And even when I am old and gray, God, do not abandon me, until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to all who are to come. Psalm 71:18 NASB Until – When is it over? Ah, you know there’s no such thing as retirement in this Kingdom. It’s not over until the fat lady sings. When you…
God, You have taught me from my youth, and I still declare Your wondrous deeds. Psalm 71:17 NASB I still – The Hebrew word is just a tiny add-on, ʿad, stuck in the middle of ve-ăd- hēnnāh (“and still”) I declare. You can see that there’s something odd about this. Hebrew uses two words (ăd- hēnnāh) to…
If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You. Psalm 139:18 NASB Still– Yesterday we noticed a shift in the emotional direction of this poem. David’s initial concerns about the constraint of divine knowing have changed to praise for God’s revelation. We discovered that David considers God’s purpose intrinsically valuable. He…
Let the one who does wrong, still do wrong; and the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let the one who is righteous, still practice righteousness; and the one who is holy, still keep himself holy. Revelation 22:11 NASB Still – Just keep going in the same direction and you will arrive at…
He leads me beside the still waters Psalm 23:2 Still – Actually, the Hebrew word here isn’t “still,” although that could be one of the nuances. The word is menuhot (plural) from nuah (to rest, to repose, to be quiet). It is the same root that produces Noah, the man who brought rest to the world (although,…
