What Does Nehemiah 5:19 Mean in the King James?
Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
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
“Think upon me” is a request for the work done for others to remain in God’s active regard.
THE MEANING
The reader can bring the work done for others into God’s remembrance and name it as good. The prayer speaks plainly about that work, asking that it be held in regard.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It loosens the belief that work for others matters only when people notice or praise it: the prayer asks God to remember.
THE ROOT
זָכְרָה
zāḵrāh
GROWS FROM
זכר
z-k-r
Remember, call to mind, or mention.
“Think upon” in this verse is zāḵrāh. This word’s family holds both remembering and keeping something present as a memorial or mention. The prayer asks for more than a passing thought: it asks that the work for this people remain in God’s regard, remembered for good.
ALSO GROWS
zikkārôn: Memorial, remembrance
זִכָּרוֹן
A memorial keeps something present in view; the prayer asks that the work remain present in God’s remembrance.
hizkîr: Mention, call to remembrance
הִזְכִּיר
The same root links remembering with mentioning, giving the prayer’s appeal the sense of bringing the work into regard.
THE PATTERN
Work given for the good of others remains present before God as something that can be remembered and honored.
Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;THE THREAD
Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;Both prayers ask to be remembered in relation to God’s good toward the people. Psalm 106:4 makes that shared root connection vivid: remembrance is joined to favor and the good sought for the community.
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