King James Version
Psalms 118:21 in the King James Version says “I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 118 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.”
Psalms 118:21 · KJV
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. the LORD's: Heb. from the LORD
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I will praise”
H3034physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the ha
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“thee for thou hast heard”
H6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“me and art become my salvation”
H3444something saved, i.e., (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
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