Sep 16, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Awake to help me, and behold! You therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to punish all the nations. (Psalm 59:5) There is an interesting midrash (commentary) connected to this verse that looks to the future. However, it begins with this thought: when...
Sep 15, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; defend me from those who rise up against me. Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloodthirsty men. (Psalm 59:1) Throughout the Bible we see that when wicked men feel threatened by God’s people, they...
Sep 14, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David when Saul sent men, and they watched the house in order to kill him. (Psalm 59) This the third in the al tashchet “Do Not Destroy” trilogy and, as is indicated in the introduction, it was inspired by...
Sep 13, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked, so that men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely He is God who judges in the earth.” (Psalm 58:10-11) There is a belief revealed within...
Sep 12, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies. Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; they are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear, which will not heed the voice of charmers, charming ever so skillfully....
Sep 11, 2025 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men? (Psalm 58:1) On the second occasion when David was presented with the opportunity to slay Saul, instead of taking his life, he took his spear and a water jug that was sitting...
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