Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is right for those who love Your name. Psalm 119:132 NASB As is right for – Now we discover just how broad Hebrew words can be. The phrase “as is right for,” in the the Chabad translation (“Turn to me and favor me as is Your…
Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to You I cry all day long. Psalm 86:3 NASB Be gracious – Some days it just feels like the world is conspiring against us. Some days we are overwhelmed with troubles. They might be the result of our own mistakes or they might seem to be the…
Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. Psalm 25:16 NASB Be gracious – Do you deserve God’s help? Most of us will answer, “No.” We know our failings only too well. If God rewards those who are obedient, we strike out. In fact, according to Paul, everyone does. There’s…
It is well with the man who is gracious and lends; He will maintain his cause in judgment. Psalm 112:5 NASB Gracious – Exodus 34:6 and 7 are crucial verses. They communicate God’s own self-description. The words He uses as He passes by Moses reveal the character of the God we serve, worship, and love. If a…
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord gives grace and glory; no good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly. Psalm 84:11 NASB Grace – Day 10. We have taken time to examine ourselves. We put aside some of our theological constrictions in order to feel the heart of…
Turn to me and grant me grace, for alone and afflicted am I. Psalm 25:16 Robert Alter translation Turn – We just want to see a smile. We want to look on the face of the Lord and see Him smiling. Growing up under the Roman idea of God as Judge, we have buried deep…
The Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; Numbers 6:25 ESV Gracious – The Hebrew word is hanan. This single word describes an elaborate picture. It creates an image of two parties; one who has a gift to give and the other who is in desperate need of the…
And YHWH was gracious to them, and pitied them, and turned toward them, for the sake of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and was not willing to destroy them not to cast them out from His presence as yet. 2 Kings 13:23 Gracious – God’s keeps His promises even when circumstances might warrant…
