“Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, so that I am a burden to myself?” Job 7:20 NASB Watcher of men – May Your desire overtake my desperation, Lord, and when it does I will delight in You. But not tonight….
When the disciples heard this, they fell face down to the ground and were terrified. Matthew 17:6 NASB Terrified – We live in a visual world. Tele-transportation of visual images has altered the face of our reality. In fact, even what used to be ordinary audio communication has now been converted into visual display of…
You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? Matthew 7:16 NASB Fruits – Of course we all know that the real test of faithfulness to God is found in the fruit of one’s life. Love, joy, peace, long-suffering; all that good stuff we…
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned— Romans 5:12 NASB Death – “The death of the soul is never quick. It is a slow dying, a succession of little deaths that continues until we wake up one…
“What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.” Hosea 6:4 NIV What – Victim: a person harmed, injured or killed as a result of a crime, accident or other event; a person who is duped or…
“When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.” Matthew 6:5 NASB Pray – You can’t speak Italian like…
My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your glory all day long. Do not cast me off in the time of old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails. Psalm 71:8-9 NASB Not forsake – Hebrew poetry puts words in order of importance, not English syntax. Our translations rearrange the words…
Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the grasp of the wrongdoer and ruthless man, Psalm 71:4 NASB Rescue me – Rescue is a very practical experience. It isn’t to be found in the next world. There is little point in waiting to die so that you can…
Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come; You have given commandment to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress. Psalm 71:3 NASB Commandment to save me – The NASB translation is a bit awkward. What does it mean for David to say that God has given…
In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed. In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; Incline Your ear to me and save me. Psalm 71:1-2 NASB Righteousness – The Tanakh’s parallel to Yeshua’s parable. Yeshua tells a story about a common man and a religious authority. The religious authority…
