Audience Involvement

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you, I will also help you, I will alsouphold you with My righteous right hand.  Isaiah 41:10  NASB Also – Let’s make sure we understand the context.  Isaiah 41:8 provides it.  “But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I…

The Promise (4)

“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”  Isaiah 41:10  NASB Strengthen– This verb, ʾāmēṣ, is a Pi’el perfect.  That means in this case it is an intensive, active,…

Untranslatable

For God alone my soul waits in silence, from Him comes my salvation.  Psalm 62:1  ESV (English text) Alone – What does it mean to wait on God alone?  We probably think this means that we are waiting for God and no one else.  He must answer.  No one else will do.  That’s at least…

Hebrew Certainty

Surely you set them in slippery places; you cast them down into ruin.  How they are brought into desolation in a moment, utterly consumed with terrors!  Psalm 73:18-19  Hebrew World translation Surely – What do you know for sure?  What is it that absolutely cannot be doubted?  That is a question that has plagued the…

Hebrew Certainty

Surely you set them in slippery places; you cast them down into ruin.  How they are brought into desolation in a moment, utterly consumed with terrors!  Psalm 73:18-19  Hebrew World translation Surely – What do you know for sure?  What is it that absolutely cannot be doubted?  That is a question that has plagued the…