I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me. Psalm 119:93 NASB Revived – The Hebrew verb ḥāyâ has a wide range of meanings: “live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live forever. Also be quickened, revive from sickness, discouragement, or even death.”[1] As if that weren’t enough, there are…
I shall delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word. Psalm 119:16 NASB Not forget – Victor Hamilton’s remark in TWOT is crucial. We have the tendency to think of “forget” as a mental lapse, but he makes it quite clear that this is not the biblical usage. šākaḥ is an action verb. Forgetting is…
The sons of Ephraim were archers equipped with bows, yet they turned back on the day of battle. They did not keep the covenant of God and refused to walk in His Law; they forgot His deeds and His miracles that He had shown them. Psalm 78:9-11 NASB Turned back – You’re in the fight of your life. It might seem calm…
I am forgotten as a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel. Psalm 31:12 NASB Forgotten– The screenwriters of the movieTroy brilliantly captured the great Greek question mark of life. In a conversation between Achilles and his mother, she describes Greek angst perfectly. Listen: What is the worst thing that can befall a…
