Today’s Word
Missing Ingredients
In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. Psalm 109:4 ESV I give myself to – Reading this verse presents a dilemma. Are we to accept the gloss (the additional words) of the translation because it makes sense to us or are we to reject the gloss and end…
Syntax Correction
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth! Psalm 57:11 ESV Over – As we know very well, in languages without punctuation, emphasis is indicated by word order. What matters most usually comes first. So when we translate Hebrew expressions into English, the word order is often rearranged…
Change of Perspective
For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Psalm 57:10 ESV Heavens/ Clouds – shamayim and shehaqim describe David’s new perspective. But considering the circumstances, this is quite a shock. David is sitting in a cave! Is he viewing the clouds, enjoying the sun, gazing at the heavens? No. …
Universal Language
I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations. Psalm 57:9 ESV Peoples/ nations – What’s the difference? People or nation? Why make this distinction, especially when we realize in Hebrew it is only the difference between Ayin and Aleph (Ayin-Mem = people, Aleph-Mem…
Weighty Matters
Awake, my glory! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. Psalm 57:8 NASB My glory – Did you find David’s expression a bit unusual? Is he foreshadowing Maslow or Shakespeare? Does he mean that his glory, the importance of his own self-esteem, needs to find expression (Maslow) or is he using the phrase…
The Sleeper
Awake, my glory! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. Psalm 57:8 NASB Awake – So you’re hiding from your enemies. You’ve found a nice hole in the ground and you’ve covered yourself in darkness. You’re safe. Then you realize, just as Elijah did, that all the threats that seeks to harm you…
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