty of holiness;{HR}Tremble before him, all the earth.
(Psa. 96:7‑9)
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1 Chron. 16:28‑29• 28Give unto Jehovah, ye families of peoples,{HR}Give unto Jehovah glory and strength!{HR}
29Give unto Jehovah the glory of his name!{HR}Bring an oblation, and come before him:{HR}Worship Jehovah in holy splendour.{HR}
(1 Chron. 16:28‑29)
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Jer. 10:8,15• 8But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.
15They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
(Jer. 10:8,15)
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John 2:8• 8And he saith to them, Draw now and carry to the master of the feast. And they carried. (John 2:8)
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Rom. 1:21• 21Because, having known God, they glorified him not as God nor were thankful, but became vain in their thoughts, and their heart void of understanding was darkened. (Rom. 1:21)
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1 Cor. 8:4• 4Concerning the eating, then, of the things sacrificed to idols, we know that [there is] no idol in [the] world, and that [there is] no God save one. (1 Cor. 8:4)
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1 Cor. 10:20• 20but that what they sacrifice, they sacrificed to demons, and not to God; and I wish you not to be in fellowship with demons. (1 Cor. 10:20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I have hated them that observe lying vanitiesl; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "vain idols." see Jonah 2.8.

W. Kelly Translation

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I have hated those who observe lying vanities;{HR}But I have trusted in Jehovah.