What Does Psalm 115:18 Mean in the King James?
But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise 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 living bend toward the LORD in blessing, beginning now and reaching through the ages.
THE MEANING
You are among the living who can bless the LORD from this moment. The Hebrew word for “bless” carries the image of the knee bending, while “for evermore” reaches across the ages; this praise begins now and continues beyond one moment.
THE ROOT
נְבָרֵךְ
nevarekh
GROWS FROM
ברך
To kneel or bend the knee; to bless.
The word for blessing shares its root with the word for knee, carrying bodily posture within the act of blessing. The verse’s “we will bless” holds both speech and a bending toward the LORD.
ALSO GROWS
berekh: knee
בֶּרֶךְ
Its shared root lets the verse’s blessing carry the image of a bent knee.
berakhah: blessing
בְּרָכָה
This noun from the same root names the blessing the speakers offer to the LORD.
הַלְלוּ־יָהּ
hallelu-yah
GROWS FROM
הלל
To praise or celebrate.
“Praise the LORD” in this verse is hallelu-yah. The closing words literally call, “Praise Yah.” The plural command turns the speakers’ blessing into voiced praise that others can join.
ALSO GROWS
tehillah: praise; a song of praise
תְּהִלָּה
This noun from the same root shows praise as something voiced and sung.
hallel: praise or celebrate
הַלֵּל
This related verb keeps the call to praise joined to an ongoing act.
THE PATTERN
The living answer the LORD with praise that begins in the present and continues through every season.
A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.THE THREAD
Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.Psalm 113:2 repeats the same phrase, “from this time forth and for evermore,” and uses the same Hebrew root ברך (bārakh) for blessing. The echo makes the present blessing part of an unbroken reach through the ages.
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