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  • End of the Line – David and Job

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    And now, Lord, for what do I wait?  My hope is in You.  Psalm 39:7  NASB For what – Remember that Hebrew has no punctuation.  No commas.  No question marks.  And “Lord” isn’t found in the middle of the sentence.  So, is this, “For what do I wait?” or is it, “And now that I wait,…

  • Maybe, Maybe Not

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    And now, Lord, for what do I wait?  My hope is in You.  Psalm 39:7  NASB For what – Remember that Hebrew has no punctuation.  No commas. No question marks.  And “Lord” isn’t found in the middle of the sentence. So, is this, “For what do I wait?” or is it, “And now that I wait, Lord, my hope…

  • The Wrong Question

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    What is man that You take thought of him, and the son of man that You care for him? Psalm 8:4 What – The Hebrew word mah is an indefinite interrogative pronoun that means “what?”  But “what” isn’t right in this verse.  The Hebrew translation is correct, but the cultural transposition isn’t.  “What is man?”…