Psalm 97:10
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
חָסִיד
châçîyd
properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
נָצַל
nâtsal
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, a...
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
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