Pride of Ownership

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

I am Yours, save me; for I have sought Your precepts.  Psalm 119:94  NASB I am Yours – While the English captures the idea, the Hebrew isn’t quite so straightforward.  The phrase is lekā-‘ănî’.  It’s really a preposition (l – “to, towards, in regard to”) and two pronouns (kā – you, and ănî  – I).  Literally, “to…

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BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

You are good and You do good; teach me Your statutes. Psalm 119:68  NASB Are/ do – In order to see what’s happening in this verse, we need to look at the Hebrew. טוֹב אַתָּ֥ה וּמֵטִ֗יב לַמְּדֵ֥נִי חֻקֶּֽיךָ Let’s transliterate and follow the Hebrew syntax:  “Good You and doing (causing) good; teach me statutes Yours.” You will…