Posts with the category “rabbis-reflections”

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 38:13 They who seek my life set traps. Those who seek my hurt threaten destruction, uttering lies all day. 14 But I, like someone deaf, hear nothing, like a mute, not open...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 38:11 My heart pounds, my strength fails me. The light of my eyes—also, not with me. 12 My friends and my companions stay away from my wound, and my kinsmen stand far off.This is sounding...  Read More

Shalom {{firstName}},Psalm 38:9 I am numb and utterly crushed. I groan because of anguish in my heart. 10 My Lord, all my longing is before You, and my sighing is not hidden from You.About half of the...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 38:7 I am bent over, bowed down greatly. All day I walk about in mourning. 8 For my heart is filled with burning pain, and there is no health in my body.It is a pity that we have to trans...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 38:5 For my iniquities are on my head—like a burden too heavy for me. 6 My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.Read how these verses begin….  (What story is David tell...  Read More

Shavuah Tov,The Apostle Paul gave advice for gracious living. (Romans 13:7: Pay to everyone what is due them— tribute to whom tribute is due; tax to whom tax is due; respect to whom respect is due; ho...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,Beloved, do you believe that you are favored by Almighty God? One of our natural characteristics is that we mistrust Him. I believe it is a genetic consequence of the fall exacerbated b...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom {{firstName}},Psalm 38:3 For Your arrows have sunk deep into me and Your hand has pressed down on me. 4 There is no health in my flesh because of Your indignation. There is no w...  Read More

Shalom, Psalm 38:1 A psalm of David, for a memorial. 2 Adonai, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.In the Christian Bible, this is all verse 1.  Therefore; the numbering of t...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 37:39 Yet the salvation of the righteous is from Adonai. He is their stronghold in time of trouble. 40 Adonai helps them and delivers them. He rescues them from the wicked and saves them—...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 37:37 Notice the man of integrity and watch the upright—for the man of shalom has a future. 38 But transgressors will be destroyed altogether. The future of the wicked will be cut off.The...  Read More

Shalom {{firstName}},Psalm 37:35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a leafy tree in native soil. 36 But once he passed by, he was no more. Though I looked for him, he could not be fou...  Read More

Shavuah Tov,Psalm 37:34 Wait for Adonai and keep His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.In many ways, this verse is a restatement of verse 9… ...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,Where is favor found?Without doing harm to the intent of the Scriptures we can translate charis as favor. Favor is often revealed in the heart, and act, of kindness to someone found wor...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom,Psalm 37:32 The wicked lies in wait for the righteous, seeking to slay him. 33 But Adonai will not leave him in his hand, or let him be condemned when judged.The Israelis have b...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 37:30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom and his tongue speaks justice. 31 The Torah of his God is in his heart. His steps do not slip.Notice the “heart connection” of verse 31!  Th...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 37:29 The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.Ever notice how God’s covenant promises always include land?  Genesis 12:1 Then Adonai said to Abram, “Get going out from...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 37:27 Turn from evil and do good, so you may live forever. 28 For Adonai loves justice and does not abandon His godly ones. They will be preserved forever, but the seed of the wicked will...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 37:25 I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous one forsaken, nor his children begging for bread. 26 All day long he is gracious and lends. So his offspring will b...  Read More

Shavuah Tov,I conclude the two-part series on the birth of Yeshua. Refresh your memory by retrieving Part 1:https://syknox.org/blog/2025/10/01/rr-happy-birthday-yeshua-part-1-of-2-by-dr-raymond-finney...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,Let us continue to consider Ephesians 2:5b-9 and look into Father’s indispensable saving-favor.(By grace/charis you have been saved!) And He raised us up with Him and seated us with Him...  Read More

Shalom, Psalm 37:21 The wicked borrows and does not repay, but the righteous is a gracious giver. 22 For His blessed ones inherit the land. But those He curses will be cut off.Ah, the blessing and the...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 37:20 For the wicked will perish, and the enemies of Adonai will be like the beauty of the fields—they will vanish—vanish like smoke.Again, we have a word picture of evil.  This time, the...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 37:18 Adonai knows the days of the blameless—their inheritance endures forever. 19 They will not be ashamed in an evil time and in days of famine they will be satisfied.Here, God promises...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 37:16 Better a little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked. 17 For the arms of the wicked will be broken, while Adonai upholds the righteous.Who can the wicked help when...  Read More

Shavuah Tov,John 7:37-38 On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Yeshua stood up and cried out loudly, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture ...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,One of the first scriptures I was taught is found in Ephesians 2. Please take your time and read these words.By nature we were children of wrath, just like the others. But God was rich ...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom {{firstName}},Psalm 37:14 The wicked have unsheathed their sword and have bent their bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose conduct is upright. 15 Their sword...  Read More

Shalom, Psalm 37:12 The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes at him with his teeth. 13 The Lord laughs at him—for He sees his day is coming.The Keil and Delitzsch commentary on these verses ...  Read More

Shalom,Today is the first day of Sukkot.  It is also the second anniversary of the October 7th massacre.  Please join me and Jan, and many others, in praying for the release of all of our hostages.  P...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 37:8 Put away anger and turn from wrath. Do not fret—it only leads to doing evil. Fret!  Fret?  What is “fret?”  See the RR on September 28th about verse 1 and for October 3rd on verse 7....  Read More

Shavuah Tov,Many Believers would be interested in Yeshua’s birth date. However, the date for the most important birth in the history of the world is unknown. This date is not found in the Bible or any...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom,Beloved, do you believe it?Do you believe that you are favored by God?Such a thing can be difficult to believe, so let me approach this another way. Do you believe that you have receive...  Read More

(Early) Shabbat Shalom {{firstName}},PsalmsPsalm 37:7 – Part 5Psalm 37:7 Be still before Adonai and wait patiently for Him. Do not fret over one prospering in his way, over one carrying out wicked sch...  Read More

Shalom {{firstName}}, As you can see from the notations below (from Lars Enarson), today is Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year.  It is a day of fasting and prayer.  On account of Yom Kippu...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 37:6 He will bring out your vindication as light, and your cause will shine as noonday. I like this so much better in the KJV… Psalm 37:6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 37:5 Commit your way to Adonai. Trust in Him, and He will do it. The last two Hebrew word of this verse are, “V’Hu Ya’aseh,” meaning, “And He will make (it).  What is God going to “make?”...  Read More

Shalom,Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in Adonai, and He will give you the requests of your heart. The first Hebrew word of verse 4 is “V’Hit’a’nag,” from the Shoresh “Anag” (Ayin-Nun-Gimel).  The meaning...  Read More

Shabbat Shalom {{firstName}},This verse is one of my favorite blessings.The grace (charis/favor) of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah and the love of God and the fellowship of the Ruach ha-Kodesh be with yo...  Read More

Shavuah Tov,Psalm 37:1 Of David. Do not fret because of evildoers, nor be envious of them who do wrong. 2 For like the grass they soon wither and fade like a green herb. 3 Trust in Adonai and do good....  Read More