The Sound of One Hand Clapping

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

He subdues peoples under us and nations under our feet. Psalm 47:3  NASB Subdues – You wouldn’t notice it in English, but there are a lot of unusual things about this song of praise.  The first oddity is David’s choice of amim for “peoples.”  Since David describes the triumph of God’s chosen over the other…

Two For The Money

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

YHWH, in Your strength the king rejoices and in Your deliverance how he rejoices greatly!   Psalm 21:1 (my translation) Rejoices – English just doesn’t cut it.  English is a language focused on things.  So, we have dozens of words to distinguish slight variables in things.  Just think about the many different words we have that…