KJV King James Version
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 40:9
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
WEB World English Bible
I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.
ASV American Standard Version
I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly; Lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Jehovah, thou knowest.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness In the great assembly, lo, my lips I restrain not, O Jehovah, Thou hast known.
Surrounding context — Psalm 40
6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me,
8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.
9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
בִּשַּׂ֤רְתִּיH1319 · ba.sarto bear tidingsצֶ֨דֶק׀H6664 · tse.deqrighteousnessבְּקָ֘הָ֤לH6951 · qa.halassemblyרָ֗בH7227 · ravmanyהִנֵּ֣הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdשְׂ֭פָתַיH8193 · sa.phahlipsלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotאֶכְלָ֑אH3607 · ka.lato restrainיְ֝הוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאַתָּ֥הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)יָדָֽעְתָּ׃H3045 · ya.dato know
Cross-references
Psalm 22:25My praise [shall be] of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.Mark 16:15-16And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.Psalm 22:22I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.Psalm 119:13With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.Psalm 71:15-18My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness [and] thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers [thereof].Luke 4:16-22And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.Psalm 35:18I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.Hebrews 2:12Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.Joshua 22:22The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if [it be] in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)Psalm 119:171-172My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.Psalm 139:2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.John 21:17He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
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