But I—may my prayer to You, O LORD, come in a favorable hour. God, as befits Your great kindness, answer me with Your steadfast rescue. Psalm 69:14 [Hebrew Bible] Robert Alter But I – Most English Bibles gloss this Hebrew word, rendering it as “but as for me.” However, Alter correctly catches the hesitation, the…
Save me, O God, for the waters have threatened my life. Psalm 69:1 NASB 1995 Save – Seventeen years ago I wrote something about this verse. I’d like to correct some of that. Here’s the original with some corrections and comments (in red): Free Me, Jesus “and you shall call his name Jesus, for he…
But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us . . . Titus 3:4-5a NASB Kindness – Syntax, syntax, syntax. You see, the Greek sentence doesn’t actually read the same way as the English translation. In Greek, the literal reading is: “When but the kindness and love…
That Your beloved may be delivered, save with Your right hand, and answer us! Psalm 60:5 NASB Save – YHVH saves those He loves. “Your beloved” is yedideka. TWOT’s analysis is worth reviewing: This noun is primarily employed to describe the nation of Israel (or Judah) and individuals as those who are greatly loved by…
and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” Acts 16:30 NASB Saved – “Religions may be classified as those of self-satisfaction, of self-annihilation or of fellowship. In the first worship is a quest for satisfaction of personal needs like salvation or desire for immortality. In the second…
Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come; You have given commandment to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress. Psalm 71:3 NASB Commandment to save me – The NASB translation is a bit awkward. What does it mean for David to say that God has given…
He will send from heaven and save me; He reproaches him who tramples upon me. Selah. God will send forth His lovingkindness and His truth. Psalm 57:3 NASB Save me – Send and save. That’s the action of YHWH. I can’t ascend to heaven to grab deliverance. He has to send it. What He sends…
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. Matthew 1:21 ESV Will save – Is salvation proleptic? Ah, what a great word! You might have to look it up, but just in case you don’t have time, “prolepsis” means “the representation of…
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. John 3:17 ESV Saved – What does John mean when he uses the Greek verb sozo (to save)? Well, if John is thinking about the Hebrew equivalents, he would be…
Yet I was always with You, You grasped my right hand. Psalm 73:23 (Robert Alter translation) Grasped – Does Asaph reach out and grab hold of God? No, he doesn’t. When you and I are in the midst of herd mentality, when we are caught in group-think, when we act by addictive instinct, we can’t…
