What Does Psalm 64:10 Mean in the King James?
The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
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 trust here is refuge you enter, and gladness and praise rise from sheltering in the LORD.
THE MEANING
Your trust in the LORD is shelter; within that refuge, gladness is present and praise rises from the upright heart. The verse joins righteousness to alignment, refuge, gladness, and praise as one living reality.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It dissolves the idea that trust is only agreement with a claim: the Hebrew verb pictures taking refuge in the LORD.
THE ROOT
חָסוּ
ḥāsû
GROWS FROM
חסה
ḥ-s-h
Seek refuge; take shelter.
The clause translated “shall trust in him” carries the image of taking shelter in him. Gladness and praise stand beside that refuge as its living expression.
ALSO GROWS
maḥseh: Shelter, refuge.
מַחְסֶה
This noun names the shelter made vivid by the verse’s language of trusting in the LORD.
ḥōsê: Those taking refuge.
חוֹסֵי
This form appears in Psalm 2:12, where those who take refuge in the Son are called flourishing.
צַדִּיק
tsaddiq
GROWS FROM
צדק
ts-d-q
Rightness; alignment.
“righteous” in this verse is tsaddiq. The word belongs to the tzedek family, which carries the sense of rightness and alignment. The verse places that alignment alongside an upright heart and shows its life in gladness and trust.
ALSO GROWS
tsedeq: Rightness, justice.
צֶדֶק
This noun shows that the righteous person’s description belongs to a wider language of what is aligned and right.
tsedaqah: Righteousness, justice.
צְדָקָה
This related form keeps the verse’s personal description connected to the broader pattern of alignment.
וְיִתְהַלְלוּ
weyithallelu
GROWS FROM
הלל
h-l-l
Praise; boast.
The verb translated “shall glory” comes from halal, the language of praise and boasting. Here the upright heart’s praise is directed toward the LORD, not toward itself.
ALSO GROWS
hallel: Praise; acclaim.
הַלֵּל
This related form makes the praise inside “shall glory” audible.
tehillah: Praise; a song of praise.
תְּהִלָּה
This noun shows praise as an expression that can be voiced, not merely an inward status.
THE PATTERN
Trust as refuge in the LORD is answered by gladness and praise.
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.My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.THE THREAD
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.The same root חָסָה (ḥāsāh, to take refuge) appears in “put their trust.” Psalm 2 names those who take refuge; Psalm 64 shows the gladness and praise that accompany that refuge.
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