What Does Psalm 135:13 Mean in the King James?
Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.
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’s name is more than a label preserved by time; it is a nature carried forward through remembrance.
THE MEANING
The LORD’s nature remains present through every age, and remembrance carries that name from one generation to the next. As you encounter the name now, it points to a living character that still reaches you.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the belief that a name is only a label whose meaning disappears with the past; here, remembrance carries the named nature across generations.
THE ROOT
זִכְרְךָ
zikhrəkha
GROWS FROM
זכר
Remember, call to mind, bring to remembrance.
The verse pairs this remembrance with shem (שֵׁם, shem, name as nature): the LORD’s nature is carried forward as it is remembered. “Memorial” can sound like a monument, but זכר (z-k-r; zakar, remember) points to the act of remembering that keeps the named nature present across generations.
ALSO GROWS
zāḵar: Remember, recall.
זָכַר
This verb shares the seed of “memorial,” showing that what endures is actively remembered.
zikkārôn: A remembrance or memorial.
זִכָּרוֹן
This related form names a remembrance that can be carried forward, joining the LORD’s nature to the generations that remember.
THE PATTERN
The LORD’s name endures across time as remembrance carries it from one generation to the next.
And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.THE THREAD
And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.Exodus 3:15 joins the LORD’s name and memorial across all generations, as this psalm does. “Memorial” comes from זכר (z-k-r; zakar, remember), so the shared root reveals remembrance as the way the named nature is carried forward.
Read the SDV Bible.
Every verse has a Deep Dive in the app.
The iPhone Bible app with the Selah Decoded Version.
Does something in this reading look wrong? Tell us