Psalms 12:1: “To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.” The word sheminith means the eighth and is believed to refer to the eight cords or strings of the harp in The Sanctuary. I was
Psalms 11:5: “The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.” I really hate when our Modern Translations use the word hate in association with God. I mean if He can hate even a violent person then what is it going to take for Him
I am finishing up a new book with a working title of When A Hebrew Word Hits the Road Bringing Biblical Hebrew Words to 21st Century Christian Living. Below is taken from one of its chapters. Psalms 30:5 “For His anger is but for the moment, His favor is for a life time. Weeping may
Isaiah 48:11: “For my own sake, (even) for my own sake, will I do it; for how should my name be polluted? And I will not give my glory to another.” Wow, this is really telling about God. The prior verse declares that He will test us in the fires of affliction and now in
1Samuel 16:7: “But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.” With very few exceptions every modern
Daniel 6:3: “Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes because an excellent spirit was in him and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.” In Daniel 12 we learn that Daniel was granted privileged information that was to be sealed up until the end of times. What
Amos 4:4: “Come to Bethel, and transgress, To Gilgal, and multiply transgressions: And bring your sacrifices in the morning. And your tithes after three days. Well, there is a lot of revival buzz going on in the Midwest. As I understand this revival began with an unassuming Amish man in Indiana, just your average Joe,
Psalms 81:9: “There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.” I read this verse in my Hebrew Bible before going to bed this evening and I could not sleep. It is getting very late but I just cannot sleep until I feel some peace about this verse.
Psalms 69:2: “I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.” This Psalm is attributed to David but many scholars do not believe it was written by David as the style of Hebrew that is used seems to predate
Isaiah 48:10: “Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” Someone on my blog asked me to comment on this verse. The really wonderful thing about writing a blog as opposed to speaking before a live audience is that when someone asks me a
