What Does Isaiah 63:7 Mean in the King James?
I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
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
Praise is the naming of faithful love already present in what the LORD has bestowed.
THE MEANING
The verse speaks to you as someone able to name the LORD’s goodness: faithful love and compassion are gifts received, not abstractions. Its repeated “bestowed” grounds praise in what has actually been given, and the abundance of that love is named toward the house of Israel.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It dissolves the belief that praise depends on manufacturing a feeling: here praise answers to goodness already bestowed and named.
THE ROOT
חֲסָדִים
ḥasadim
GROWS FROM
חסד
Faithful, loyal kindness that sustains a bond.
English “lovingkindnesses” can sound like a soft disposition, but this word family also describes the faithful person and the act of loyal kindness. Its plural presents that love as many concrete deeds the verse can name.
ALSO GROWS
ḥāsîḏ: A faithful or devoted person.
חָסִיד
The noun makes the bond visible in a person characterized by faithful love.
ḥāsad: To act kindly or loyally.
חָסַד
This verb shows the love in the verse as an enacted way of dealing with someone.
רַחֲמִים
raḥamim
GROWS FROM
רחם
Womb; to have compassion.
English “mercies” can sound like abstract leniency, while this word family keeps compassion close to the womb and the tenderness of bodily care. The verse joins that tenderness to faithful love: care that is both deep and enduring.
ALSO GROWS
reḥem: Womb.
רֶחֶם
This branch reveals the bodily image carried within the word for compassion.
raḥum: Compassionate.
רַחוּם
The same root describes a compassionate nature, connecting the LORD’s character to the compassion named here.
THE PATTERN
Praise remembers and declares the goodness that has already been bestowed.
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:THE THREAD
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.The word rendered “mercy” here is חֶסֶד (ḥesed, faithful love), the same root as Isaiah’s “lovingkindnesses.” Psalm 136 turns Isaiah’s many named gifts into a refrain that declares this faithful love enduring.
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