I was foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before you. Psalm 73:22 Hebrew World translation Beast before – It’s worth noting that Asaph uses the plural word behemot (beasts) with a singular verb (hayiti). Asaph isn’t just one animal before the Lord. Literally, he says, “I became (was) beasts with (not “before”) You.” …
I was foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before you. Psalm 73:22 Hebrew World translation Beast – In Hebrew Man is never classified with the animals. Let’s say that again. No place in Scripture can you find any reference at all that justifies calling Man one of the animals. Hebrew makes a clear…
Her princes inside her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves . . . Zephaniah 3:3 Roaring Lions/Evening Wolves – “The hunger of the powerful knows no satiety; the appetite grows on what it feeds. Power exalts itself and is incapable of yielding to any transcendent judgment; . . . It is the bitter…
And Solomon sought to put Jeroboam to death. I Kings 11:40 Sought – What a sad and tragic end of the man who had everything! Too often we think of Solomon’s wisdom, wonders and wealth. We forget how far he fell. The last recorded event of his life stands in utter opposition to the humble…
