Today’s Word
Inside Job
Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, and in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom. Psalm 51:6 NASB Innermost being/ hidden part – Psalm 51 is infamous for its most controversial verse, number 5. You probably know it from memory (“Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived…
Nothing to Wear
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. Ephesians 6:11 NIV Full armor – Body armor. Every civilization has some form of personal physical protection. Paul uses a term that was quite familiar to his audience. After all, they observed the Roman legionnaire’s equipment daily. The…
The Problem
In the beginning . . . let him go up! Genesis 1:1a – 2 Chronicles 36:23c NASB In the beginning/ go up – These are the first and the last words of the Tanakh: be-rēʾ šît; yāâl. In the beginning God assents to descend, voluntarily creating a universe with agents who are capable of resisting…
Unbreakable
But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who swears by Him will glory, for the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped. Psalm 63:11 NASB Swears – If you want to tie someone down, what is the most powerful restraint you can use? Certainly not rope. Maybe steel shackles? Titanium? Nope, none of these will…
God of Slaughter
They will be delivered over to the power of the sword; they will be a prey for foxes. Psalm 63:10 NASB Delivered over – The Hebrew verb here is nāgar. It literally means “to pour down,” like spilling water on the ground. According to TWOT, it is a word of mourning and judgment, occurring only ten times in…
Even Stranger
But those who seek my [f]life to destroy it, will go into the [g]depths of the earth. Psalm 63:9 NASB Life/depths – Did you notice the two footnotes in this verse from the NASB? The tiny (f) and (g) indicate that the translators want the reader to notice something about the Hebrew words. But if you looked at…
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