What Does Psalm 25:14 Mean in the King James?
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
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 “secret” is not merely a hidden answer but close counsel shared with those who stand in awe of him.
THE MEANING
The verse places you in a relationship where the LORD’s counsel is shared with those who hold him in awe. What is called a “secret” is intimate counsel, and the covenant is made known, not kept as distant information. Belonging includes being brought into understanding.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that reverence keeps you outside, receiving only rules and commands, gives way here: the verse describes awe as the setting for shared counsel and covenant knowledge.
THE ROOT
סוֹד
sod
GROWS FROM
סוד
Close counsel shared within a confidential circle.
The Hebrew word can carry both the counsel itself and the intimacy of being included in it. The LORD’s “secret” is therefore shared closeness: the verse places the reader within the circle of counsel, where the covenant is made known.
ALSO GROWS
sod: Confidential counsel or intimate deliberation.
סוֹד
This sense opens “secret” into shared counsel rather than a fact kept out of reach.
sod: The confidential company admitted to private counsel.
סוֹד
This sense emphasizes the relationship in which the LORD’s counsel is shared.
יָרֵא
yare
GROWS FROM
ירא
To regard with awe or fear in the presence of what is formidable.
The verse’s “fear” can be heard as awe toward the LORD: a response to who he is, rather than simple terror. That awe is paired here with closeness and disclosure.
ALSO GROWS
yir’ah: Awe, reverence, or fear.
יִרְאָה
This noun makes visible the posture named by “them that fear him.”
nora: Formidable, awe-inspiring, or fearsome.
נוֹרָא
This related form points to the quality that evokes awe before the LORD.
הוֹדִיעָם
hodi’am
GROWS FROM
ידע
To know or perceive through encounter.
The word translated “shew” comes from the root for knowing: the LORD brings them to know the covenant. The verse describes disclosure that becomes understanding, not merely something displayed from a distance.
ALSO GROWS
yada: To know or perceive.
יָדַע
This root supplies the sense behind the LORD making the covenant known.
da’at: Knowledge or understanding.
דַּעַת
This noun shows the knowing that the LORD’s disclosure brings into view.
THE PATTERN
Close relationship opens divine counsel and turns what is hidden into shared knowledge.
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.THE THREAD
Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.Amos uses the same Hebrew word סוֹד (sod, confidential counsel) that Psalm 25:14 calls the LORD’s “secret.” The shared word opens “secret” into intimate counsel made known to those who are near to God.
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