Today’s Word
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“Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet of My head; Judah is My scepter.” Psalm 60:7 NASB Mine – Perhaps one of the most significant and shortest Hebrew words is li, the combination of the preposition le and the pronoun ani. Literally, “toward I” or “from I,” the result is…
The Word of the Lord
God has spoken in His holiness: “I will exult, I will portion out Shechem and measure out the valley of Succoth.” Psalm 60:6 NASB In His holiness – dabar YHVH. The word of the Lord. Isn’t that enough? YHVH spoke the cosmos into existence. His word carries power and glory. Isn’t it enough to simply…
The Wide Way
That Your beloved may be delivered, save with Your right hand, and answer us! Psalm 60:5 NASB Save – YHVH saves those He loves. “Your beloved” is yedideka. TWOT’s analysis is worth reviewing: This noun is primarily employed to describe the nation of Israel (or Judah) and individuals as those who are greatly loved by…
Seeing Is Believing
You have made Your people experience hardship; You have given us wine to drink that makes us stagger. Psalm 60:3 NASB Experience Hardship – When the Tanakh uses the verb ra’a in the Hiphil tense, the idea is to be caused to see, to make one feel or know. God makes His people feel. He…
God Over All
You have made the land quake, You have split it open; heal its breaches, for it totters. Psalm 60:2 NASB Heal its breaches – Sticking with the military context of verse 1, the ESV translates repah as “repair.” The walls have fallen. Lord, repair them. But the word is primarily about healing and is applied…
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