The True Judge

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

God, You know my folly, and my guilt is not hidden from You.  Psalm 69:6 [Hebrew Bible]  Robert Alter Not hidden – True confession.  David admits his “folly.”  God knows all about this ʾiwwelet.  These are acts that display moral stupidity, not simply ignorance.  This man actually knows what he is doing isn’t proper.  He’s…

The Moral Outcast

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness.  Psalm 38:5  NASB Wounds/ foolishness – Umbrellas.  That’s how you must think when it comes to Hebrew vocabulary.  Big umbrellas.  Lots of space underneath.  Lots of places for words to shift and change and rearrange.  And all that moving around means we might find something important in the…