Ps 103:1: “ A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name.” All that is within me bless his holy name. I wonder what I have inside of me that can bless the name of the Lord. Why does he not say with
Psalms 91:5: “Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; [nor] for the arrow [that] flieth by day;” night,terror Matthew 15:2: “Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.” I have read a number of commentaries on what they
Ecclesiastes 4:5: “The fool folded his hands together and eats his own flesh.” This could sound a bit creepy if you read it literally. Obviously this is a metaphor. Most of our commentaries tend to agree that the writer is basically saying that there are people who feel the world owes them a living.
Ezra 4:4: “Then the people of the land weakened the hands of Judah and troubled them in building.” As I read the news coming out of Israel today and I see the tensions growing between the government of the United States and Israel, I cannot help but wonder if history is just not repeating
Ps 98:8 Let the floods clap [their] hands: let the hills be joyful together. Let me share with you something interesting as I read my Hebrew Bible sitting here by a stream flowing from the mountain. The word for floods in Hebrew is naharot which comes from the root word nahar which means
