groaning

  • Hunger Strike

    For my groaning comes at the sight of my food, and my cries pour out like water.  Job 3:24  NASB Groaning – Before we tackle the participle “groaning,” let’s understand the context.  The NASB translates the opening of this verse as “at the sight of my food,” but the Hebrew is perhaps more poignant.  Literally, it reads…

  • The Dead Speak

    Because of the loudness of my groaning my bones cling to my flesh.  Psalm 102:5  NASB Loudness – Read this again.  How can the volume of my groaning be the cause of bones clinging to flesh?  Does sound have anything to do with the consequences of malnutrition?  In fact, severely malnourished human beings, bones exposed because of…

  • Useless Supplication

    “and this is another thing you do; covering the altar of YHWH with tears, with weeping and groaning; because He no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.” Malachi 2:13 Weeping and Groaning – Is God without compassion?  As Paul would say, “May it never be!”  God reveals Himself filled…