Strong’s H5542 · Hebrew
סֶלָה
çelâh · seh'-law
Origin from סָלָה (H5541);
Meaning suspension (of music), i.e. pause
In the King James Version Selah.
In 74 verses of the King James Version
1–50 of 74
- Psalms 3:2Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
- Psalms 3:4I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
- Psalms 3:8Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
- Psalms 4:2O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
- Psalms 4:4Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
- Psalms 7:5Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
- Psalms 9:16The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
- Psalms 9:20Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
- Psalms 20:3Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
- Psalms 21:2Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
- Psalms 24:6This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
- Psalms 24:10Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
- Psalms 32:4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
- Psalms 32:5I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
- Psalms 32:7Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
- Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
- Psalms 39:11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
- Psalms 44:8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
- Psalms 46:3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
- Psalms 46:7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Psalms 46:11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Psalms 47:4He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
- Psalms 48:8As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
- Psalms 49:13This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
- Psalms 49:15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
- Psalms 50:6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
- Psalms 52:3Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
- Psalms 52:5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
- Psalms 54:3For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
- Psalms 55:7Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
- Psalms 55:19God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
- Psalms 57:3He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
- Psalms 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
- Psalms 59:5Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
- Psalms 59:13Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
- Psalms 60:4Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
- Psalms 61:4I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
- Psalms 62:4They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
- Psalms 62:8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
- Psalms 66:4All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
- Psalms 66:7He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
- Psalms 66:15I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
- Psalms 67:1To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song. God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
- Psalms 67:4O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
- Psalms 68:7O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
- Psalms 68:19Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
- Psalms 68:32Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
- Psalms 75:3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
- Psalms 76:3There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
- Psalms 76:9When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.