Deuteronomy 29:10-11: “Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, [with] all the men of Israel, Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that [is] in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:”
Psalm 17:5: “Hold up my goings in thy paths that my footsteps slip not.” “I thought I understood, but I do not understand His ways.” General Lee after the Battle of Gettysburg. Most modern translations render this as a statement of fact rather than a request. The word hold up is in
Psalms 31:10, “For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.” David is saying that his life is filled with grief. Some translations say it is filled with pain, others say sorrow, another will say misery. There is
Psalms 55:23: “Cast your burden on the Lord and He will sustain you. He will never permit the righteous to be moved (collapse).” There is the story in the Talmud of a poor man who had no wagon or donkey to carry his heavy bundles. He had to carry the load on his back
Ecclesiastes 5:19: “Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth and hath given power to eat thereof and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labor, this is the gift of God.” Ecclesiastes 6:2: “A man to whom God has given riches, wealth and honor so that he
Ecclesiastes 4:5: “The fool folded his hands together and eats his own flesh.” I don’t know about you but I find the English translation of this verse to be a bit creepy. Still I suppose I should start with the literal interpretation of this passage. Most our commentaries tend to agree that the
Psalms 22:3 “But thou art holy, O thou that inhabits the praises of Israel.” KJV Psalms 22:3 “You are enthroned as the Holy one, you are the praise of Israel.” NIV Psalms 22:3: “But thou dwellest in the Holy place, the praise of Israel.” Douay Psalms 22:3: “And thou art holy,
Psalm 20:1 “The Lord will hear you in the day of trouble, the Name of the God of Jacob will defend you.” “There are only two ways to live your life, one is as though nothing is a miracle and the other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein “Earning
Matthew 1:18. “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.” There is the general belief that the name Mary in the Hebrew is Miriam. The problem with this is that
Psalms 19:14: “Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to thee O’Lord my strength and my redeemer.” I may be wrong but looking at this verse grammatically, I do not see this in a cohortative (request) form. The verse starts simply: “The words of my mouth and
