My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten Your words. Psalm 119:139 NASB Because – ṣāmat – put an end to, cut off, destroy.[1] The opening verb in the verse. “The verb is a very strong word for destruction or for completely silencing someone.”[2] What has been cut off, completely destroyed? “Zeal– qinʾâ.” The Hebrew…
Save me from the mire, that I not drown. Let me be saved from my foes and from the watery depths. Let the waters’ current not sweep me away and let not the deep swallow me. Psalm 69:15-16a [Hebrew Bible] Robert Alter Save me – Back to the beginning. The metaphor of drowning is still…
Rescue me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I have sunk in the slime of the deep, and there is no place to stand. I have entered the watery depths, and the current has swept me away. Psalm 69:2-3 [Hebrew Bible] Robert Alter To stand – “Wade in the water” are…
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