As is Your name, O God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness. Psalm 48:10 English NASB (Hebrew Bible 48:11) As is Your name – What is your name? Ah, but I am not asking about the appellation you received at birth. I am asking about the…
May he be raised and uplifted, and lofty, he who is now debased; may he succeed through reproach; may he scatter the many (oppressor) nations. Bare your arm and proclaim the following: the voice of my Beloved; behold it (has come)! Passover Machzor, Piyut He – [The following commentary and study is from my friend…
A psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. Shepherd – Back to Paleo-Hebrew, the text David used to write this psalm. Now that we know mizmor David is memorial and emotional instruction, we can look at the next key word in the Masoretic text, roi (shepherd). The first thing we…
A psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm – We all know this most famous psalm. At least we thought we knew it. Here it is in re-translated Paleo-Hebrew. Of course, the 23rd psalm doesn’t start with “The Lord is . . .” It starts with mizmor David, “a…
God has spoken in His holiness: “I will exult, I will portion out Shechem and measure out the valley of Succoth. Psalm 60:6 NASB Will exult – Do you feel it? God does. Yes, that’s right, God rejoices. Don’t for one minute think of the immutable, impassible God of Aquinas or Luther or Calvin. God is…
Now at this time while the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food. Acts 6:1 NASB Hellenistic Jews – If you read the marginal notes on this verse in the 1963…
“But we will devote ourselves to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.” Acts 6:4 NASB But – Let’s see if we have this straight. The Twelve, the most important men in the assemblies of Torah-observant Messianic Jewish believers, decline administrative responsibilities because they need to be fully attentive to prayer and the “ministry”…
each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work. 1 Corinthians 3:13 NASB Will become evident – “Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.” Remember that childhood Sunday school song?…
Yesterday a long time reader and supporter withdrew from the group. His reason was the debate over the Trinity. He said that he just could no longer continue the discussion because I had not been clear about the divinity of Yeshua, His uncreated being and His equivalence with the Father. I was so sad to…
So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. 1 Corinthians 3:7 NASB Is anything – Paul is pretty important. In fact, without Paul the present version of the Christian church would probably not exist. Oh, I know. Paul is misrepresented and misread by…
