Today’s Word
The Eternal Optimist
Those who love Your Law have great peace, and nothing causes them to stumble. Psalm 119:165 NASB Nothing – Wouldn’t that be nice? Wouldn’t you jump at the chance to have “great peace; to live a life where nothing ever caused you to trip up”? Sounds like paradise, or maybe heaven. But it certainly doesn’t sound…
The Call to Prayer
Seven times a day I praise You because of Your righteous judgments. Psalm 119:164 NASB Seven times a day – Travel nearly anywhere in the region once the home of the psalmist and you will hear the call of the minaret. Five times a day the wailing of the muezzin emanates from those tall towers dotting…
Abomination
I hate and loathe falsehood, but I love Your Law. Psalm 119:163 NASB Loathe – As you will recall, we encountered the English translated word “loathe” in verse 158. There we discovered that the Hebrew qûṭ meant “intense disgust, repulsion,” in other words, something that makes you sick to your stomach. Now we have the same English word,…
Reward for the Conqueror
I rejoice at Your word, like one who finds great plunder. Psalm 119:162 NASB Plunder – The poet expresses a feeling we might find embarrassing. We don’t usually relish in taking booty from invasions. So, we’ll have to reach way back in that collective unconscious to resurrect the exuberance that comes from the destruction of an enemy and…
Shin
Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your words. Psalm 119:161 NASB שָׂ֭רִים רְדָפ֣וּנִי חִנָּ֑ם (ומדבריך) [וּ֝מִדְּבָרְךָ֗] פָּחַ֥ד לִבִּֽי Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your words. שָׂ֣שׂ אָ֭נֹכִי עַל־אִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ כְּ֝מוֹצֵ֗א שָׁלָ֥ל רָֽב I rejoice at Your word, like one who finds great plunder. שֶׁ֣קֶר שָׂ֭נֵאתִי וַאֲתַעֵ֑בָה תּוֹרָתְךָ֥ אָהָֽבְתִּי…
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