Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever mine. Psalm 119:98 NASB For they are ever mine – We might think that the last part of this verse is straightforward. No matter if the first part is a comparative or (syntax rearranged) a declaration of need, at least the last part seems…
They stand this day by Your ordinances, for all things are Your servants. Psalm 119:91 NASB They – The odd thing about pronouns is that without a reference point we have little idea what they actually mean. If I were to write, “He said something critically important,” but I didn’t tell you who “he” is, how could…
They have surrounded me like water all day long; they have encircled me altogether. Psalm 88:17 NASB They – Suddenly, a change. Through seventeen verses the psalmist has decried God’s absence. His lament holds Godresponsible for the sorry state of his life, for the nearly impossible burden he must carry, for the approach of death. But now,…
They have surrounded me like water all day long; they have encircled me altogether. Psalm 88:17 NASB They – Suddenly, a change. Through seventeen verses the psalmist has decried God’s absence. His lament holds God responsible for the sorry state of his life, for the nearly impossible burden he must carry, for the approach of death. But now,…
