What Does Psalm 111:3 Mean in the King James?
His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
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 verse makes enduring righteousness concrete: it is alignment that keeps standing.
THE MEANING
His work carries honor and splendor now, and His alignment remains standing through every age. What surrounds you may change, but the rightness expressed here does not fall away.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that what is right is temporary or easily swept away; here, alignment remains standing through every age.
THE ROOT
עֹמֶדֶת
ʿōmedet
GROWS FROM
עמד
ʿ-m-d
Stand, take one’s place, remain standing.
“endureth” in this verse is ʿōmedet. The Hebrew pictures righteousness as standing in place, making its endurance more concrete than mere duration. What lasts is still upright and present.
ALSO GROWS
ʿāmad: To stand or take a position.
עָמַד
This verb is the seed carried by עֹמֶדֶת; the verse says righteousness remains in the posture of standing.
maʿamad: A standing place or position.
מַעֲמָד
This branch extends standing into a position one occupies, illuminating endurance as continued presence.
צִדְקָתוֹ
tsidqato
GROWS FROM
צדק
ts-d-q
Rightness and justice; alignment with what is right.
“righteousness” in this verse is tsidqato. This root gathers justice and rightness into one idea of alignment. Here that alignment is not merely named; the neighboring verb pictures it still standing.
ALSO GROWS
tsedeq: Rightness or justice.
צֶדֶק
This branch shows the root’s connection to a just ordering, not only a personal status.
tsedaqah: Righteousness or justice.
צְדָקָה
This is the form used for the quality of rightness that the verse pictures as enduring.
tsaddiq: A righteous person, one aligned with what is right.
צַדִּיק
This branch carries the same alignment into a person characterized by it.
THE PATTERN
What is established in God’s truth and alignment is pictured as remaining firm across time.
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.THE THREAD
Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.This verse repeats the same Hebrew wording for “his righteousness stands forever,” drawing on צדק (ts-d-q, rightness or alignment) and עמד (ʿ-m-d, stand). The echo makes clear that lastingness is pictured as alignment continuing to stand.
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