Everyman’s Song

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Hear this, all peoples; Listen, all inhabitants of the world,  Psalm 49:1 (English) NASB All inhabitants – The Bible might have been written for God’s chosen people, Israel, but, fortunately, it also contains crucial lessons for everyone else.  We don’t have to be Jewish to learn what God wants us to know.  We just have to…

The Sound of One Hand Clapping

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

He subdues peoples under us and nations under our feet. Psalm 47:3  NASB Subdues – You wouldn’t notice it in English, but there are a lot of unusual things about this song of praise.  The first oddity is David’s choice of amim for “peoples.”  Since David describes the triumph of God’s chosen over the other…