Relating to Psalms
15 as it is said:Today if you should hear[1] his voice,
Do not harden your hearts as during the rebellion.[2]16 For who were those who heard and rebelled? Was it not everyone who came out from Egypt by means of Moses? 17 And with whom was he[3] angered for forty[4] years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the ...
Translation
12 Take care, [a] brothers and sisters, so that there will not be in any of you an evil faithless heart by which to fall away [b] from the living God, 13 but encourage one another every day [c] as long as the day is still called Today, [d] so that none [e] from among you become hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we become participants ...
Translation
7 For this reason, just as the Holy Spirit says:
Today, if you hear his voice,
8 Do not harden [1] your hearts as in the rebellion
during the day of testing [2] in the wilderness,
9 where your fathers did put me to the test [3] and saw my works 10 for forty years.
Consequently, I was offended by that [4] generation,
and said, "They always are led astray by their heart
and they ...
Translation
11 For both he who sanctifies [a] and those who are sanctified [b] are all of one. For this reason, he is not ashamed [c] to call them brothers 12 saying:
[d] I proclaim your name to my brothers,
In the midst of the church I will sing your praises. [e]Commentary[a] ??????? "of pers. consecrate, dedicate, sanctify, i.e., include in the inner circle of what is holy, in ...
For those who enjoy context, our scripture readings this morning at St. John's were Acts 1:1-14; Psalm 47; 1 Peter 4:12-19; and John 17:1-11. ]now HT: St. John's Episcopal ...
Translation
13 And when has he said to any of the angels:[a] [b]Sit my right hand,
until[c] I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.[d] 14 Are they not all ministering[e] spirits who are sent to serve for the sake of[f] those who will[g] inherit salvation?Commentary[a] Compare ???? ??? ????? ???? ??? ??????? in v 5 with ???? ???? ?? ??? ...
Translation
11 They will perish, but you will remain,
and like a garment everything will wear out.
12 Like a cloak you will roll them up, [1] and like a garment [2] they will be changed;
however, you are the same
and your years will not expire.Commentary[1] ??????? (??????) to roll up. Metzger notes two manuscripts (?* D*) read ????????, while all other text times ...
Translation
8 And unto the son:
"Your [1] throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. For this reason, [2] God, your God, anointed you, with the olive oil of exultation beyond [3] your companions." [4]Commentary[1] ??? ? ???? See note in Metzger's Textual Commentary. To ...
Translation
5 For when has He said to any of the angels,
"You are my son,
today I have begotten you"? [1] Or again,
"I will be to him a father,
and he will be to me a son"? [2]Commentary[1] Directly quoted from Psalm 2:7 LXX.
[2] Directly quoted from 2 Samuel 7:14 ...
Translation2 For the fire (which made the appearance of a vaulted ceiling, [1] like a ship's sail being filled by wind) completely enclosed [2] the body of the martyr. It was there in the midst of the flames, not as burning flesh, [3] but as gold and silver being smelted in a furnace. For we also noticed such a fragrance ...
Psalm 98:1-3 (NRSV)123God's salvation is not simply a thing announced, but a 'wrought' reality. In saving us, God truly does certain deeds, 'wondrous things,' by which we are redeemed. God saves man by the forceful intrusion of His holiness into man's history. God's arm is a metaphor of this irrupting redemptive holiness. In the 'wondrous things' of the Incarnation, the ...
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1 For the choirmaster, to David for a memorial offering.
2 O Lord, make your purpose to save me!
O God, take heed for my aid!
3 Let those who seek my life be put to utter shame, [a]
Let those who desire evil against me be turned back and be deeply shamed. [b]
4 Let the shameful ones, who are saying to me "Well ...
The following is a recent translation of Psalm 70 from the Hebrew of BHS:
(i) To the Choir Master. For David. For the memorial offering.[1]
(1) O God, make haste to deliver me;
O YHWH, make haste to help me!
(2) Let those who seek my life
be ashamed and disgraced.
Let those who desire my distress
be turned back and humiliated.
(3) ...
Although I was miserable and poor, God did think upon me. As according to the extent in which any one is afflicted, so is he despised by the world, we imagine that he is disregarded by God, we must, therefore, stedfastly maintain that our miseries in no respect produce on the part of God a feeling of weariness towards us, ...
This is a fine meditation for those who would understand the gravity of their sin and the magnanimity of their savior.From Psalm 130, written by Martin Luther (1523), melody by Martin Luther (1524).From the depths of woe I raise to thee
the voice of lamentation;
Lord, turn a gracious ear to me
and hear my supplication:
if thou iniquities dost mark,
our secret sins and ...
In the last episode we focused on the idea of blessing and tried to understand it in its Biblical context. We said that it was essentially the promised result of covenant obedience and its corollary was and is cursing as the promised result of disobedience.Psalm 1 begins by introducing to us the Man of Blessing, the Blessed One. ...
A Fork in the RoadMy wife and I lived for a couple of years in Eastern Europe. While there we visited Prague, Czech Republic. Like many of these very old European cities the roads were narrow, curved, and labyrinth-like. Their angular jutting forth reminded us that there was certainly a time before the automobile. We were seeking a restaurant that ...
This is the first of several posts on psalm 1. I will update the list of posts below as we go so that this post will serve as you virtual table of contents.
A Fresh Translation
Covenantal Connections
The Man of ...
