Psalms 2:11: “Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling. Do you realize there are over 16 words in the Hebrew for rejoice or joy. How many words do we have in English for joy? Whatever is important in a culture is reflected in the language. Perhaps joy is just not important in
Luke 12:20, “But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?” In reading this passage in my Greek New Testament I noticed something that does not appear in most English translations. The usual rendering is “this night
Psalms 90:16-17: “Let thy work appear unto they servants and they glory unto they children. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.” This Psalm was written by Moses, he
Psalm 29:11: “The Lord will give strength to His people and the Lord will bless His people with peace.” In both cases where David says: The Lord he is using the name Jehovah (YHWH). When David uses the name Jehovah (YHWH) he is doing so to express his intimacy with God. In fact throughout
Psalms 103:1 “Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name.” “Man is not complete until he has a mate, then he is finished.” Translated from Jewish Literature I translated the above statement from Jewish literature which was written in the Aramaic. Actually, the word complete is used twice in the
Exodus 14:14: “The Lord will fight for you and you shall hold your peace.” “If I see ten problems walking down the road toward me, I can be confident that nine will fall into a ditch before they reach me.” President Calvin Coolidge Yesterday I faced a problem that just sapped me of
Deuteronomy 8:6:“Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.” I John 4:18: “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: Because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.” I believe I should
“Numbers 27:15-16: “And Moses spoke unto the Lord saying: ‘Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh set a man over the congregation.” Since we were introduced to Moses in the Book of Exodus, there is one phrase that is repeated over and over. In fact it is repeated 175 times.
Numbers 10:35-36: “Whenever the ark set out, Moses said: ‘Arise O’Lord let the enemy be scattered, may your foes flee before you.’ Whenever it came to rest, he said: ‘Return Lord to the countless thousands of Israel.’” This passage is set off in the original scrolls with two inverted nuns. They appear in some
Proverbs 18:10, “The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.” The pessimist says, “It can’t get worse,” the optimist says, “Yes it can.” – unknown Yesterday a small group of us got together to do a study at the Buzz Café in Oak Park.
