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Matthew 5:10
Many are my persecutors and my enemies, yet I do not turn aside from Your testimonies. Psalm 119:157 NASB Persecutors – The Beatitudes are not Greek blessings. They are Hebrew character descriptions. If you don’t connect this verse in the Psalms with Yeshua’s remarks on the hillside, you’ve missed something important for both verses. Let’s start with Matthew…
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Born Again
Great are Your mercies, Lord; revive me according to Your judgments. Psalm 119:156 NASB Mercies – The first thing you need to know about God is His compassion. The second thing you need to know is that you can’t completely understand His compassion unless you’re a mother. Why? Because the Hebrew term raḥămîm isn’t just about…
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Fences and Ladders
Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek Your statutes. Psalm 119:155 NASB Far from – As you know, English translations often rearrange the Hebrew syntax so that the resulting statements are grammatically correct. When this happens, the emphasis and contrasts of Hebrew are typically lost. In a way, it’s inevitable since transitioning from…
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Next of Kin
Plead my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word. Psalm 119:154 NASB Redeem – The close-by-ness God listens. In fact, He listens even when we argue. That’s the sense of “plead my cause” (rîbā(h)’ rîbî). You might understand it better if we didn’t use synonyms: “Argue my argument.” The word is used twice. The…
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