Sponteneous?

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

In the morning, O Lord, You will hear my voice; in the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch. Psalm 5:3 NASB Order my prayer – First, a modest correction. “My prayer” is not found in the text. It might be that the context is correct, but the verse reads, “I will order toward you.” Once we remove the…

Looking Up

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.   Psalm 5:3     Wait in Expectation – Translating an idiomatic expression always entails difficulties.  The translator wants to be true to the original language but, at the same time, knows that a literal translation…