miṣwōt

  • Step Two

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Therefore I carefully follow all Your precepts concerning everything, I hate every false way.  Psalm 119:128  NASB Carefully follow – Step one: recognize that the miṣwōt are designed to ensure the success of society.  Step two: do them!  Now you know why ʿǎl-·kēn opens each of these last two verses in this section of the acrostic.  There’s no…

  • Consequences

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Therefore I love Your commandments above gold, yes, above pure gold.  Psalm 119:127  NASB Therefore – Why does the psalmist begin this verse with עַל־כֵּן (ʿǎl-·kēn means “for that reason, therefore”)?  What is the “therefore” there for?  It immediately tells us that as a consequence of the previous verse, the following statement is supplied.  In other…