Note: Throughout this commentary God's Name is represented as YHWH in accordance with the Hebrew text. LXX represented it as kurios (‘Lord'). It is in fact a name that was seen as so sacred that no one ever pronounced it. Thus how to do so has been forgotten. Yahweh is probably the nearest best gues... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD SPEAKS THROUGH NATURE (PSALMS 19:1). ‘The heavens declare the glory of God,' And the firmament reveals his handiwork. Day to day utters speech, And night to night shows knowledge.' The psalmist tells us that as we behold the glory of the heavens, the sun, the moon and the stars, and the won... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD SPEAKS THROUGH HIS WORD AND COVENANT (PSALMS 19:7). Psalms 19:7 ‘ The instruction (law) of YHWH is perfect, restoring the soul, The testimony of YHWH is sure, making wise the simple. For the Instruction (torah - law) of YHWH is total and complete and fully fitted for its work of daily restori... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Who can discern his errors? Clear me from hidden faults.' But the Psalmist admits that although he delights in Yahweh's Instruction there are still errors and sins in his life that he is not easily aware of. For he is so sinful that even God's Instruction cannot cover all his sins. So he prays th... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RESULTING PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM SIN AND DECLARATION OF GOD'S TOTAL RELIABILITY (PSALMS 19:12).... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; Let them not have dominion over me, Then will I be upright, And I will be clear from great transgression.' Indeed he prays that God will keep him, as God's true servant, from sinning presumptuously. In context this surely means from deliberate... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, Be acceptable in your sight, O YHWH, my rock, and my redeemer. So does he want to be right in mouth and heart so as to behave in a way that is totally acceptable to God. And he finishes with the heartfelt prayer that in both the words of h... [ Continue Reading ]