Sustain me according to Your word, that I may live; and do not let me be ashamed of my hope. Psalm 119:116 NASB Do not let me be ashamed – One of the most terrifying words of the Tanakh is bôš. It means “be ashamed, put to shame, disconcerted, disappointed.” In the ancient world, shame was not an…
And in fasting I wept for my being—it became a reproach for me. I made sackcloth my garment and became for them a byword. I was the talk of those who sit in the gate, the drunkards’ taunting song. Psalm 69:11-13 [Hebrew] Robert Alter Wept for my being – You will remember Alter’s comment that…
Moreover, the Lord said, “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with heads held high and seductive eyes, and go along with mincing steps and jingle the anklets on their feet, the Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs, and the Lord will make their foreheads bare.” Isaiah 3:16-17 NASB Make their foreheads…
My tongue also will tell of Your righteousness all day long; for they are put to shame, for they are humiliated who seek my harm. Psalm 71:24 NASB Put to same/ humiliated – Ah, we’re back at the beginning, a great place to end. What is the result of being “redeemed,” that is, becoming a soldier in…
All day long my dishonor is before me and my humiliation has overwhelmed me, Psalm 44:15 NASB Humiliation – Psalm 44 is a plea for divine intervention. It’s not a petition to be forgiven. It’s a complaint that even though the children keep the Father’s commands, they are still “sent like sheep to the slaughter.” It…
“Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done? They certainly were not ashamed, and they did not know how to blush;” Jeremiah 8:12 NASB Blush – Why don’t we know how to blush? Actually, I’m afraid we do know the feeling. We just suppress it in order to pursue the yetzer ha’ra. But…
“Fear not for you will not be put to shame; neither feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced; but you will forget the shame of your youth, . .” Isaiah 54:4 NASB Neither feel humiliated – The translation of ve-al-tikalmi as “neither feel humiliated” shifts the paradigm from a Hebrew point of view to…
“Fear not for you will not be put to shame; neither feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced; but you will forget the shame of your youth, . .” Isaiah 54:4 NASB Put to shame – Humiliated, shamed, wounded in spirit and soul – have you been the victim of such powerful emotions? It…
