Today’s Word
Back to the Garden
My flesh trembles from the fear of You, and I am afraid of Your judgments. Psalm 119:120 NASB I am afraid – Something is wrong here. If we follow the NASB, we think that in his current condition the psalmist is terrified of God’s judgments. That’s what the present tense of these two verbs sāmar (to tremble)…
The Difficult Verses (2)
You have removed all the wicked of the earth like impurities; therefore I love Your testimonies. Psalm 119:119 NASB All the wicked – Well, I certainly wish this were true. Perhaps some day it will be, but right now this statement seems as fictitious as you could imagine. I can’t think of any period in any culture in human…
The Difficult Verses (1)
You have rejected all those who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is useless. Psalm 119:118 NASB Rejected – This is a verse we might want to erase, especially after a few centuries in the evangelical world. Is it true that God has rejected all those who do not follow His ḥōq? Remember what ḥōq means? …
Open Air Theology
Sustain me so that I may be safe, that I may have regard for Your statutes continually. Psalm 119:117 NASB May be safe – If you read the Hebrew text, you’d recognize this verb immediately, not as “may be safe” but rather as “be saved.” It is the verb yāšaʿ from which we derive the name Yeshua. …
The Company You Keep
Leave me, you evildoers, so that I may comply with the commandments of my God. Psalm 119:115 NASB Leave me – soor. Leave, go away, depart. Yes, but also “to turn off (lit. or fig.):—be [-head], bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get [you], go (aside), × grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck…
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