Psalm 38:4 (King James Version) 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. Let’s go with an older translation here. Those who study these things attribute these words to King David. David was a righteous person who was held as the standard for all […]
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Too Heavy for Me
May 18th, 2024 · No Comments
Tags: Old Testament · Psalms
The Net Laid Privily for Me
May 12th, 2024 · No Comments
Psalm 31:4 (King James Version) 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. In this Psalm, King David declares his trust in God. He asks God for help in many common situations. This verse (the poetic rendition from the King James Version) asks God […]
Tags: Old Testament · Psalms
The Patience of Job (?)
May 11th, 2024 · No Comments
Job 19:6 New Living Translation 6 But it is God who has wronged me, capturing me in his net. There is an old saying about “the patience of Job.” Job could withstand anything and everything and remain patience while waiting for God and for some relief to his Satan-inflicted woes. Yet here is Job, blaming […]
Tags: Job · Old Testament
Forsake Evil
May 5th, 2024 · No Comments
Job 28:28 (New Living Translation) 28 And this is what he (God) says to all humanity:‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom;to forsake evil is real understanding.’ Let’s have a grasp of the situation. Let’s have real understanding of our lives. How do we achieve that? Forsake evil. Hmmm. There must be something more […]
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Serving God or Serving Earthly Rulers
May 4th, 2024 · No Comments
2 Chronicles 12:7-8 (New Living Translation) 7 When the Lord saw their change of heart, he gave this message to Shemaiah: “Since the people have humbled themselves, I will not completely destroy them and will soon give them some relief. I will not use Shishak to pour out my anger on Jerusalem. 8 But they […]
Tags: 2 Chronicles · Old Testament