Today’s Word
Abomination
I hate and loathe falsehood, but I love Your Law. Psalm 119:163 NASB Loathe – As you will recall, we encountered the English translated word “loathe” in verse 158. There we discovered that the Hebrew qûṭ meant “intense disgust, repulsion,” in other words, something that makes you sick to your stomach. Now we have the same English word,…
Reward for the Conqueror
I rejoice at Your word, like one who finds great plunder. Psalm 119:162 NASB Plunder – The poet expresses a feeling we might find embarrassing. We don’t usually relish in taking booty from invasions. So, we’ll have to reach way back in that collective unconscious to resurrect the exuberance that comes from the destruction of an enemy and…
Shin
Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your words. Psalm 119:161 NASB שָׂ֭רִים רְדָפ֣וּנִי חִנָּ֑ם (ומדבריך) [וּ֝מִדְּבָרְךָ֗] פָּחַ֥ד לִבִּֽי Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your words. שָׂ֣שׂ אָ֭נֹכִי עַל־אִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ כְּ֝מוֹצֵ֗א שָׁלָ֥ל רָֽב I rejoice at Your word, like one who finds great plunder. שֶׁ֣קֶר שָׂ֭נֵאתִי וַאֲתַעֵ֑בָה תּוֹרָתְךָ֥ אָהָֽבְתִּי…
Heads Up
The sum of Your word is truth, and every one of Your righteous judgments is everlasting. Psalm 119:160 Sum – The head of the year. The chief of the tribe. The top of the mountain. The corner stone. The first of Mankind. rōʾš, and all its derivatives, are found more than 750 times in Scripture, with a wide…
Employee Evaluation
Consider how I love Your precepts; revive me, Lord, according to Your faithfulness. Psalm 119:159 NASB Consider – What does the Hebrew rāʾâ imply? Does it mean “to bring to mind (consider)”? Or does it mean something more? Perhaps you recognize the root, “to see.” It also means “to look at” and “to inspect.” The translation “consider”…
You’re Disgusting!
I see the treacherous and loathe them, because they do not keep Your word. Psalm 119:158 NASB Loathe – “Loathe” is not a verb we use often. That might be because it came into the English language only a few hundred years ago, or it might be because it has such an overpowering meaning that we shy away…
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