What Does Psalm 41:13 Mean in the King James?
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
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 verse names the LORD as blessed across every age, then makes the declaration firm with a doubled Amen.
THE MEANING
The LORD God of Israel is blessed from age to age, and your present voice enters that praise now. The repeated Amen gives the words a steady, emphatic close.
THE ROOT
בָּרוּךְ
barukh
GROWS FROM
ברך
To bless; this word-family also carries the bodily image of the knee.
English “blessed” can sound like a status alone, while the Hebrew word-family also holds the image of a bent knee. Here, blessing names the LORD and gives praise a posture as well as a voice.
ALSO GROWS
berekh: knee
בֶּרֶךְ
The knee gives the family its bodily image, a posture held alongside the act of blessing.
berakhah: blessing
בְּרָכָה
This noun from the same root makes explicit the blessing spoken over the LORD.
אָמֵן
amen
GROWS FROM
אמן
To be firm, steady, or trustworthy.
Amen carries the sense of firmness: what has been said is affirmed as steady. Repeating it makes that affirmation audible twice.
ALSO GROWS
aman: to be firm or steady
אָמַן
This verb shows the root’s basic sense of firmness beneath the closing Amen.
emunah: trust, firmness
אֱמוּנָה
This related word carries the same root sense of steadiness, linking the Amen to trust.
THE PATTERN
Blessing is voiced toward God across time and answered with affirmation.
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.THE THREAD
And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.Psalm 72:19 uses the same בָּרַךְ (barak, bless) word-family and closes with the same doubled Amen. The blessing and its firm affirmation appear together again, opening this verse as part of a recurring pattern of praise.
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