A Stinking Mess (2)

Lord, why do You reject my soul?  Why do You hide Your face from me?  Psalm 88:14  NASB Reject – The Hebrew zānaḥ has two root meanings.  The first is as it is translated here: to reject, spurn, cast off.  But the second adds a bit to our emotional understanding of this word.  zānaḥ II means, “to stink,…

A Stinking Mess

Lord, why do You reject my soul?  Why do You hide Your face from me?  Psalm 88:14  NASB   Reject – The Hebrew zānaḥ has two root meanings.  The first is as it is translated here: to reject, spurn, cast off.  But the second adds a bit to our emotional understanding of this word.  zānaḥ II means, “to…

Phenomenology

Have not You Yourself, O God, rejected us? And will You not go forth with our armies, O God? Psalm 60:10 NASB Rejected us – David returns to rejection. This same verb is found in the opening verse (after the prologue). Zanah means, “to reject, to spurn, to cast off.” It involves strong dislike and…