What Does Psalm 9:14 Mean in the King James?
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
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
Deliverance becomes more than escape: it opens into a public voice of praise.
THE MEANING
Your deliverance finds a voice in the gates, where others can hear what God has done. Your joy gathers around the One who brings you out, and praise makes that deliverance known.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Deliverance is not merely private relief that ends in silence; here it opens into public praise.
THE ROOT
בִּישׁוּעָתֶךָ
bi-yeshuatekha
GROWS FROM
ישע
y-sh-ʿ
To deliver, bring to safety; deliverance that moves from constriction toward spaciousness.
The word translated “salvation” is yeshuah: deliverance that brings you out into room to live. The verse’s joy is not detached from that movement; it rises because you are being brought out.
ALSO GROWS
yasha: To deliver or rescue
יָשַׁע
This verbal form shows the movement inside yeshuah: deliverance is being brought out, not merely receiving a label of safety.
Yeshua: Deliverance; the name Yeshua
יֵשׁוּעַ
The name carries the same deliverance-root, so the verse’s rejoicing gathers around deliverance as a living nature.
תְּהִלָּתֶךָ
tehillatekha
GROWS FROM
הלל
h-l-l
To praise, celebrate, or speak aloud in praise.
Praise here is voiced where people gather and pass through, not held as a private thought. The same root sounds in Hallelujah: praise becomes speech that can be heard.
ALSO GROWS
Hallelujah: Praise the LORD
הַלְלוּיָהּ
This familiar cry shares the praise-root and echoes the verse’s outward, spoken response.
tehillim: Praises; the Psalms
תְּהִלִּים
The Psalms give praise a voice, just as this verse places it in Zion’s gates.
THE PATTERN
Deliverance becomes praise that others can hear, rather than remaining hidden inside the one who receives it.
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.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.And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.THE THREAD
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.The Hebrew word translated “salvation” here is yeshuah, the same word-family as the deliverance in Psalm 9:14. Isaiah joins that deliverance to strength and song; the psalm gives the song its place in Zion’s gates.
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