The Meaning of Psalms 115:10 Explained

Psalms 115:10

KJV: O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.

YLT: O house of Aaron, trust in Jehovah, 'Their help and their shield is He.'

Darby: House of Aaron, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.

ASV: O house of Aaron, trust ye in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

O house  of Aaron,  trust  in the LORD:  he [is] their help  and their shield. 

What does Psalms 115:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalm 115:1-18 - Powerless Idols Our Powerful God
Evidently this psalm was intended to be sung by various voices: Psalms 115:1-8 by the whole congregation in unison, while the sacrifice was being offered; Psalms 115:9-11, by a solo voice giving the first line of each couplet, the whole audience chanting the refrain; Psalms 115:12-15, by the priest as a benediction; Psalms 115:16-18, by the whole congregation, which now breaks into glad hallelujahs.
It was composed during the early days of the return from Babylon, when the small groups of settlers were surrounded by the jeers and scoffs of their enemies. This was their reply, as they brought out the scathing contrast between the idols of their neighbors and the majesty of Jehovah. We are reminded of Isaiah's description of an idol factory. The idols had outward semblance and no power. Jehovah had no outward semblance, but all power. Let us take to heart the threefold invitation to faith in Psalms 115:9-11, and reckon on God as our help in the battle and our shield against our foes. The smallest may get his blessing as well as the greatest, Psalms 115:13. We can never impose a strain on the resources of God, however great our demands. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalm 115

1  Because God is truly glorious
4  And idols are vanity
9  He exhorts to confidence in God
12  God is to be blessed for his blessing

What do the individual words in Psalms 115:10 mean?

House of Aaron trust in Yahweh their help and their shield He [is]
בֵּ֣ית אַ֭הֲרֹן בִּטְח֣וּ בַיהוָ֑ה עֶזְרָ֖ם וּמָגִנָּ֣ם הֽוּא

בֵּ֣ית  House 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אַ֭הֲרֹן  of  Aaron 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַהֲרֹון  
Sense: brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest.
בִּטְח֣וּ  trust 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: בָּטוּחַ 
Sense: to trust.
בַיהוָ֑ה  in  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
עֶזְרָ֖ם  their  help 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עֵזֶר  
Sense: help, succour.
וּמָגִנָּ֣ם  and  their  shield 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מָגֵן 
Sense: shield, buckler.
הֽוּא  He  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.

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