The Meaning of Psalms 68:19 Explained

Psalms 68:19

KJV: Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

YLT: Blessed is the Lord, day by day He layeth on us. God Himself is our salvation. Selah.

Darby: Blessed be the Lord: day by day doth he load us with good, the God who is our salvation. Selah.

ASV: Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden, Even the God who is our salvation. Selah

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Blessed  [be] the Lord,  [who] daily  loadeth  us [with benefits, even] the God  of our salvation.  Selah. 

What does Psalms 68:19 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalm 68:12-25 - Their Mighty Deliverer
The processional march still continues. Presently Mount Zion comes in sight, and the neighboring hills are depicted as eying it enviously for its selection in preference to themselves. In Psalms 68:17-18 the glad throng begins to climb the sacred slopes of Zion, amid still more triumphant strains; and in Psalms 68:19, etc., the gates of the sanctuary stand wide open to welcome the festal crowds.
How great the contrast between the blackened appearance of a smoky caldron, and the lustrous sheen of a bird's pinions as they flash in the sunlight! Psalms 68:13. Yet that is the contrast between what we were, and what we now are. Zalmon, Psalms 68:14 -perhaps a reference to the wooded hill near Shechem, mentioned in Judges 9:48. The hostile kings were scattered as snowflakes are driven before the wind and melt in the sun. The hill Bashan, Psalms 68:15, is a snow-clad summit, but Zion is greater, since God is there. In the triumphant words of Psalms 68:18, the singer quotes Judges 5:12, and they are applied in Ephesians 4:8 to our Lord's ascension. Note the r.v. rendering of Psalms 68:19 -that the Lord daily beareth our burdens. Singers, minstrels, and girls with timbrels, Psalms 68:25 -all have a share in the Church's joy. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalm 68

1  A prayer at the removing of the ark
4  An exhortation to praise God for his mercies
7  for his care of the church
19  for his great works

What do the individual words in Psalms 68:19 mean?

Blessed [be] the Lord day by day [Who] loads [with benefits] us the God of our salvation Selah
בָּ֤ר֣וּךְ אֲדֹנָי֮ י֤וֹם ׀ י֥וֹם יַֽעֲמָס־ לָ֗נוּ הָ֘אֵ֤ל יְֽשׁוּעָתֵ֬נוּ סֶֽלָה

בָּ֤ר֣וּךְ  Blessed  [be] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: בָּרַךְ 
Sense: to bless, kneel.
אֲדֹנָי֮  the  Lord 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲדֹנָי  
Sense: my lord, lord.
י֤וֹם ׀  day 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
י֥וֹם  by  day 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
יַֽעֲמָס־  [Who]  loads  [with  benefits] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָמַס  
Sense: to load, carry, carry a load.
לָ֗נוּ  us 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
הָ֘אֵ֤ל  the  God 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֵל 
Sense: god, god-like one, mighty one.
יְֽשׁוּעָתֵ֬נוּ  of  our  salvation 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common plural
Root: יְשׁוּעָה  
Sense: salvation, deliverance.
סֶֽלָה  Selah 
Parse: Interjection
Root: סֶלָה  
Sense: to lift up, exalt.