RR Psalm 55:10,11 Part 5
Shalom,
Rabbi’s note: As you are probably aware by now, Jan and I have extended our time in Israel beyond the group ministry and travel by a week. Yesterday, we traveled north from Jerusalem to Katzrin, the capital city of the Golan Heights region.
Along the way we made an extended stop to visit with our long time friend, Chaim Malespin, who heads up two ministries, The Aliyah Return Center (the red pomegranate) aliyahreturncenter.com , and Faithful Galileans (the blue pomegranate), http://faithfulgalileans.com/ each with distinctly different emphasis.
Look at what the Lord has done through Chaim and his wife, Deanna! They began about 15 years ago in their tiny apartment. The Lord breathed life into their work and now He has built a wonderful work of diverse humanitarian aid efforts in the area of Tiberias as well as specific Yeshua oriented ministries like the 24/7 Northern Israel House of Prayer. We are honored to have him as our friend. End RN.
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Psalm 55:10 Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city. 11 Day and night they make the rounds on her walls. Iniquity and mischief are within her.
Who are the “they” who are mentioned by collective pronouns in both verses? One commentator calls them “Absalomites.” They are full of rebellion against God-given authority. Reminds me of the rebellion at the Tower of Babel. And just like the Tower of Babel, David calls upon God to “confuse and confound their speech.”
Genesis 11:6 Adonai said, “Look, the people are one and all of them have the same language. So this is what they have begun to do. Now, nothing they plan to do will be impossible. 7 Come! Let Us go down and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand each other’s language.”
What we’re going to find is that this is no ordinary rebellion but a rebellion from within the camp, from those closest friends of David. Yeshua also, as David’s Lord and Son had to deal with rebellion from within.
Zechariah 13:6 Then someone will ask him, “What are these wounds between your hands?”—and he will answer, “Those that I received in the house of my friends.”
My friends, love God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. This will be your blessing. Deuteronomy 6:5 Love Adonai your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These words, which I am commanding you today, are to be on your heart.
What follows is a little long, but who doesn’t have time to receive a blessing?
Deuteronomy 28:4 “Blessed will be the fruit of your womb, the produce of your soil, and the offspring of your livestock—the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. 5 Blessed will be your basket and your kneading bowl. 6 “Blessed will you be when you come in, and blessed will you be when you go out. 7 Adonai will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck down before you. They will come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. 8 Adonai will command the blessing on you in your barns and in every undertaking of your hand, and He will bless you in the land Adonai your God is giving you. 9 Adonai will establish you as a holy people for Himself, just as He swore to you—if you keep the mitzvot of Adonai your God and walk in His ways.”
And the blessing continues. Find a Bible and keep reading. Shalom shalom.
Daily Bread, reading plan by Lars Enarson (https://www.thewatchman.org/)
Thu11-June-2026 26th of Sivan, 5786
Nu 15:8-16Jer 35Dan 11:1-20 1 Co 16 (Lk 1:1-38)
Rabbi’s note: As you are probably aware by now, Jan and I have extended our time in Israel beyond the group ministry and travel by a week. Yesterday, we traveled north from Jerusalem to Katzrin, the capital city of the Golan Heights region.
Along the way we made an extended stop to visit with our long time friend, Chaim Malespin, who heads up two ministries, The Aliyah Return Center (the red pomegranate) aliyahreturncenter.com , and Faithful Galileans (the blue pomegranate), http://faithfulgalileans.com/ each with distinctly different emphasis.
Look at what the Lord has done through Chaim and his wife, Deanna! They began about 15 years ago in their tiny apartment. The Lord breathed life into their work and now He has built a wonderful work of diverse humanitarian aid efforts in the area of Tiberias as well as specific Yeshua oriented ministries like the 24/7 Northern Israel House of Prayer. We are honored to have him as our friend. End RN.
______
Psalm 55:10 Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city. 11 Day and night they make the rounds on her walls. Iniquity and mischief are within her.
Who are the “they” who are mentioned by collective pronouns in both verses? One commentator calls them “Absalomites.” They are full of rebellion against God-given authority. Reminds me of the rebellion at the Tower of Babel. And just like the Tower of Babel, David calls upon God to “confuse and confound their speech.”
Genesis 11:6 Adonai said, “Look, the people are one and all of them have the same language. So this is what they have begun to do. Now, nothing they plan to do will be impossible. 7 Come! Let Us go down and confuse their language there, so that they will not understand each other’s language.”
What we’re going to find is that this is no ordinary rebellion but a rebellion from within the camp, from those closest friends of David. Yeshua also, as David’s Lord and Son had to deal with rebellion from within.
Zechariah 13:6 Then someone will ask him, “What are these wounds between your hands?”—and he will answer, “Those that I received in the house of my friends.”
My friends, love God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. This will be your blessing. Deuteronomy 6:5 Love Adonai your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These words, which I am commanding you today, are to be on your heart.
What follows is a little long, but who doesn’t have time to receive a blessing?
Deuteronomy 28:4 “Blessed will be the fruit of your womb, the produce of your soil, and the offspring of your livestock—the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. 5 Blessed will be your basket and your kneading bowl. 6 “Blessed will you be when you come in, and blessed will you be when you go out. 7 Adonai will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck down before you. They will come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. 8 Adonai will command the blessing on you in your barns and in every undertaking of your hand, and He will bless you in the land Adonai your God is giving you. 9 Adonai will establish you as a holy people for Himself, just as He swore to you—if you keep the mitzvot of Adonai your God and walk in His ways.”
And the blessing continues. Find a Bible and keep reading. Shalom shalom.
Daily Bread, reading plan by Lars Enarson (https://www.thewatchman.org/)
Thu11-June-2026 26th of Sivan, 5786
Nu 15:8-16Jer 35Dan 11:1-20 1 Co 16 (Lk 1:1-38)
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