You are good and You do good; teach me Your statutes. Psalm 119:68 NASB Are/ do – In order to see what’s happening in this verse, we need to look at the Hebrew. טוֹב אַתָּ֥ה וּמֵטִ֗יב לַמְּדֵ֥נִי חֻקֶּֽיךָ Let’s transliterate and follow the Hebrew syntax: “Good You and doing (causing) good; teach me statutes Yours.” You will…
I gave them My statutes, and made my judgments known to them, by whose observance man shall live. Ezekiel 20:11 (Hebrew World) Man – Perhaps you find this statement in Ezekiel as startling as I do. God, speaking to disobedient Israel, has the perfect opportunity to clear up the issue of Torah application. He could…
The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. Psalm 19:8 (Hebrew World translation) Right – Take a piece of paper at least 10 inches wide. Now cut a perfectly straight line across that paper. I’ll bet you can’t do it without a straight-edge…
