# סֶלָה (selah) Israeli respelling: se-lah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H5542. 74 Old Testament occurrences. suspension (of music), i.e. pause King James renderings: Selah. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/selah-h5542 ## Occurrences - [Psalms 3:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/3/2) — Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. - [Psalms 3:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/3/4) — I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. - [Psalms 3:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/3/8) — Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. - [Psalms 4:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/4/2) — O 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 4:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/4/4) — Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. - [Psalms 7:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/7/5) — Let 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 9:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/9/16) — The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. - [Psalms 9:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/9/20) — Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. - [Psalms 20:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/20/3) — Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah. - [Psalms 21:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/21/2) — Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. - [Psalms 24:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/24/6) — This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. - [Psalms 24:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/24/10) — Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. - [Psalms 32:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/32/4) — For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. - [Psalms 32:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/32/5) — I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgave… - [Psalms 32:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/32/7) — Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. - [Psalms 39:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/39/5) — Behold, 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… - [Psalms 39:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/39/11) — When 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 44:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/44/8) — In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah. - [Psalms 46:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/46/3) — Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. - [Psalms 46:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/46/7) — The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. - [Psalms 46:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/46/11) — The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. - [Psalms 47:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/47/4) — He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. - [Psalms 48:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/48/8) — As 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 49:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/49/13) — This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. - [Psalms 49:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/49/15) — But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. - [Psalms 50:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/50/6) — And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. - [Psalms 52:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/52/3) — Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. - [Psalms 52:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/52/5) — God 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… - [Psalms 54:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/54/3) — For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah. - [Psalms 55:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/55/7) — Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. - [Psalms 55:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/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. - [Psalms 57:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/57/3) — He 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 tru… - [Psalms 57:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/57/6) — They 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 them… - [Psalms 59:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/59/5) — Thou 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 59:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/59/13) — Consume 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 60:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/60/4) — Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. - [Psalms 61:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/61/4) — I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah. - [Psalms 62:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/62/4) — They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. - [Psalms 62:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/62/8) — Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. - [Psalms 66:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/66/4) — All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah. - [Psalms 66:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/66/7) — He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. - [Psalms 66:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/66/15) — I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. - [Psalms 67:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/67/1) — God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. - [Psalms 67:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/67/4) — O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. - [Psalms 68:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/68/7) — O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: - [Psalms 68:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/68/19) — Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. - [Psalms 68:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/68/32) — Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah: - [Psalms 75:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/75/3) — The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. - [Psalms 76:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/76/3) — There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. - [Psalms 76:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/76/9) — When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. - [Psalms 77:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/77/3) — I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. - [Psalms 77:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/77/9) — Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. - [Psalms 77:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/77/15) — Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. - [Psalms 81:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/81/7) — Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Sel… - [Psalms 82:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/82/2) — How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. - [Psalms 83:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/83/8) — Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. - [Psalms 84:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/84/4) — Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. - [Psalms 84:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/84/8) — O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. - [Psalms 85:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/85/2) — Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. - [Psalms 87:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/87/3) — Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. - [Psalms 87:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/87/6) — The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah. - [Psalms 88:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/88/7) — Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. - [Psalms 88:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/88/10) — Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. - [Psalms 89:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/89/4) — Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. - [Psalms 89:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/89/37) — It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. - [Psalms 89:45](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/89/45) — The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. - [Psalms 89:48](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/89/48) — What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. - [Psalms 140:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/140/3) — They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah. - [Psalms 140:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/140/5) — The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. - [Psalms 140:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/140/8) — Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. - [Psalms 143:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/143/6) — I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. - [Habakkuk 3:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/3/3) — God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. - [Habakkuk 3:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/3/9) — Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. - [Habakkuk 3:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/3/13) — Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the…