Against You, You only, I have sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified when You speak and blameless when You judge. Psalm 51:4 NASB You only – Suppose you are at last confronted by your worst sin. Suddenly it comes to the light. There is no more denial,…
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Psalm 51:3 NASB I know – There are very few things we know for certain. We don’t know what will happen tomorrow. We don’t know if our relationships will last. We don’t know the weather. We don’t know even the apparently unalterable “laws”…
Do you just have to know what’s on the other side of a door like this?
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. Psalm 51:2 NASB Wash – Clean clothes! Not clean body. Let’s be sure we appreciate the difference. Kabas is the Hebrew verb for “to wash, to be washed, to perform the work of the fuller,” that is, to launder clothing in cold water…
Our fellow reader, David, sent me this link from a well-known teacher in Israel. Seems that he and I share the same Hebrew view of ‘ezer kenegdo–and by the way, stand in opposition to virtually all the Christian interpretations in translated texts. Here is the link to Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg, in case your interested. http://lp.eteacherbiblical.com/lp_biblical_eli_marriage-en.html?cid=24127&adgroupid=-1&utm_source=eli_insights&utm_medium=email_marketing&utm_campaign=bib_en_eml_dr.eli-marriage_2015-09-09_#24127&fname=David&lname=Sloss&email=davidsloss2@gmail.com%23_at=0.3.9315718,0.138520166.z3afxtzwjdau2shdc8
Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions. Psalm 51:1 NASB Blot out – When a scribe writes a Torah scroll, meticulousness is absolutely required. Not one extra mark or mistake is allowed. Today the sofer stam follows strict guidelines regarding the size…
For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Psalm 51:1 [Hebrew Bible numbering – NASB] After – “The quality of cleanliness consists in being free from evil traits as well as from sin. . . Only the man who is entirely…
For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. Matthew 7:2 NASB Measure – There is no doubt that Yeshua endorsed the Hebrew biblical concept of measure-for-measure. He used it to express watchfulness with regard to judgment of others and he used…
