Today’s Word
In the Beginning
Even the darkness is not dark to You, and the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You. Psalm 139:12 NASB Alike to You– Well, not exactly. You see, the Hebrew construction doesn’t actually contain the words “alike to You.” They have been added in order to parallel the opening phrase. The…
Make a Choice
If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, and the light around me will be night,” Psalm 139:11 NASB If– Is it really hypothetical? Do we really only imagine a darkness that overwhelms? The translator, also a reader (see yesterday’s Today’s Word about the role of the reader), apparently reads this poem as a theological proclamation of God’s…
The Essential Ambiguity
Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me. Psalm 139:10 NASB Lay hold– I could hide in the twilight. I could flee to end of the sea. But the result will be the same. YHVH is there. The only question is why He is there. Is He there as guide and…
Before We See
If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, Psalm 139:9 NASB Wings of the dawn– Twilight is a time of strange visions. It’s that time just before the sun breaks the horizon or just after the sun hides behind the edge of the world. When Hebrew…
Where God Isn’t
If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. Psalm 139:8 NASB Behold– We’ve looked at this verse several times.[1]Our previous investigations concentrated on the use of She’ol and its distinction from the contemporary idea of Hell. But this time we’ll look at the tone of the verse,…
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