What Does Isaiah 61:10 Mean in the King James?
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The speaker’s joy rises from being clothed in deliverance and alignment.
THE MEANING
Your whole living self rejoices in God because deliverance clothes you and alignment covers you. Joy rises from what God places on you: the garments are given, and the bride and bridegroom appear adorned. The verse presents gladness as the visible life of a person already covered.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie that you must make yourself worthy before God can cover you dissolves here: the speaker receives both deliverance and alignment from God.
THE ROOT
יְשׁוּעָה
yeshuah
GROWS FROM
ישע
to deliver, bringing one out of constriction into spaciousness
“salvation” in this verse is yeshuah. יְשׁוּעָה (yeshuah, deliverance) names being brought out into room to live; here that deliverance is pictured as clothing that surrounds the speaker. Joy follows a release already received, so deliverance is experienced as present covering.
ALSO GROWS
yasha: to deliver, bring out
יָשַׁע
The verb names the action held in יְשׁוּעָה (yeshuah, deliverance): God brings the speaker out and clothes them in the result.
moshia: deliverer, one who brings out
מוֹשִׁיעַ
This form names the one who delivers, matching the verse’s picture of God actively clothing the speaker.
צְדָקָה
tsedaqah
GROWS FROM
צדק
rightness, alignment; being in accord
“righteousness” in this verse is tsedaqah. צְדָקָה (tsedaqah, alignment) shares its root with צַדִּיק (tzaddiq, an aligned person): both words hold alignment as a lived condition. In this verse, the robe makes alignment a covering the speaker receives.
ALSO GROWS
tsedeq: rightness, alignment
צֶדֶק
This form names the alignment held in צְדָקָה (tsedaqah, alignment), shown here as a robe.
tzaddiq: an aligned or righteous person
צַדִּיק
The root can name both alignment and the person shaped by it; the verse pictures that alignment covering the speaker.
נֶפֶשׁ
nefesh
GROWS FROM
נפש
the living self, the life of a person
נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, living soul) gathers life, person, and appetite within one word. The joy in this line belongs to the speaker’s whole living self.
ALSO GROWS
nefesh: living soul, person, life
נֶפֶשׁ
The word holds the person as a living whole, making this joy the speaker’s lived response.
naphash: to be refreshed, take rest
נָפַשׁ
This verbal branch carries the sense of renewed life, echoing the joy of a self receiving deliverance.
THE PATTERN
God-given covering makes deliverance and alignment something received and worn, with joy as its expression.
Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.THE THREAD
I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.Both verses use forms of יָשַׁע (yasha, to deliver), picturing deliverance as clothing received from God. In both, joy follows that covering, making the shout an expression of what has already been placed on the people.
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