Getting to know the Heart and Mind of Jesus Christ from Psalm 119
Translation from one language to another will necessarily often be imprecise. This is certainly true in the translation of Greek into English (or any other language), or ancient Hebrew into English (or any other language). There is often not a precisely equivalent word in English for the original ancient Hebrew word. The common practice among […]
I have found the real original meaning of a particular word used in verse 16 to be very insightful as to the depth and passion of what Jesus is expressing in his prayer to His Father in this verse. The Hebrew is: בחקתיך אשתעשע לא אשכח דברך Which gets transliterated as: Buh-choo-koe-tay-chah eshuh-tah-ahz-shah loe-eshuh-kahch duh-var-eh-chah . Literally this means: […]
This blog post continues from last week with my answer to the question, “What do I do with Psalm 119?” A few points of review from last week’s blog post: Psalm 119 was the daily devotional prayer of Jesus Christ; and I recognized that ONLY Jesus could, and ever would be able to, pray some […]
Part 1: What do I do with Psalm 119? (What should I do in response to what I read in Psalm 119?) As I spend more and more time in Psalm 119, I keep banging up against this question of what should I do with Psalm 119. How am I supposed to respond? For the past 5 years, most of my […]
Verse 12 (of Psalm 119) in the Hebrew puzzles me. It says (transliterated here): Literal translation: To kneel (or bless) You, YHWH Teach me (through doing/experiencing) your statutes. This often gets translated into English as: Blessed be You, YHWH, Teach me your statutes. The two words in the above English translation that are not quite correct […]
Verse 12 (of Psalm 119) in the Hebrew puzzles me. It says (transliterated here): Barooch Atah YHWH Lamadeni Huqechah Literal translation: To kneel (or bless) You, YHWH Teach me (through doing/experiencing) your statutes. This often gets translated into English as: Blessed be You, YHWH, Teach me your statutes. The two words in the above English translation […]
About three months ago, I began memorizing Psalm 119 in the original Hebrew. This has been a very interesting project and so far I am only up to verse 12. Here are some things that account for my apparent slow progress: When I began, I did not know Hebrew. I did not even know the […]
I have prepared a ten-minute video Q&A interview containing the following advice regarding how to get the most from this book: Why should you read this book? What benefit is there in it? How God’s Grace and God’s Law fit together for a Christian. Advice on how to get the most out of this book. […]
If you went back in time 2,000 years to the dusty roads of Galilee and Judea, and had an opportunity to walk beside Jesus, and ask Him any of these questions, what would His answers be? “Lord, what are you thinking about right now?” (Hint: The answer is ALWAYS the same.) “Lord, what is it in […]
Here is an excerpt from the book on the commentary included for Psalm 119:1. א Aleph (1) – Theme: The importance of having the right desire “Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the YHWH.” (NIV) Hebrew Literal: “The blessed [are] blameless in their ways Who walk in the law of YHWH.” Meditations and commentary: […]