_LORD, WHO SHALL ABIDE IN THY TABERNACLE? WHO SHALL DWELL IN THY HOLY HILL?_ Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? The Lord's abode is represented by the "tabernacle," wherein His worshippers had communion with Him. In it they only 'sojourned' [as the Hebrew literally means - _ GUWR _ (H1481)],... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE THAT WALKETH UPRIGHTLY, AND WORKETH RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND SPEAKETH THE TRUTH IN HIS HEART._ He that walketh uprightly, х_ TAAMIYM_ (H8549)] - sincerely, without guile or hypocrisy, in worshipping God, and loving one's neighbour: the opposite of a "double heart" (Psalms 12:2). AND WORKETH RIGHTEOU... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE THAT BACKBITETH NOT WITH HIS TONGUE, NOR DOETH EVIL TO HIS NEIGHBOUR, NOR TAKETH UP A REPROACH AGAINST HIS NEIGHBOUR._ He that backbiteth not with his tongue. The former verse described what the godly man is, this verse describes what he is not. BACKBITETH - the Hebrew х_ RAAGAL_ (H7270), fro... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN WHOSE EYES A VILE PERSON IS CONTEMNED; BUT HE HONOURETH THEM THAT FEAR THE LORD. HE THAT SWEARETH TO HIS OWN HURT, AND CHANGETH NOT._ In whose eyes a vile person is contemned - "a vile person;" literally, 'one rejected (by God)' х_ NIM'AAC _ (H3988)], in contrast to "them that fear the Lord." S... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE THAT PUTTETH NOT OUT HIS MONEY TO USURY, NOR TAKETH REWARD AGAINST THE INNOCENT. HE THAT DOETH THESE THINGS SHALL NEVER BE MOVED._ He that putteth not out his money to usury - Hebrew, 'He that giveth not,' etc. The contrast is to "nor taketh reward." The wrong giving and the wrong taking stand... [ Continue Reading ]