An Empty Life

Turn my eyes away from looking at what is worthless, and revive me in Your ways.  Psalm 119:37  NASB Worthless – “That the primary meaning of šāwʾ is ‘emptiness, vanity’ no one can challenge. It designates anything that is unsubstantial, unreal, worthless, either materially or morally. Hence, it is a word for idols (in the same way…

Seeing What Isn’t There

Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, and revive me in Your ways. Psalm 119:37 NASB Vanity – Take a look at your life. Take a hard look! How much of what you “see” is really worthless, false or empty? How much of it is just the same squirrel cage routine? How much of…

Dismissed!

Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, and revive me in Your ways. Psalm 119:37 NASB Looking at vanity – The NIV renders the verse, “Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.” A footnote explains that two manuscripts of the Masoretic text and the Dead Sea scrolls…