Psalm 119:45 Sought your commands: the psalmist strives to understand the meaning of the Scriptures and make them his rule of life (see vv. 94, 155; see also Ps 111:2; Ezr 7:10; Sir 51:23; Isa 34:16). Such a study is at the origin of the Midrashic literature. Psalm 119:48 ...
The meaning of the text is uncertain. Perhaps the idea is that they lay claim to heaven (i.e., speak as if they were ruling in heaven) and move through the earth declaring their superiority and exerting their influence. Some take the preposition ב (bet) the first...
The word is singular in the original text, "the wicked one"; meaning either Saul, who was David's enemy without a cause, and did very wickedly and injuriously by him, whom he might expect God in due time would take out of the world; though he did not choose to lay his hand on ...
[15] This translation assumes that the primitive meaning of the verb r?mah is was slack. Certainly the root idea of the word (comp. the cognate r?phah and the meaning of the derivation in Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 12:24) seems to have been relaxation. That turned back, both here and...
their lives unfolded, meaning and purpose came from discovering the assignment for which they were created. Existentialism teaches that regarding humanity there are no eternal essences from the hand of the Creator which precede existence; you exist first, then it is the responsibility of each person...
But when we avail ourselves of God’s influence day-by-day and step-by-step, the law of entropy has no effect on our souls. The Amplified Version expands the meaning: “The steps of a [good and righteous] man are directed and established by the Lord, And He delights in his way [an...
110:7 Who drinks from the brook by the wayside: the meaning is uncertain. Some see an allusion to a rite of royal consecration at the Gihon spring (cf. 1 Kgs 1:33, 38). Others find here an image of the divine warrior (or king) pursuing enemies so relentlessly that he does not sto...
Psalm 49:5.The iniquity of my heels(ormy sup- planters, or of those who have trodden on me). This explanation of the phrase (Syriac and most others) suggests the meaning of “evil days—days of adversity,”i. e.not adverse times simply, but those in which bad men abuse their power...
Title - To the chief Musician upon Gittith. Very little is known of the meaning of this title. We have given the best explanation known to us in connection withPsalm 8in Vol. 1 of this work. If it intended to indicate a vintage song, it speaks well for the piety of the people for...
The meaning of the text is uncertain. Perhaps the idea is that they lay claim to heaven (i.e., speak as if they were ruling in heaven) and move through the earth declaring their superiority and exerting their influence. Some take the preposition ב (bet) the first line ...