Today’s Word
Hebrew Certainty
My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises! Psalm 57:7 NASB Steadfast – To put it bluntly, Greek certainty is cognitive, Hebrew certainty is volitional. In Greek thought, certainty is a function of justified true belief. It is the attempt to determine rational, logical conclusions…
Hebrew Justice
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they dug a pit before me; they themselves have fallen into the midst of it. Selah. Psalm 57:6 NASB Into the midst – The fundamental principle of biblical justice is “measure for measure.” This idea can be found throughout Scripture. We notice…
David’s Benediction
Be exalted above the heavens, O God; Let Your glory be above the earth. Psalm 57:5 NASB Glory – We need to know all that we can about God’s glory. Of course, that implies a stern warning. Get too close and you will be burned. The purity of His glory extinguishes life. That itself is…
Psychological Paradigms
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth! Psalm 57:5 ESV Be exalted – All contemporary models of psychological practice are based on a Greek paradigm of cause and effect. Basically, they all seek to understand causes in order to alter effects. From pharmacology to Freudian analysis, the…
The End of the World
My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts – the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords. Psalm 57:4 ESV Children of man – Who are the lions in your life? Who are the fiery beasts? Whose spears and arrows must you…
Pilate’s Problem
He will send from heaven and save me; He reproaches him who tramples upon me. Selah. God will send forth His lovingkindness and His truth. Psalm 57:3 NASB Truth – “What is truth?” the man asked. Pilate’s question is still with us. He was a conventionalist. Truth is what he decided was truth. It was…
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