Today’s Word
Safe Room
You are my protection and my shield; I hoped for Your word. Psalm 119:114 Chabad Protection – Interpretive translation. That’s when the translator decides that the reader isn’t smart enough to understand the text as it is written and so he interprets the text by changing the translation so that it actually becomes the meaning…
Samekh
I hate those who are double-minded, but I love Your Law. Psalm 119:113 NASB סֵֽעֲפִ֥ים שָׂנֵ֑אתִי וְֽתוֹרָֽתְךָ֥ אָהָֽבְתִּי I hate those who harbor iniquitous thoughts, but Your Torah I love. סִתְרִ֣י וּמָֽגִנִּ֣י אָ֑תָּה לִ֜דְבָֽרְךָ֗ יִחָֽלְתִּי You are my protection and my shield; I hoped for Your word. ס֣וּרוּ מִמֶּ֣נִּי מְרֵעִ֑ים וְ֜אֶצְּרָ֗ה מִצְוֹ֥ת אֱלֹהָֽי Go away from me,…
The Slippery Slope
I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes forever, even to the end. Psalm 119:112 NASB Inclined – How many times have you heard a warning about “the slippery slope”? It usually concerns some action you’re about to take that will inevitably lead to more bad things. The idea is that a small change causes other small…
Pass It On
I have inherited Your testimonies forever, for they are the joy of my heart. Psalm 119:111 NASB Inherited – Two or three words matter here. The first is nāḥal (to inherit), the second is the familiar ʿēdût (testimony), and the third is joy (śāśôn). First, nāḥal. “The verb nāḥal basically signifies giving or receiving property which is…
Not Quite
The wicked have set a trap for me, yet I have not wandered from Your precepts. Psalm 119:110 NASB Trap – The Hebrew word translated “trap” is paḥ. It is literally a snare for birds. Its root is pāḥaḥ, to ensnare. Why would we want to be sure that we understand its use before we use “trap.” …
Whose?
My life is continually in my hand, yet I do not forget Your Law. Psalm 119:109 NASB Continually in my hand – Do you find this verse rather odd? After all the deference to God’s sovereign governance, we would expect that psalmist to say that his life is entirely in God’s hand, not his own. So, what’s happening…
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