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Psalm 119:57 – Still Mine!
You are my portion Lord.I have said that I will keep your word. It’s interesting to look at multiple translations of this. Many of these translations reflect ways in which my meditation was going even before I read them. Some are straightforward, such as the NRSV: “The LORD is my portion; / I promise to…
Psalm 119:102 – You Have Taught Me
I do not turn aside from your judgments,for you have taught me. A couple of days ago, meditating on Psalm 119:99, I discussed teachers. I mentioned the idea briefly of allowing the Holy Spirit to be the teacher. I want you to notice the form of this verse. The second half is not an accomplishment…
Psalm 119:142 – Eternal
We may not always comprehend God or eternity and thus an eternal law. But we can set forth and live it nonetheless.
Psalm 119:54 – Songs
Your statues have been my songsIn my home away from home. Mitchell Dahood (Psalms III in the Anchor Bible), suggests: “Your statutes have been my defenses, / in the house of my sojourning.” He gets the translation “defenses” via Ugaritic. It’s interesting to see some alternatives in the way we translate Hebrew poetry. It is…
Genesis 1:1-2:4a from the Daily Study Bible
This is a day late, but the text for Sunday, the key text for the lesson, was the creation story of Genesis 1. This is a summary of what I taught, and some notes on what I didn’t. For obvious reasons, we discussed Hurricane Dorian. By Sunday morning we were pretty sure we would not…
