And man wears away like rot, like a garment eaten by moths. Man born of woman, scant of days and sated with trouble, like a blossom he comes forth and withers, and flees like a shadow—he will not stay. Job 13:28-14:2 Robert Alter Wears away – Maybe you have to live a long time to…
But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your power; do to her what is good in your sight.” So Sarai treated her harshly, and she fled from her presence.Genesis 16:6 NASB In your power – Abram is a man caught in the middle. Not standing up for God’s promise in the first place has…
Surely you set them in slippery places; you cast them down into ruin. How they are brought into desolation in a moment, utterly consumed with terrors! Psalm 73:18-19 Hebrew World translation Terrors – What does Asaph have to do with the prayer of Jabez? You will have to read both in Hebrew to know the…
