Psalms 113:5

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The LORD [is] high above all nations, [and] his glory above the heavens.	Who [is] like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,	Who humbleth [himself] to behold [the things that are] in heaven, and in the earth!

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Who is like unto the LORD^H3068 our God^H430, who dwelleth^H3427 on high^H1361,

Original Hebrew

מִי כַּיהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ הַמַּגְבִּיהִי לָשָׁבֶת׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מִ֭י	mi	H4310	HTi	who?
כַּ/יהוָ֣ה	ka./Yah.weh	H3068	HR/Np	(is) like/ Yahweh
אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ	'e.lo.Hei./nu	H430	HNcmpc/Sp1cp	God/ our
הַֽ/מַּגְבִּיהִ֥י	ha./mag.bi.Hi	H1361	HTd/Vhrmsc	who/ is making high
לָ/שָֽׁבֶת	la./Sha.vet	H3427	HR/Vqc	to/ sit

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
H1361 — גָּבַהּ (gâbahh, gaw-bah'): a primitive root; to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty; exalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.
H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H4310 — מִי (mîy, me): an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מָה is of things,; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

like — Exodus 15:11, Deuteronomy 33:26, Psalms 89:6, Psalms 89:8, Isaiah 16:5, Isaiah 40:18, Isaiah 40:25, Jeremiah 10:6

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