The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!Berean Standard BibleThe fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!King James ...
(1)The Lord's.--The majesty of Jehovah as Lord of the universe is a reason to the psalmist for insisting on rectitude and sincerity in those who become His worshippers. St. Paul uses the same truth, referring to this place (1Corinthians 10:26), to show that all things are innocent ...
This is true for us today; wealth is not the way. A loving relationship with God is the way, one that is faithful and true. Note that our trust in the Lord is foremost and is protective and secure. An alliance with the nations will fail if we do not firstly trust in God, and the...
Based on his experience, the psalmist generalizes about God’s just dealings with people (vv. 25-27) and about the way in which God typically empowers him on the battlefield (vv. 28-29). The Hitpael stem is used in vv. 26-27 in a reflexive resultative (or causative) sense. God ...
It’s a Privilege to Pray Featured Posted onFebruary 14, 2011 1 God sits on His throne in His temple. Jesus sits beside Him, vigorously pleading for those He loves. For us. The Holy Spirit is there too. On our behalf He utters groans that words cannot express. And then there’s you...
An Israeli soldier prays toward Jerusalem wearing a tallit (prayer shawl). Then Daniel did what Moses and the psalmist often did but many of us often don’t do. Danielappealed to God’s reputationas the reason for restoring His people to His city of Jerusalem: ...
Or, as the Psalmist sings: As they pass through the dry Valley of Baca, it becomes a place of springs; the early rain fills it with pools. (Psalms 84: 6) Makkah never had, nor does it have now, any worldly inducement to offer for settlement. It is a barren, desolate place, where...
his truths, or delighting in his service; they form a Divinely appointed standard of experience, by which we may judge ourselves. Their value, in this view, is very great, and the use of them will increase with the growth of the power of true religion in the heart. By the psalmist's...
We carry this precious Message around in the unadorned clay pots of our ordinary lives. That’s to prevent anyone from confusing God’s incomparable power with us. As it is, there’s not much chance of that. You know for yourselves that we’re not much t
Or, "hallelujah". This is properly the title of the psalm: Aben Ezra says it is a word of the psalmist; it shows that all that a good man is, has, or does, is from the Lord; and therefore his name is to be praised: and he is not only to be praised for his perfections and ...