I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, and my sorrow grew worse; Psalm 39:2 NASB Mute and silent– When YHVH uses more than one word to communicate a single idea, we pay very close attention. For example, Genesis 1:26 uses two words to describe the image of God in Man. They aren’t simply synonyms. The differences…
I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, and my sorrow grew worse. My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned; Psalm 39:2-3a NASB Sorrow – We investigated this verse on September 6. Here it is again, just so we can keep working verse by verse through this psalm. Listen! Silence is a good…
I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, and my sorrow grew worse. My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned; Psalm 39:2-3a NASB Silent– Listen! Silence is a good thing, right? Don’t we long for an escape from the din around us? The traffic, the elevator music, the indecipherable human clamor of…
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. Psalm 32:3 NASB About my sin – You know that translators and editors add words to the text to “make it flow” better in English. But sometimes they add entire thoughts. This appears to be one of those times. Yes, it’s true that…
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. Psalm 32:3 NASB Silent – David knew the truth about being silent. We might think his verse in the psalms is about his sin, but this is a general truth that applies to any action or event that isolates us from others and…
When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered with thunder. Exodus 19:19 NASB With thunder – Months ago we looked at the difficulties with the translation of this verse (CLICK HERE). Perhaps you might be inclined to read that analysis again. Today we will investigate a second, but…
For the lead player, on jonath elem rehokim, a David michtam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Psalm 56:1 (Hebrew text translated R. Alter) jonath elem rehokim – In your English Bible, this verse probably isn’t numbered. In addition, your Bible probably offers some phrase about a dove or murmurs to something at a…
To you I will cry, YHWH my rock. Do not be silent to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I become like those who go down into the pit. Psalm 28:1 Pit – When God does not speak, I exist in a spiritual dungeon. It takes some deliberate concentration to discover this reality,…
