Word Study: Lead Me In Thy Truth

WORD STUDY – LEAD ME IN THY TRUTH Psalm 25:5: “Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou [art] the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.” Here the Psalmist is asking God to not only lead him in His truth but to teach Him truth as well. The age old...

Word Study: Graven Image פצל

WORD STUDY – GRAVEN IMAGE – פצל “Exodus 20:4: “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image in the likeness that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the sea.” Matthew 22:20-21: “And He said unto them, whose is this image and...

Word Study: Integrity

WORD STUDY – INTEGRITY – ~תממ Psalms 25:21: “Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.” Throughout Psalms 25 the Psalmist is saying that if he follows the ways of God he will experience the presence of God and will be protected. Now he is...

Word Study: Consider My Enemies

WORD STUDY – CONSIDER MY ENEMIES Psalms 25:19: “Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.” I am now sure how many of us can related to this Psalm when reading it at its face value. I mean I really don’t know if I have any enemies...

WORD STUDY – FROM BAD TO WORSE Psalms 25:17: “The troubles of my heart are enlarged, O bring thou me out of my distresses.” “Double double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble.” Shakespeare, Macbeth Act 4 Scene 1 In Shakespeare’s play,“Macbeth,” three...

Word Study: Dwell At Ease

WORD STUDY – DWELL AT EASE Psalms 25:13: “His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.” The soul of the man that fears God will dwell at ease. This has many different renderings in different modern translations. I looked at twelve different...