Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts;Psalm 139:23 NASB Search me– Don’t forget the context. We have a tendency to pull this verse from its context in the psalm and concentrate on the emotional appeal for God to look deeply into our hearts to purify us. In…
O that You would slay the wicked, O God; depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed. Psalm 139:19 NASB Would slay– When you woke up this morning, did you think to yourself, “Oh, my, God has been so faithful to draw my life out of the past and return it to me today.” Perhaps you began with: Modeh ah-nee…
His heart is upheld, he will not fear, until he looks with satisfaction on his adversaries. Psalm 112:8 NASB With satisfaction – When you read this verse, what do you think it means? Does it mean that the man of God will find recompense for the abuse he has suffered at the hands of the wicked? Does it mean that…
But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He? (I am speaking in human terms.) Romans 3:5 NASB Inflicts wrath – Is it right for God to inflict wrath (Greek – epipheron orgen)? That might sound like a rather silly question,…
Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord, and the justice due me escapes the notice of my God”? Isaiah 40:27 NASB Due me – Biblical justice is exactly the opposite of the guiding principle of American jurisprudence. The assumption of guilt is the determining factor…
Roderick Logan posted a very important comment to the Today’s Word “Love Justice.” So important that I wanted all of you to see it. It is a reference to an article by Caroline Glick about the current suffering in Israel. Here is the link.
Then the word of the Lord came to Zechariah saying, “Thus has the Lord of hosts said, ‘Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother; and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’ Zechariah…
However, because by this deed you have given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born to you shall surely die. 2 Samuel 12:14 NASB Die – Tell me how this can be fair? David deliberately sins with Bathsheba. In fact, King David commits several crimes worthy of…
Who understands the power of Your anger and Your fury, according to the fear that is due You? Psalm 90:11 NASB Power – Read the first verse of this psalm. No, not the first English verse. Read the first verse in the Hebrew text. Let me help you: tefillah le-Moshe ish ha-Elohim (A prayer of…
I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. Song of Songs 1:5 ESV But – Look at the translation of this verse in your Bible. Is the conjunctive translated as “but” or as “and”? In some editions, you will find that the vav…
