The Psalmist puts rest and refreshment first because this is the way God deals with us so often. His blessings span the years. When we look back over life, the trials are out-weighed by His love. “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning” (Psalm 30:5). No ...
Psalm 50:6 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here. Psalm 50:6 in all English translationsActs 14:17 New International Version 17 Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; ...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionKeep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.New Living TranslationKeep your servant from deliberate sins! Don’t let them control me. Then I will be free of...
The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20. p Pr 5:22 q Nu 16:30 Pr 5:5 r Job 8:13 s Ps 25:3 Ps 39:7 Ps 71:5 Pr 23:18 Je 14:8 t Ps 9:12 Ps 74:19 u Ps 3:7 v 2 Ch 14:11 w Ps...
Psalm 19[a] For the director of music. A psalm of David. 1The heavensdeclarethe glory of God; the skiesproclaim the work of his hands. 2Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. 3They have no speech, they use no words; ...
Verse 1. - Why do the heathen rage? The psalmist writes with a vision before his eyes. He "sees Jehovah upon his throne, and Messiah entering upon his universal dominion. The enemies of both on earth rise up against them with frantic tumult, and vainly strive to east off the fetters ...
The psalm concludes with important realism for life by pointing out two ways where we will find joy in the midst of dealing with difficulty day after day after day. First in verse 16 it says, Let your deeds be shown to your servants, ...
In the style of Hebrew poetic parallelism, verse 4 follows upon and builds upon meaning of verse 3. The Most Important Verse? In the “about” section of this site, I acknowledged two articles (found online) by James Limburg and by David Barker. Limburg writes about the importance of ...
One day tells its tale to another and one night imparts knowledge to another, although they have no words or language, and their voices are not heard, their sound has gone out into all the lands, and their message to the ends of the world. -- Psalm 19:2-
In my adult years, the term wish would change in language for me, but not in its meaning. A wish now is an act of faith. Faith – the act of believing something is possible even without any assurance. Faith has been such a painful journey. Learning to walk by faith would come in ...