Psalms 35:20
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.”
דָּבָר
In Hebrew, dabar is not just a word spoken — it is a word that accomplishes something. God's dabar does not return empty. The psalmist says this word is a lamp to his feet — not a floodlight revealing everything ahead, but enough light for the next step. That is faith.
חָשַׁב
they plan/ !
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חָשַׁב
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
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שָׁלוֹם
peace
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שָׁלוֹם
Peace, wholeness. Shalom. Not just the absence of war but complete wellbeing in every area of life. Nothing missing and nothing broken.
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דָבַר
they speak
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דָבַר
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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רָגֵעַ
the quiet people of
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רָגֵעַ
restful, i.e. peaceable
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מִרְמָה
deceits
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מִרְמָה
fraud
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