What Does Psalm 146:6 Mean in the King James?
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth 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 one who made the whole world is still guarding what is true through every age.
THE MEANING
The One who brings heaven, earth, sea, and all within them into being also guards what is firm and true through every age. Creation is not only a beginning; its Maker remains its keeper. The verse places the whole world and enduring truth in one continuous care.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The verse undoes the belief that the Maker only starts the world and then withdraws: the One who makes is also keeping truth through every age.
THE ROOT
הַשֹּׁמֵר
ha-shomer
GROWS FROM
שמר
To guard, keep watch, or watch over.
The word rendered keepeth comes from שָׁמַר (shamar, to guard or keep watch), a root that joins keeping with watchfulness. The Maker is not described only at the world’s beginning; the verse presents the Maker as continually watching over what is true.
ALSO GROWS
shamar: To guard, keep, or watch over.
שָׁמַר
This is the root verb behind keepeth, revealing the watchful sense inside the act of keeping.
mishmeret: A watch, charge, or duty of guarding.
מִשְׁמֶרֶת
This branch makes keeping a sustained watch, echoing the verse’s picture of truth held through the ages.
אֱמֶת
emet
GROWS FROM
אמן
To be firm, steady, or reliable.
אֱמֶת (emet, truth) grows from אמן (aman, to be firm or reliable): truth carries the sense of what can stand and be trusted. Paired with שָׁמַר (shamar, to guard), the verse shows what is firm being kept in watchful care.
ALSO GROWS
amen: Truly; a firm affirmation or confirmation.
אָמֵן
Amen shares the root’s sense of firmness, giving voice to what is trusted as true.
emunah: Trust, steadfast reliance.
אֱמוּנָה
This branch shows the same root as something a person can lean their full weight on, connecting truth with dependable trust.
THE PATTERN
The Maker’s work remains held in dependable care across the ages.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;THE THREAD
For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.Psalm 117 uses the same phrase: אֱמֶת (emet, truth as firmness) לְעוֹלָם (le’olam, through the age). Psalm 146 names the LORD as the one guarding that truth; Psalm 117 says it endures, joining the keeper and what is kept.
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