In reading the Psalms, we easily miss the little Psalms. Instead, our time and our meditation get caught up in the acrostic grandeur of Psalm 119 or the penitent piety of Psalm 51 or the emotional agony of Psalm 22 or 73. How is a short, three verse Psalm supposed to compete with these massive masterpieces? But sometimes this littleness belies the Psalm’s usefulness, for example in the case of Psalm 134.
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When Heaven Helped Those who Helped Themselves
Words matter. As a self-identified writer, I at least sometimes try to pick my words intentionally so that they create specific informational and emotional effects in the minds of my readers. The biblical authors of course did the same thing. Unlike me, they wrote in Hebrew and Greek, with at least the first of these two being a heavenly language. Their specific word choices in the original languages matter. Continue reading “When Heaven Helped Those who Helped Themselves”
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