What Does Psalm 22:28 Mean in the King James?
For the kingdom is the LORD’s: and he is the governor among the nations.
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 nations themselves stand within the active reach of the LORD’s reign.
THE MEANING
The nations themselves stand within the reach of the LORD’s reign. His rule is present among peoples, while kingship belongs to him.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The LORD’s governance is confined to one people or sacred place.
THE ROOT
הַמְּלוּכָה
hamelukhah
GROWS FROM
מָלַךְ
malakh
to reign, be king
The word translated “kingdom” can name kingship or reign as well as the realm under it. Set beside the word for governor, it holds the LORD’s sovereignty and its active expression among the nations together.
ALSO GROWS
melekh: king
מֶלֶךְ
The king is the figure who embodies the kingship named in this verse.
mamlakhah: kingdom, realm of rule
מַמְלָכָה
This branch connects the same root to the domain over which rule extends.
מֹשֵׁל
moshel
GROWS FROM
מָשַׁל
mashal
to rule, govern, exercise authority
The word rendered “governor” describes one who exercises rule. Its placement “among the nations” gives the LORD’s authority an active reach among peoples.
ALSO GROWS
mashal: to rule, govern
מָשַׁל
The verb makes explicit the action carried by the governor in this verse.
memshalah: dominion, government
מֶמְשָׁלָה
This branch names the sphere or exercise of authority associated with the governor.
THE PATTERN
The LORD’s kingship expresses itself as active governance across peoples and realms.
God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.THE THREAD
The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.Psalm 103:19 pairs מַלְכוּת (malkhut, kingship or kingdom) with מָשַׁל (mashal, rule or govern), the same two root families carried by “kingdom” and “governor” here. It extends that pairing from the nations to the heavens and “over all.”
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