Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 NIV Pure – Scrubbed! But not just on the outside (although that is also included). At least that’s the way we usually think about a “pure” heart. We are reminded of Yeshua’s insight about the exterior and interior of the pot. The Hebrew verb is ṭāhēr. The verb…
Wash me thoroughly from my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. Psalm 51:2 NASB Wash/ cleanse – David employs two verbs in this verse. They don’t mean the same thing. The first, translated “wash,” is kābaš. “This root occurs fifty-one times, all in verbal forms. Of these, all but nine appear in the Pentateuch, thirty-one…
“Can mankind be righteous [h]before God? Can a man be pure [i]before his Maker?” Job 4:17 NASB Mankind/ man – As we learned yesterday, the Hebrew verse encompasses three important parallels. We have isolated two of them for investigation. We discovered that ʾĕnôš and geber, both translated “mankind,” actually reveal ethical and ontological distinctions that bolster Eliphaz’ argument. But…
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. Psalm 51:2 NASB Wash – Clean clothes! Not clean body. Let’s be sure we appreciate the difference. Kabas is the Hebrew verb for “to wash, to be washed, to perform the work of the fuller,” that is, to launder clothing in cold water…
