What Does Psalm 75:9 Mean in the King James?
But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
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
Praise makes God’s nature public through speech and song, carrying that witness across the ages.
THE MEANING
Your voice carries praise in two forms: it declares what is true of God and sings it. The name Jacob recalls the heel-grasper, keeping a particular human story inside this praise. Its reach continues through the ages.
THE ROOT
אַגִּיד
aggīd
GROWS FROM
נגד
n-g-d
Be in front or conspicuous; in causative use, make known.
The root gives “declare” the sense of bringing something into view. Paired with song, it makes praise a spoken witness that can be heard and recognized.
ALSO GROWS
higgīd: Declare, recount, or make known.
הִגִּיד
This form shares the verse’s sense of bringing God’s nature into view.
nāgīd: Leader or prince; one who stands prominently.
נָגִיד
This branch preserves the root’s image of what is brought forward or made prominent.
אֲזַמְּרָה
azammerāh
GROWS FROM
זמר
z-m-r
Sing or make music.
“sing praises” in this verse is azammerāh. Zamar gives praise an audible, musical form. Its branches name both the act of singing and the song itself, showing how praise carries the declaration in music.
ALSO GROWS
mizmor: A psalm or musical song.
מִזְמוֹר
This is the song-form that carries praise beyond a single spoken declaration.
zimrāh: Song or music.
זִמְרָה
This branch makes explicit the musical quality in “sing praises.”
יַעֲקֹב
Yaʿaqōv
GROWS FROM
עקב
ʿ-q-b
Heel; by extension, following at the heel or supplanting.
Genesis connects Jacob’s name to his hand grasping Esau’s heel at birth. “The God of Jacob” carries that heel-grasping image into the praise, naming God in relation to a particular human story.
ALSO GROWS
ʿāqēv: Heel.
עָקֵב
This is the image linked to Jacob’s name in the birth account.
ʿāqav: Follow at the heel; supplant.
עָקַב
This verbal branch develops the heel image into the action associated with Jacob’s name.
THE PATTERN
Praise carries God’s deeds into shared memory through spoken and sung witness.
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.THE THREAD
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.Psalm 9:11 pairs the same Hebrew roots as Psalm 75:9: zamar, to sing or make music, and nagad, to make known. The matching pair reveals praise as both song and declaration, carrying God’s deeds among the people.
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