Today’s Word
The Self-Help Bible
For the LORD is a sun and a shield, the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly. Psalm 84:11 ESV Walk Uprightly – The Bible is the world’s only guaranteed self-help book. There are lots of competitors, of course. Just browse any bookstore online or in…
Your Tent
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. Psalm 84:10 NASB Tent – David’s choice of ‘ohel (tent) might be considered typical. After all, the word is used 340 times in…
Outside the House
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. Psalm 84:10 NASB Stand at the threshold – How about you? Do you think that a day in God’s courts is better than…
Poetic License
They go from strength to strength, Every one of them appears before God in Zion. Psalm 84:7 NASB Every one of them – I hope that this phrase, “every one of them,” is in italics in your Bible. Why? Because it does not appear in the Hebrew text. The text simply reads, “They go from…
Road Map
How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the highways to Zion! Psalm 84:5 NASB Highways to Zion – Would you prefer glossy or matte? Why do I ask? Because this verse is the “glossy” version. It adds “to Zion.” In other words, it glosses the word mesillot to…
End of the Road
For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life; 2 Corinthians 1:8 NASB Despaired – If you read Paul’s statement in English, you think that there was a moment in…
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