Today’s Word
The Eternal God
In time of old You founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. Even they will perish, but You endure; all of them will wear out like a garment; like clothing You will change them and they will pass away. But You are the same, and Your years will not come to an end. …
Up, Up, and Away
I say, “My God, do not take me away in the middle of my days, Your years are throughout all generations. Psalm 102:24 NASB Take me away – When you read this verse, does it seem like a non sequitur? What does “Your years are throughout” have to do with “don’t take me away”? Of course, God is…
Wild Horses
He has broken my strength in the way; He has shortened my days. Psalm 102:23 NASB Has broken – Read it again. What does the psalmist mean? Has God “broken” the poet? Has He shattered his strength? Has God ridden the wildness out of you? Did you buck and kick and finally submit? Is that what…
Us and Them
So that people may tell of the name of the Lord in Zion, and His praise in Jerusalem, when the peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord. Psalm 102:21-22 NASB So that people may tell of – Brevity. That’s what’s happening here. In Hebrew, לְסַפֵּר (le-saper). One verb plus the conjunction. And the verb is not conjugated. It’s…
Sons of Men
For He looked down from His holy height; from heaven the Lord looked upon the earth, to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to set free those who were doomed to death, Psalm 102:19-20 NASB Those who were doomed – There’s a little footnote next to these words in the NASB. Read it! Why? Because the Hebrew text is not “those…
The Pearly Gates
For He looked down from His holy height; from heaven the Lord looked upon the earth, to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to set free those who were doomed to death, Psalm 102:19-20 NASB Heaven – Early Hebrew thought says almost nothing about heaven or hell. The ideas of eternal bliss in some celestial realm and eternal punishment in a…
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