999.9

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Your word is very pure, therefore Your servant loves it.  Psalm 119:140 NASB Pure – Think of the ways we use the word “pure.”  “Pure as the driven snow.”  “Pure white.”  “Guaranteed pure.”  “Pure breed.”  Then there’s the jeweler’s view.  When is something “pure gold”?  24 karat and 999.9 fineness are considered pure gold, but in fact…

The Psychology of Exegesis

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

This is my comfort in my misery, that Your word has [s]revived me.  Psalm 119:50 NASB Comfort/misery – The NASB translation renders the Hebrew ʿŏnî as misery.  This derivative comes from the root (ʿānâ) III, afflict, oppress, humble.[1]  “The primary meaning of ʿānâ III is ‘to force,’ or ‘to try to force submission,’ and ‘to punish or…