What Does Psalm 118:7 Mean in the King James?
The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
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 LORD is for you among those helping you, while those who hate you remain in view.
THE MEANING
The LORD is for you within the help around you. Support does not make hostility disappear; you can still see those who hate you while help stands with you.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The verse undoes the belief that you are alone until every opponent is gone: help is present while hostility remains.
THE ROOT
בְּעֹזְרָי
be'ozray
GROWS FROM
עזר
to help, aid, or support
“them that help me” in this verse is be'ozray. The Hebrew places the LORD “for me” among my helpers. This root lets divine and human aid occupy the same field, even as those who hate the speaker remain in view.
ALSO GROWS
azar: to help or support
עָזַר
The verb names the active aid present in the verse.
ezer: help or aid
עֵזֶר
This noun shows help as something given and received, the shared ground the verse places the LORD within.
THE PATTERN
Divine help stands with the speaker while opposition remains visible.
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.THE THREAD
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.Psalm 118:7 uses the root עזר (azar), “help,” for those helping the speaker; Psalm 54:4 uses the same root to call God helper. The shared root opens the image of the LORD as present within the help surrounding the speaker.
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