“O LORD, rebuke me not in Your wrath, and chasten me not in Your burning anger.” Psalm 38:1 NASB Rebuke– “Rebuke me not.” The verb is yākaḥ. To convict. To judge. To reprove. Perhaps the translation does not give us the fullest appreciation of David’s plea. Literally, “YHVH, not to me in your wrath convict.” Don’t bring…
“O LORD, rebuke me not in Your wrath, and chasten me not in Your burning anger.” Psalm 38:1 NASB Wrath – “Rebuke me not in Your wrath” we read in English. But the Hebrew is more dramatic. The first word is the prefix “not.” David has fixed the emphasis on what is most desperately needed. “YHVH,…
Like organ music and Baroque cathedrals. Here in Eger, Hungary, we were privileged to listen to a private concert (there were only 3 of us in the audience) in this church. It was quite inspiring. I thought you might like to hear a few stanzas.
“O LORD, rebuke me not in Your wrath, and chasten me not in Your burning anger.” Psalm 38:1 NASB O LORD – The Hebrew text does not use the word “Lord.” It uses the personal name of God, a name that is never spoken among the Jews today. Worshippers were careful to substitute the word “Lord” whenever…
“O LORD, rebuke me not in Your wrath, and chasten me not in Your burning anger.” Psalm 38:1 NASB Rebuke me not– Have you ever prayed like this: reaching the point, long after the Lord redeemed you, long after you recognized your sinful condition and your desperate need for grace, you are still overwhelmed by the…
But these men revile the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed. Jude 1:10 NASB Like unreasoning animals– Jude’s little letter is unusual. It references material outside the canon. It contains hints of late additions to historical matters. But most of all, it…
So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:34 NASB Do not worry– Why does the biblical worldview seem so impossible to put into practical application? How can Yeshua say that we should not worry about tomorrow, that we should constantly forgive, that we are not…
I gave a lecture on institutional terrorism. I used images from famous churches here in Europe, pointing out that from the first time a child entered these sanctuaries he would be confronted with images of terrible torture for all those who did not profess Jesus as Savior. The most powerful of these was in the…
“Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’” Isaiah 58:9a Then– When does God guarantee He will answer our prayers? The prophet Isaiah provides the answers. The people voice their concern: “Why have we fasted and You do not see? Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?” God replies:…
