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Psalms 65:5

By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

KJV

Venite, et videte opera Dei : terribilis in consiliis super filios hominum.

Vulgate

δεῦτε, τέκνα, καὶ ἴδετε τὰ ἔργα τοῦ θεοῦ, φοβερὸς ἐν βουλαῖς ὑπὲρ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων.

LXX

By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of them that are afar off upon the sea:

ASV

אַשְׁרֵ֤י תִּֽבְחַ֣ר וּ/תְקָרֵב֮ יִשְׁכֹּ֪ן חֲצֵ֫רֶ֥י/ךָ נִ֭שְׂבְּעָה בְּ/ט֣וּב בֵּיתֶ֑/ךָ קְ֝דֹ֗שׁ הֵיכָלֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַשְׁרֵ֣י
'shry
noun · 44×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
הִקְרַבְתֶּ֨ם
hqrbtm
verb · 283×
הֵיכַ֣ל
hykl
noun · 79×
הֶֽן
hn
noun · 190×
ט֣וּב
tvb
noun · 32×
יִֽשְׂבַּֽע
yshb'
verb · 96×
קְד֥וֹשׁ
qdvsh
noun · 119×
שַׁכֵּ֥ן
shkn
verb · 123×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 7:23 — And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy lan
  • Deut 4:34 — Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great t
  • Deut 10:21 — He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
  • Eph 2:17 — And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
  • Exod 34:10 — And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the w
  • Isa 37:36 — Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
  • Isa 41:10 — Fear thou 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.
  • Isa 45:22 — Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
  • Isa 45:22 — Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
  • Isa 51:5 — My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
  • Isa 60:5 — Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
  • Isa 64:3 — When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
  • Isa 66:19 — And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not he
  • Jer 20:11 — But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confu
  • Matt 28:19 — Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
  • Neh 4:14 — And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your bret
  • Ps 22:27 — All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
  • Ps 45:4 — And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
  • Ps 45:4 — And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
  • Ps 47:2 — For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
  • Ps 47:2 — For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
  • Ps 55:19 — God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
  • Ps 66:3 — Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
  • Ps 66:3 — Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
  • Ps 67:7 — God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
  • Ps 68:19 — Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
  • Ps 68:19 — Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
  • Ps 68:35 — O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
  • Ps 76:3 — There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
  • Ps 85:4 — Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
  • Ps 145:17 — The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
  • Rev 10:2 — And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
  • Rev 15:3 — And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
  • Rev 16:5 — And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
  • Rev 19:1 — And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
  • Rom 2:5 — But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
  • Rom 15:10 — And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
  • Zech 9:10 — And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to se
  • Zeph 2:11 — The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.