The Meaning of Psalms 113:3 Explained

Psalms 113:3

KJV: From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised.

YLT: From the rising of the sun unto its going in, Praised is the name of Jehovah.

Darby: From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, let Jehovah's name be praised.

ASV: From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same Jehovah's name is to be praised.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

From the rising  of the sun  unto the going down  of the same the LORD'S  name  [is] to be praised. 

What does Psalms 113:3 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 113:1-9 - The Mighty God Uplifteth The Lowly
We detect the song of Samuel's mother in the first of these psalms. She sang the Old Testament "Magnificat" and it was embalmed by the psalmist here. Thus it passed into the psalter of the Church. Note the universality of this ascription of praise. For all time, Psalms 113:2; through all the earth, Psalms 113:3; and above all heavens, Psalms 113:4. What a wonderful God is ours! Heaven cannot contain Him, but He lifts the poor and needy out of the dust. Largeness is not greatness, and the babe in the cot is more important than the palace.
In Psalms 114:1-8 Egypt represents the tyranny of sin; but we have been redeemed. Like Israel we have gone forth. We belong no more to the present world with its strange tongue. Ours is the language of Canaan, our home. This exodus of ours has made us the temple and sanctuary of God. If once the Church realized that she is God-possessed, she would become irresistible. Seas would divide, rivers would start back, mountains would cleave, and the hills would remove. "Impossible" would be blotted from our vocabulary. The power that made Sinai tremble gave earth water-springs. When the soul finds its all in God, the world ceases to affright or attract it, and the rocks yield refreshing streams. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 113

1  An exhortation to praise God for his excellence
6  For his mercy

What do the individual words in Psalms 113:3 mean?

From the rising of the sun to its going down [is] to be praised the name of Yahweh
מִמִּזְרַח־ שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ עַד־ מְבוֹא֑וֹ מְ֝הֻלָּ֗ל שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָֽה

מִמִּזְרַח־  From  the  rising 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִזְרָח  
Sense: place of sunrise, east.
שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ  of  the  sun 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: שֶׁמֶשׁ  
Sense: sun.
מְבוֹא֑וֹ  its  going  down 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מָבֹוא  
Sense: entrance, a coming in, entering.
מְ֝הֻלָּ֗ל  [is]  to  be  praised 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Participle, masculine singular
Root: הָלַל 
Sense: to shine.
שֵׁ֣ם  the  name 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
יְהוָֽה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.