For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You do not take pleasure in burnt offering. Psalm 51:16 NASB Do not delight – How often we’ve heard the claim that the sacrificial system no longer applies. After all, David himself tells us that God doesn’t take any pleasure is the religious ritual of slaughtering animals for…
Broken What story do you see? Memories – Transitions – Disclosure – Revelation – Discovery Outside it seems tragic. Once a place of productive work, now abandoned. Purposeless. Reminders of life that no longer thrives. Broken. Shattered. Empty. Black tears staining pink skin below the rusted frames, weeping for the loss. But maybe it says…
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. Psalm 51:17 NASB Broken and contrite – How would you recognize a broken and contrite heart? Is this just some kind of inner psychological state, a feeling you experience? Is it spiritual depression or humility?…
Make me to hear joy and gladness, let the bones which You have broken rejoice. Psalm 51:8 NASB You have broken – Broken bones and a broken heart. David eventually connects the two (as we will see in verse 17), but he starts with the impact of sin before he can reach the reconciliation of…
O God, You have rejected us. You have broken us; You have been angry; O, restore us. Psalm 60:1 [English] NASB Angry – Emotionally-charged breathing. That’s the metaphorical intention of the use of ‘ap, the Hebrew word associated with nostril or nose. Hebrew is an intensely tactile language, employing dozens of idioms and metaphors from…
The sorrows of those who have bartered for another god will be multiplied Psalm 16:4 Multiplied – Life without the Lord is increasingly miserable. That’s the biblical message. It sometimes doesn’t appear that way. After all, the systems of this world support rebellion against God, rewarding those who actively engage in disobedience. But, as the…
