Limitless Word
סֶלָהçelâh/seh'-law/
HebrewH554274 occurrences (KJV)

suspension (of music), i.e. pause

KJV renders it: Selah.

Where it appears

  • Ps 3:2Many there are who say of my soul, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah.
  • Ps 3:4I cry to Yahweh with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.
  • Ps 3:8Salvation belongs to Yahweh. Your blessing be on your people. Selah.
  • Ps 4:2You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.
  • Ps 4:4Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.
  • Ps 7:5let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
  • Ps 9:16Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
  • Ps 9:20Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.
  • Ps 20:3remember all your offerings, and accept your burned sacrifice. Selah.
  • Ps 21:2You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
  • Ps 24:6This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face — even Jacob. Selah.
  • Ps 24:10Who is this King of glory? Yahweh of Armies is the King of glory! Selah.
  • Ps 32:4For day and night your hand was heavy on me. My strength was sapped in the heat of summer. Selah.
  • Ps 32:5I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
  • Ps 32:7You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
  • Ps 39:5Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.
  • Ps 39:11When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.
  • Ps 44:8In God we have made our boast all day long, we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
  • Ps 46:3though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling. Selah.
  • Ps 46:7Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
  • Ps 46:11Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
  • Ps 47:4He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
  • Ps 48:8As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.
  • Ps 49:13This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
  • Ps 49:15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
  • Ps 50:6The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.
  • Ps 52:3You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.
  • Ps 52:5God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
  • Ps 54:3For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven’t set God before them. Selah.
  • Ps 55:7Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness.” Selah.
  • Ps 55:19God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, who don’t fear God.
  • Ps 57:3He will send from heaven, and save me, he rebukes the one who is pursuing me. Selah. God will send out his loving kindness and his truth.
  • Ps 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the middle of it themselves. Selah.
  • Ps 59:5You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.
  • Ps 59:13Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah.
  • Ps 60:4You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
  • Ps 61:4I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.
  • Ps 62:4They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
  • Ps 62:8Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
  • Ps 66:4All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name.” Selah.
  • Ps 66:7He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah.
  • Ps 66:15I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah.
  • Ps 67:1For the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah.
  • Ps 67:4Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah.
  • Ps 68:7God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness... Selah.
  • Ps 68:19Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, even the God who is our salvation. Selah.
  • Ps 68:32Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord! Selah.
  • Ps 75:3The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah.
  • Ps 76:3There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.
  • Ps 76:9when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah.
  • Ps 77:3I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.
  • Ps 77:9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?” Selah.
  • Ps 77:15You have redeemed your people with your arm, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
  • Ps 81:7You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.” Selah.
  • Ps 82:2“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah.
  • Ps 83:8Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.
  • Ps 84:4Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.
  • Ps 84:8Yahweh, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.
  • Ps 85:2You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin. Selah.
  • Ps 87:3Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah.
  • Ps 87:6Yahweh will count, when he writes up the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.
  • Ps 88:7Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.
  • Ps 88:10Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah.
  • Ps 89:4‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah.
  • Ps 89:37It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah.
  • Ps 89:45You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.
  • Ps 89:48What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
  • Ps 140:3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips. Selah.
  • Ps 140:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
  • Ps 140:8Yahweh, don’t grant the desires of the wicked. Don’t let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.
  • Ps 143:6I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.
  • Hab 3:3God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and his praise filled the earth.
  • Hab 3:9You uncovered your bow. You called for your sworn arrows. Selah. You split the earth with rivers.
  • Hab 3:13You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You stripped them head to foot. Selah.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.