King James Version
Psalms 131:3 in the King James Version says “Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. henceforth: Heb. now” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 131 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. henceforth: Heb. now”
Psalms 131:3 · KJV
A Song of degrees of David. LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. exercise: Heb. walk high: Heb. wonderful
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. myself: Heb. my soul
Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. henceforth: Heb. now
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Let Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“in the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“from henceforth and for”
H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“ever”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
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