What Matters

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips will praise You.  Psalm 63:3 NASB Better – Let’s correct the syntax.  ki-tov comes first.  “Because good” Your ḥesed me ḥayyîm.  The last phrase (me ḥayyîm) adds the “than life” part.  Min is the preposition of comparison, in this case ki-tov me becomes “better than.”  But min…

The Good, the True, and the Beautiful

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips will praise You.  Psalm 63:3  NASB Better than – kî ṭôb pens the Psalmist.  “Better than.”  Better than what?  mē ḥayyîm, he replies. ḥesed is kî ṭôb mē ḥayyîm.  ḥesed is better than life! That is a powerful claim!  Do we really think that ḥesed is better…