RR Psalm 64:6-8 Part 2

Shalom,

Psalm 64:6 They are firming up their evil plan. They talk about setting secret traps. They asked, “Who would see them?” 7 They are plotting injustices: “We have completed a perfect plot!” A man’s inward part and heart are deep. 8 But God will shoot them with an arrow—suddenly their wounds will appear.

What are “they” doing?  They’re “firming up their evil plan.”  Also, they’re talking “about setting secret traps.”  Then, suddenly, they think they’re invisible!  Also, they are “plotting injustices,” believing themselves to have “completed a perfect plot!”  Then, in the second half of verse 7(6), we find a curious phrase… “A man’s inward part and heart are deep.”  Let’s “unpack” the poetic language used here.
One body part is mentioned, the “Lev,” which is the heart.  A “Lev” is more than the beating organ that keeps us alive.  The Hebrew word “Lev” is used almost 600 times in the Hebrew Scriptures.  And more than 2/3 of those mentions are translated as “heart” or a version (such as plural) thereof.  The other 200 times, it can also refer to the inner man or mind.  

Along those lines, that same word, “Lev” is also translated as… attention, bravest, brokenhearted, care, completely, concern, conscience, courage, discouraged, encouragingly, imagination, inspiration, intelligence, kindly, mind, obstinate, pride, self-exaltation, skill, stubborn-minded, understanding, and wisdom.

We see here that the heart can reflect good intentions, and also bad intentions.  Luke 6:45a “Out of the good treasure of his heart the good man brings forth good, and out of evil the evil man brings forth evil.”  So, what will it be?  Psalm 51:12(10) Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.  Or will the opposite be true?  Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable—who can know it?”  Call on the Lord… Isaiah 58:9a Then you will call, and Adonai will answer.  

Rabbi’s Note: Read the rest of Isaiah 58 for a better understanding.  This promise is conditional, which the Lord fully explains at the end of Isaiah, chapter 58.  End RN.

Finally, this “heart” (the intensions) of a man are called “deep” by the poet, David.  The Hebrew word is “Emek,” meaning “valley,” but translated as “deep.”  What happens in a valley is something called a watershed.  Water seeks the lowest level possible.  The rain on the hillsides runs down to the lowest point in the valley, creating everything from a trickle in small watersheds, all the way to a river in large watersheds.

That mind or inner man is considered “deep” when the heart is fixed on the things of God.  Paul cannot contain himself as he ends his three chapter lesson on the value of Messianic Judaism (Romans 9,10,11).  Romans 11:33 O the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how incomprehensible His ways!

Let the river run… John 7:38  “Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture says, ‘out of his innermost being will flow rivers of living water. Shalom shalom.

Daily Bread, reading plan by Lars Enarson (https://www.thewatchman.org/)
Wed    16 Sep 2026               5th of Tishrei, 5787
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