Street Cleaner

They cried for help, but there was none to save, even to the Lord, but He did not answer them. Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the mire of the streets. Psalm 18:41-42 NASB Emptied them out – How long have you carried the enemies…

Asaph Again

“You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread.  As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt.  None shall appear before me empty-handed.”  Exodus 23:15  ESV Empty-handed – “In vain I kept my heart pure,”…

Missing Out

But in vain I kept my heart pure and in innocence washed my palms.  Psalm 73:13  (translation – Robert Alter) In vain – “I’d like to believe what you believe,” he said.  “You seem to have a kind of stability in life.  But if I decided to live like you, I’d miss out on a…