The Turning Point

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“And now, Lord, for what do I wait?  My hope is in You.”  Psalm 39:7  NASB For what – Remember the punctuation.  Hebrew doesn’t have any.  So the phrase, ma(h)-q-qiwwiti, could be a question or it could be a statement, like, “I wait for.”  Or it could be, “Now, Lord, what.  I wait.”  The verb is qāwâ,…

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…