Today’s Word
The Silent Majority
I will meditate on Your precepts and [f]regard Your ways. Psalm 119:15 NASB Meditate – I think we’ve thoroughly modernized this one. Even Alter writes, “Let me dwell on Your decrees.” Both terms (meditate and dwell) move the thought from verbalization to contemplation. Both ignore the oral culture of the 10th Century B.C.E. Notice Cohen’s remark about the…
What’s It Worth
I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, as much as in all riches. Psalm 119:14 Testimonies – The bet section of this extended acrostic gives us four terms for God’s instructions in addition to the general category torah. They are: ḥōq (statute), mišpāṭ (ordinance), miṣwâ (commandment), and ʿēdût (testimony). The root of “testimony) is…
Pay It Forward
With my lips I have told of all the ordinances of Your mouth. Psalm 119:13 NASB I have told – Oral transmission. How often we forget that Israel’s ancient cultural was oral. Yes, of course, the fundamentals were written on those stone tablets, but the transmission of the message, the training in righteousness, the legacy and history…
The Consequences of Confession
Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, I implore you, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and give praise to Him; and tell me now what you have done. Do not hide it from me.” Joshua 7:19 NASB From me – מִמֶּֽנִּי “from me.” Notice the personal character of this request. First, it’s not…
Where Rust Does Not Corrupt
I have treasured Your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against You. Psalm 119:11 NASB Treasured – Do you have some treasure? Want to keep it safe? You’ll have to put it where thieves can’t steal it, where moths can’t eat it, and where the elements can’t corrupt it. Where do you…
Search more than 7000 word studies here
Recent Today’s Word
- Force Majeure
- The Other Side of the Coin
- Nourishment in the Desert
- Is the Bible for Scholars?
- Pe
- Step Two
- Consequences
- Manipulating the Word Order
