Today’s Word
Why Bother?
This will be written for the generation to come, that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord: Psalm 102:18 NASB To come – The psalms were written thousands of years ago. They reflect a political kingdom culture, a Semitic people, a nomadic cult; in a word, a world totally unlike ours. Yet we read them today…
Facetime
He has turned His attention to the prayer of the destitute and has not despised their prayer. Psalm 102:17 NASB He has turned His attention to – Isn’t it nice that Hebrew can communicate so many English words in a single verb and paint a tactile picture for us at the same time? One word, pānāh, incorporates…
Showing Off
For the Lord has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory. Psalm 102:16 NASB Has appeared – Reputation! That’s the deciding factor. If God doesn’t fortify His chosen servant/warrior, then God’s reputation among the other kings will be sullied. “Don’t do it for me,” writes the poet. “Do it for Yourself. You will be glorified among the kings…
A Non Sequitur?
So the nations will fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth, Your glory. Psalm 102:15 NASB So – When we use the English word “so” as a conjunction, we assume that the statement is the consequence of a previous thought. This is the way Paul uses the Greek gar in Romans. …
City Sights
Surely Your servants take pleasure in her stones, and feel pity for her dust. Psalm 102:14 NASB Take pleasure/ feel pity – Taken out of the context of metonym, this verse doesn’t make much sense. Consider its surface meaning. When you walk through the City of David (Zion), would you find favor in the stones…
Number 2
You will arise and have compassion on Zion; for it is time to be gracious to her, for the appointed time has come. Psalm 102:13 NASB Be gracious – “Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, ‘The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in faithfulness and truth;’” (Exodus 34:6). What’s number 2 in God’s self-disclosure? The first…
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