Psalms 27:2: “When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.” One thing about reading a passage of Scripture from my Hebrew Bible is that I suddenly become aware of little nuances that I never pick up in reading the English
Psalms 27:1 “The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” “The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid.” Yesterday I spoke of the first word for fear in this
Psalms 27:1 “The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” Here is something curious, fear and afraid, same thing, right? In English it is, yet in the Hebrew there are two different words. Only 7,500 words
Psalms 103:22: “Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.” The phrase all His works appears to be pretty comprehensive. Logically, it would seem that the places of His dominion has already been covered. I mentioned in the last chapter that all His
Psalms 103:22: “Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.” As we reach the conclusion of the Psalms where David is exhorting everyone and their mother to bless the Lord he is now calling upon all of God’s works to bless or praise
Psalms 103:21: “Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.” I was always taught that the host of heaven are angels. So if we were to translate the word melekin the previous verse as angels then who makes up the host. I know many will point
Exodus 21:32: “If the ox gores a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.” Jewish tradition teaches something called a remez. Remez means a hint. In other words when you read a passage like Exodus 21:32 you find a hint
I Chronicles 12:32: “And the children of Issachar which were men that had understanding of the times to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred and all their brethren were at their command.” “These are times which try men’s soul.” Thomas Paine – “Crisis” “Many wearing
Ezekiel 33:32: “And, lo, thou [art] unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.” If the nightingales could sing like you They’d sing much sweeter than they do For
Psalms 103:20: “Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.” I don’t know if it just me or do others wonder about things like I do. What I wonder about in this verse is David ordering the angels around. Is he
