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    Selah

    SEE-luh

    Meaning

    Pause; Reflect; Forever

    Hebrew origin · Girl · First in Psalms

    What it points to

    Selah invites us to pause — to stop striving and simply dwell in God's presence. In the rhythm of worship, these sacred pauses are where the deepest transformation happens.

    Verses · King James Version

    “Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.”

    Psalm 46:3

    “I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.”

    Psalm 3:4

    Most used in the 2000s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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