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Psalm 49

Psa. 49:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whereforeb should I fear
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
in the days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
of evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
, when the iniquity
`avon (Hebrew #5771)
from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
KJV usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Pronounce: aw-vone'
Origin: or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}
of my heels
`aqeb (Hebrew #6120)
a lier in wait
KJV usage: heel (by mistake for 6119).
Pronounce: aw-kabe'
Origin: from 6117 in its denominative sense
shall compass
cabab (Hebrew #5437)
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively (as follows)
KJV usage: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, X whirl, X round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, X circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, X on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
Pronounce: saw-bab'
Origin: a primitive root
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Rom. 8:33‑34• 33Who shall bring an accusation against God's elect? It is God who justifies:
 34who is he that condemns? It is Christ who has died, but rather has been also raised up; who is also at the right hand of God; who also intercedes for us. (Rom. 8:33‑34)
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Hos. 7:2• 2And they say not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now do their own doings encompass them; they are before my face. (Hos. 7:2)

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Wherefore.
Psa. 27:1‑2• 1A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
 2When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. (Psa. 27:1‑2)
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Psa. 46:1‑2• 1To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. On Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found.
 2Therefore will we not fear though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the heart of the seas; (Psa. 46:1‑2)
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Isa. 41:10‑11• 10--Fear not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
 11Lo, all that are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded; they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish. (Isa. 41:10‑11)
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Acts 27:24• 24saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted to thee all those that sail with thee. (Acts 27:24)
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Rom. 8:33‑34• 33Who shall bring an accusation against God's elect? It is God who justifies:
 34who is he that condemns? It is Christ who has died, but rather has been also raised up; who is also at the right hand of God; who also intercedes for us. (Rom. 8:33‑34)
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Phil. 1:28• 28and not frightened in anything by the opposers, which is to them a demonstration of destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God; (Phil. 1:28)
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Prov. 24:10• 10If thou losest courage in the day of trouble, thy strength is small. (Prov. 24:10)
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Amos 5:13• 13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in this time; for it is an evil time. (Amos 5:13)
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Eph. 5:16• 16redeeming the time, because the days are evil. (Eph. 5:16)
iniquity.
Psa. 38:4• 4For mine iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. (Psa. 38:4)
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Prov. 5:22• 22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. (Prov. 5:22)
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Hos. 7:2• 2And they say not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now do their own doings encompass them; they are before my face. (Hos. 7:2)
heels.
Psa. 22:16• 16For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet. (Psa. 22:16)
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Psa. 56:6‑7• 6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.
 7Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God. (Psa. 56:6‑7)
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Gen. 49:17• 17Dan will be a serpent on the way, A horned snake on the path, Which biteth the horse's heels, So that the rider falleth backwards. (Gen. 49:17)
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1 Sam. 26:20• 20And now, let not my blood fall to the earth far from the face of Jehovah; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when they hunt a partridge on the mountains. (1 Sam. 26:20)
• The psalmist opens his warning with a word of encouragement for the godly man who finds himself living in an evil day, surrounded by those who seek to trip him up. (“Psalms 49” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Wherefore should I fear in the days of adversity, when the iniquity of my supplanterse encompasseth me?—

JND Translation Notes

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Or "of them who would trip me up."