What Does Psalm 112:7 Mean in the King James?
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
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 report can be evil without making the heart unsteady, because trust gives it a place to stand.
THE MEANING
An alarming report reaches you without taking command of your heart. Your heart is established as it trusts in the LORD, so fear does not get the final word over what you hear.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The verse undoes the belief that frightening news must determine your inner state.
THE ROOT
בָּטוּחַ
batuach
GROWS FROM
בטח
batach
To trust; to be secure.
The word for trusting carries the sense of being secure. The verse pictures trust as the heart’s footing when an evil report arrives.
ALSO GROWS
batach: To trust, rely on, or feel secure.
בָּטַח
This verb shows trust as reliance that steadies the heart.
mivtach: A place of security or confidence.
מִבְטָח
This noun makes visible the security contained in the verse’s word for trusting.
נָכוֹן
nakhon
GROWS FROM
כון
kun
To be established, firm, or prepared.
“Fixed” describes a heart made firm, not a heart untouched by what it hears. The root also carries the sense of preparation: the heart has a settled ground before the report comes.
ALSO GROWS
hekin: To prepare or make ready.
הֵכִין
The prepared sense suggests that steadiness is already in place when the news arrives.
makhon: An established place or dwelling.
מָכוֹן
This branch echoes the image of a heart with a place to stand.
שְׁמוּעָה
shemuah
GROWS FROM
שמע
shama
To hear or listen; a report is something heard.
The “tidings” are literally what is heard. The verse holds the heard report beside the established heart: what enters through hearing does not have to become the heart’s ground.
ALSO GROWS
shama: To hear or listen.
שָׁמַע
The report begins as something heard, making the verse’s contrast between incoming news and inner steadiness clear.
shema: Hear and respond.
שְׁמַע
This familiar form of the same root shows that hearing can involve a response; here, the report does not dictate a fearful one.
THE PATTERN
A report can be heard without becoming the ground on which the heart stands.
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.THE THREAD
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.This verse uses the same root בטח (batach, to trust or be secure) as “trusting” in Psalm 112:7. It names fear openly while showing trust as the heart’s footing, clarifying how an evil report can arrive without ruling the heart.
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