Text and Transmission

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

From the openings of the righteous ones is heard her voice; and from the congregation of the pious ones her song.  Psalm 154:12  DSS The righteous ones – Go ahead.  Look this psalm up in your Bible.  Ah, wait a minute.  It isn’t there.  In the Masoretic text there are only 150 psalms.  But the…

Get Thee Behind Me

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

The debased in his eyes is repugnant but to LORD-fearers he accords honor.  When he vows to his fellow man, he does not revoke it.  Psalm 15:4  Robert Alter Repugnant – The NASB translation offers some synonyms that help us understand the sense of this verse: “A despicable person is despised in his eyes, but…