This word comes from the name of Selah.
Definition
from H5541; suspension (of music), i.e. pause
Traditional renderings: Selah.
Traditional renderings: Selah.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
74 total
- Psalm 3:2סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahMany say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah
- Psalm 3:4סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahTo the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
- Psalm 3:8סֶּֽלָה׃ · SelahSalvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah
- Psalm 4:2סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahHow long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
- Psalm 4:4סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahBe angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
- Psalm 7:5סֶֽלָה׃ · Selah…then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
- Psalm 9:16סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahThe LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- Psalm 9:20סֶּֽלָה׃ · SelahLay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
- Psalm 20:3סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahMay He remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Selah
- Psalm 21:2סֶּֽלָה׃ · SelahYou have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
- Psalm 24:6סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahSuch is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah
- Psalm 24:10סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahWho is He, this King of Glory? The LORD of Hosts—He is the King of Glory. Selah
- Psalm 32:4סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahFor day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
- Psalm 32:5סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahThen I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
- Psalm 32:7סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahYou are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
- Psalm 39:5סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahYou, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
- Psalm 39:11סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahYou discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
- Psalm 44:8סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahIn God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah
- Psalm 46:3סֶֽלָה׃ · Selah…though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah
- Psalm 46:7סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahThe LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- Psalm 46:11סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahThe LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- Psalm 47:4סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahHe chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah
- Psalm 48:8סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahAs we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
- Psalm 49:13סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahThis is the fate of the foolish and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah
- Psalm 49:15סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahBut God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
- Psalm 50:6סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahAnd the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
- Psalm 52:3סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahYou love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
- Psalm 52:5סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahSurely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
- Psalm 54:3סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahFor strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah
- Psalm 55:7סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahHow far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah
- Psalm 55:19סֶ֥לָה · SelahGod will hear and humiliate them—the One enthroned for the ages—Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.
- Psalm 57:3סֶ֑לָה · SelahHe reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
- Psalm 57:6סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahThey spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
- Psalm 59:5סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahO LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah
- Psalm 59:13סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahConsume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah
- Psalm 60:4סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahYou have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah
- Psalm 61:4סֶּֽלָה׃ · SelahLet me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah
- Psalm 62:4סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahThey fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
- Psalm 62:8סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahTrust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
- Psalm 66:4סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahAll the earth bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing praise to Your name.” Selah
- Psalm 66:7סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahHe rules forever by His power; His eyes watch the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah
- Psalm 66:15סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahI will offer You fatlings as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. Selah
- Psalm 67:1סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahFor the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, Selah
- Psalm 67:4סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahLet the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You judge the peoples justly and lead the nations of the earth. Selah
- Psalm 68:7סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahO God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wasteland, Selah
- Psalm 68:19סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahBlessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God of our salvation. Selah
- Psalm 68:32סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahSing to God, O kingdoms of the earth; sing praises to the Lord—Selah
- Psalm 75:3סֶּֽלָה׃ · SelahWhen the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah
- Psalm 76:3סֶֽלָה׃ · SelahThere He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah
- Psalm 76:9סֶֽלָה׃ · Selah…when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah