What Does Psalm 93:5 Mean in the King James?
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.
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
What fits the LORD’s house is what is set apart, and its foundation is testimony that stands firm.
THE MEANING
The LORD’s testimony stands firm now, a ground for trust when everything else shifts. In the LORD’s house, set-apartness is what fits; that is the shape that endures through the length of days.
THE ROOT
נֶאֱמָנוּ
ne'emanu
GROWS FROM
אמן
aman
To be firm or steady; hence, reliable.
The Hebrew word translated “sure” comes from the root אמן (aman), meaning firm or steady. The same seed joins reliability to trust: what stands firm is something the heart can lean its full weight on.
ALSO GROWS
amen: Truly; firm, so be it.
אָמֵן
The same root turns reliability into affirmation: Amen echoes what is already firm.
emunah: Trust; leaning your full weight on.
אֱמוּנָה
This branch shows the relational side of firmness: trust rests its weight on what is steady.
קֹדֶשׁ
qodesh
GROWS FROM
קדש
To set apart, mark as distinct.
“holiness” in this verse is qodesh. Qodesh names what is set apart. The verse links the nature of the LORD’s house with what befits it: what belongs to God is distinct for God.
ALSO GROWS
qadosh: Set apart.
קָדוֹשׁ
The adjective shares the root of qodesh, making the house’s fitting quality one of being set apart.
miqdash: Sanctuary; set-apart place.
מִקְדָּשׁ
The same root names a sanctuary, linking the place of dwelling with the quality that befits it.
THE PATTERN
The LORD’s dwelling is marked by testimony that can be trusted and by what is set apart.
Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.THE THREAD
Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.Psalm 93’s “very sure” and Psalm 119’s “very faithful” grow from אמן (aman), firmness and reliability. The shared root lets the testimony be both something steady and something trust can lean its full weight on.
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