What Does Psalm 86:12 Mean in the King James?
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
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 whole heart’s praise gives weight to the nature of God across the ages.
THE MEANING
Your praise gathers the whole heart, the inner center of thought and desire, into acknowledgment of God. To glorify God’s name is to recognize the weight of God’s nature, and the verse holds that recognition across the ages.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the idea that praise is only an outward phrase: here it engages the whole heart and recognizes God’s nature as weighty.
THE ROOT
וַאֲכַבְּדָה
va’akabbedah
GROWS FROM
כבד
k-b-d
To be heavy or weighty; in this form, to honor or treat as weighty.
The English “glorify” can sound like adding a quality; כבד (k-b-d, weight) reveals recognition of what already has weight. The object is God’s name, שֵׁם (shem, name as nature), so the verse honors the nature disclosed by that name.
ALSO GROWS
kavod: Weight, honor, glory.
כָּבוֹד
This noun names the weight the verb makes visible: God’s name is treated as weighty.
kibbed: Honored, treated as weighty.
כִּבֵּד
This related verb shows glorifying as recognizing and giving expression to weight.
אוֹדְךָ
’odekha
GROWS FROM
ידה
y-d-h
To acknowledge, praise, or give thanks.
Yadah holds praise, thanksgiving, and acknowledgment together. “With all my heart” describes the whole inner self engaged in recognition, not merely a string of celebratory words.
ALSO GROWS
todah: Thanksgiving, praise.
תּוֹדָה
This related noun places gratitude in the same word-family as praise.
modeh: One who acknowledges or gives thanks.
מוֹדֶה
This form makes the root’s sense of acknowledgment visible within the act of praise.
THE PATTERN
Wholehearted praise recognizes the weight of God’s nature and carries that recognition across the ages.
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.THE THREAD
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.The Hebrew word rendered “glory” here is כָּבוֹד (kavod, weight or honor), from the same root כבד (k-b-d) as “glorify” in Psalm 86:12. “Due unto his name” makes the connection clear: honoring God’s name is recognizing the weight of the nature it carries.
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