The Meaning of Psalms 147:10 Explained

Psalms 147:10

KJV: He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

YLT: Not in the might of the horse doth He delight, Not in the legs of a man is He pleased.

Darby: He delighteth not in the strength of the horse, he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man;

ASV: He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He delighteth  not in the strength  of the horse:  he taketh not pleasure  in the legs  of a man. 

What does Psalms 147:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 147:1-11 - Why We Praise The Lord
It has been supposed that this psalm was prepared for use when the new walls of the city were completed in the days of Nehemiah. It contains a further enumeration of God's present tenses. The psalmist never tires of celebrating the immediateness of God. He will not tolerate the intervention of second causes, which are the artifice of scientific explanation. Laws are, after all, only the convenient statement of the regularity of God's methods. The couplets of this psalm are amazingly suggestive. By contrast they complete each other. God builds up the great city of Jerusalem, but His heart goes out to the individual prodigal. He is equally at home in the hospital where broken hearts congregate, and among the stars, which He names and counts as a shepherd His flock. He upholds the meek and overthrows the proud. Spring, with its clouds and rain and sprouting grass, is His work; but so also the wild life of the forest, with its beasts and birds. He has no such delight in athletic strength or speed as He has in the reverent worship of His people. There is a perfect balance and rhythm in God's nature. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 147

1  The prophet exhorts to praise God for his care of the church
4  His power and wisdom
6  His mercy
7  His providence
12  To praise him for his blessings upon the kingdom
15  For his power over the elements
19  And for his ordinances in the church

What do the individual words in Psalms 147:10 mean?

Not in the strength of the horse He does delight no in the legs of a man He takes pleasure
לֹ֤א בִגְבוּרַ֣ת הַסּ֣וּס יֶחְפָּ֑ץ לֹֽא־ בְשׁוֹקֵ֖י הָאִ֣ישׁ יִרְצֶֽה

בִגְבוּרַ֣ת  in  the  strength 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: גְּבוּרָה  
Sense: strength, might.
הַסּ֣וּס  of  the  horse 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: סוּס 
Sense: swallow, swift.
יֶחְפָּ֑ץ  He  does  delight 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָפֵץ 
Sense: to delight in, take pleasure in, desire, be pleased with.
לֹֽא־  no 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
בְשׁוֹקֵ֖י  in  the  legs 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, fdc
Root: שֹׁוק  
Sense: leg, thigh.
הָאִ֣ישׁ  of  a  man 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
יִרְצֶֽה  He  takes  pleasure 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָצָא 
Sense: to be pleased with, be favourable to, accept favourably.