deep darkness

  • The Poet’s Proclamation

    May darkness and black gloom claim it; may a cloud settle on it; may the blackness of the day terrify it.  Job 3:5 NASB Black gloom – ṣalmāwet.  An unusual Hebrew word.  A terrifying word.  Not just deep shadow but rather “the shadow of death.” צַלְמָוֶת (ṣalmāwet). Deep darkness. (ASV prefers “the shadow of death” and…

  • Open Air Theology

    Sustain me so that I may be safe, that I may have regard for Your statutes continually.  Psalm 119:117  NASB May be safe – If you read the Hebrew text, you’d recognize this verb immediately, not as “may be safe” but rather as “be saved.”  It is the verb yāšaʿ from which we derive the name Yeshua. …

  • Six Feet Under

    “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”  Psalm 23:4  Woman’s Day Death – After that rant about Deuteronomy 31:8 you’re probably wondering why I would ever decide to pick another “out of…