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  • Death Wish Denied

    “Oh, that my request might come to pass, and that God would grant my hope! Oh, that God would decide to crush me, that He would let loose His hand and cut me off! But it is still my comfort, and I rejoice in unsparing pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.”  Job 6:8-10 …

  • The True Judge

    God, You know my folly, and my guilt is not hidden from You.  Psalm 69:6 [Hebrew Bible]  Robert Alter Not hidden – True confession.  David admits his “folly.”  God knows all about this ʾiwwelet.  These are acts that display moral stupidity, not simply ignorance.  This man actually knows what he is doing isn’t proper.  He’s…

  • Chthonic Mysteries

    My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;  Psalm 139:15  NASB In the depths of the earth– Did you think the Psalmist was writing about personal, human birth?  Perhaps you even read it as God’s inspired statement about your birth.  The Psalmist certainly is…