What Does Psalm 60:4 Mean in the King James?

Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

Psalm 60:4 · KJV

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 banner and its raising share one root: awe receives a sign meant to be lifted where truth can be seen.

THE MEANING

Awe of God does not make you disappear; the verse gives a sign to those who stand in awe, raised where truth can be seen. It is a visible witness, not a hidden reassurance.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It dissolves the belief that awe means vanishing from view: here, awe receives a sign lifted into sight.

THE ROOT

נֵס

nēs banner or

GROWS FROM

נסס

n-s-s

To raise or set up as a conspicuous signal.

The verse places ⁨נֵס⁩ (nēs, banner) beside ⁨לְהִתְנוֹסֵס⁩ (lehitnoses, to be raised as a signal), words from the same root ⁨נסס⁩ (n-s-s, to raise as a signal). The banner and its display are one movement: the sign is given to be lifted into view, with truth before it.

ALSO GROWS

nēs: Banner, standard, or signal.

נֵס

This is the sign entrusted to those who stand in awe.

lehitnoses: To be raised as a standard or displayed.

לְהִתְנוֹסֵס

This verb follows ⁨נֵס⁩ (nēs, banner) in the verse, joining the sign to its being raised.

THE PATTERN

What is lifted as a visible sign gathers those who need direction toward life and truth.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

Numbers 21:8 · KJVA sign is raised in the open, and looking toward it marks the path from a wound toward life.

And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

Isaiah 11:10 · KJVThe raised ensign becomes a visible point toward which people gather.

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

John 12:32 · KJVWhat is lifted into view draws people toward it.

THE THREAD

And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

Isaiah 11:10 · KJV

Isaiah uses ⁨נֵס⁩ (nēs, banner or ensign) for the root of Jesse standing as a sign for the people. The shared word shows the banner in this psalm as a raised point of gathering, drawing people toward what it reveals.

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