King James Version
Psalms 86:12 in the King James Version says “I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 86 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.”
Psalms 86:12 · KJV
For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. hell: or, grave
O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them. violent: Heb. terrible
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
“my God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and I will glorify”
H3513to be heavy, i.e., in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same
“thy name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“for evermore”
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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