You have rejected all those who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is useless. Psalm 119:118 NASB Rejected – This is a verse we might want to erase, especially after a few centuries in the evangelical world. Is it true that God has rejected all those who do not follow His ḥōq? Remember what ḥōq means? …
Sustain me so that I may be safe, that I may have regard for Your statutes continually. Psalm 119:117 NASB May be safe – If you read the Hebrew text, you’d recognize this verb immediately, not as “may be safe” but rather as “be saved.” It is the verb yāšaʿ from which we derive the name Yeshua. …
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Sustain me according to Your word, that I may live; and do not let me be ashamed of my hope. Psalm 119:116 NASB Do not let me be ashamed – One of the most terrifying words of the Tanakh is bôš. It means “be ashamed, put to shame, disconcerted, disappointed.” In the ancient world, shame was not an…
Leave me, you evildoers, so that I may comply with the commandments of my God. Psalm 119:115 NASB Leave me – soor. Leave, go away, depart. Yes, but also “to turn off (lit. or fig.):—be [-head], bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get [you], go (aside), × grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck…
You are my protection and my shield; I hoped for Your word. Psalm 119:114 Chabad Protection – Interpretive translation. That’s when the translator decides that the reader isn’t smart enough to understand the text as it is written and so he interprets the text by changing the translation so that it actually becomes the meaning…
I hate those who are double-minded, but I love Your Law. Psalm 119:113 NASB סֵֽעֲפִ֥ים שָׂנֵ֑אתִי וְֽתוֹרָֽתְךָ֥ אָהָֽבְתִּי I hate those who harbor iniquitous thoughts, but Your Torah I love. סִתְרִ֣י וּמָֽגִנִּ֣י אָ֑תָּה לִ֜דְבָֽרְךָ֗ יִחָֽלְתִּי You are my protection and my shield; I hoped for Your word. ס֣וּרוּ מִמֶּ֣נִּי מְרֵעִ֑ים וְ֜אֶצְּרָ֗ה מִצְוֹ֥ת אֱלֹהָֽי Go away from me,…
I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes forever, even to the end. Psalm 119:112 NASB Inclined – How many times have you heard a warning about “the slippery slope”? It usually concerns some action you’re about to take that will inevitably lead to more bad things. The idea is that a small change causes other small…
I have inherited Your testimonies forever, for they are the joy of my heart. Psalm 119:111 NASB Inherited – Two or three words matter here. The first is nāḥal (to inherit), the second is the familiar ʿēdût (testimony), and the third is joy (śāśôn). First, nāḥal. “The verb nāḥal basically signifies giving or receiving property which is…
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