Daleth

My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to Your word.  Psalm 119:25  NASB Clings – Before we start the next “chapter” of this poem, let’s take a quick look at the letter Daleth.  Here’s the text of this section: דָּֽבְקָ֣ה לֶֽעָפָ֣ר נַפְשִׁ֑י חַ֜יֵּ֗נִי כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ דְּרָכַ֣י סִ֖פַּרְתִּי וַֽ֜תַּֽעֲנֵ֗נִי לַמְּדֵ֥נִי חֻקֶּֽיךָ דֶּֽרֶךְ־פִּקּוּדֶ֥יךָ הֲבִינֵ֑נִי וְ֜אָשִׂ֗יחָה בְּנִפְלְאוֹתֶֽיךָ דָּֽלְפָ֣ה נַ֖פְשִׁי…

Stuck on You

My soul clings [e]to You; Your right hand upholds me.  Psalm 63:8  NASB Clings – You know this verb.  It’s used in the famous marriage verse, Genesis 2:24.  “For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.”  Of course, the NASB translation changes…

Solomon’s Secret

Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the sons of Israel, “You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after…