What Does Psalm 5:11 Mean in the King James?
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
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
Here, trust is shelter taken in God, and joy is the sound that shelter makes.
THE MEANING
You take refuge in God, and joy rises from that shelter as an enduring, audible expression. To love God’s name is to love God’s nature as it is made known; the covering and the gladness meet in God.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the belief that trust is only mental agreement: here it is taking refuge, with joy already sounding from within that shelter.
THE ROOT
חוֹסֵי
ḥōsê
GROWS FROM
חסה
to seek refuge, take shelter
“put their trust” in this verse is ḥōsê. English “trust” can sound like an opinion held in the mind; this word depicts people taking shelter in God. The verse’s joy belongs to that refuge: trust is lived as a place of cover.
ALSO GROWS
ḥāsâ: to seek refuge, take shelter
חָסָה
This is the verb behind “put their trust,” so trust carries the image of entering shelter.
maḥăseh: refuge, shelter
מַחֲסֶה
The verb’s shelter becomes a place of refuge, showing trust as more than agreement.
תָּסֵךְ
tāsēḵ
GROWS FROM
סכך
to cover, screen, or shelter over
“defendest” in this verse is tāsēḵ. The verse pictures defense as covering those who take refuge. The root also names a sheltering booth, so the protection here is a covering one can dwell within.
ALSO GROWS
sāḵaḵ: to cover, screen, overshadow
סָכַךְ
This verbal form describes the covering action behind God’s defense in the verse.
sukkāh: booth, temporary shelter
סֻכָּה
The noun makes the covering tangible as shelter, a picture of being defended under God’s care.
יְרַנֵּנוּ
yərannēnū
GROWS FROM
רנן
to ring out, sing aloud, cry out
“shout for joy” in this verse is yərannēnū. This root makes joy audible: it is a ringing cry, not only a private mood. Its branches link song and shout, letting the verse’s joy spill outward from refuge.
ALSO GROWS
rinnāh: a ringing cry, song, or joyful shout
רִנָּה
This related noun shows the voice-filled quality of the rejoicing in the verse.
rōnēn: singing aloud, crying out
רֹנֵן
This related form echoes the verse’s picture of joy rising into sound.
THE PATTERN
Taking refuge under God’s cover turns trust into lasting, audible joy.
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:THE THREAD
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.“Trusteth” and “make my refuge” both grow from חָסָה (ḥāsâ), the root behind “put their trust” in Psalm 5:11. The parallel makes the hidden image plain: trust is taking refuge beneath God’s shelter, even amid calamity.
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