{"id":2728,"date":"2014-01-01T22:28:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T22:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2018-09-23T19:19:58","modified_gmt":"2018-09-23T19:19:58","slug":"tehillim-psalms-32-part-2-free-us-from-the-preoccupation-of-this-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/tehillim-psalms-32-part-2-free-us-from-the-preoccupation-of-this-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehillim \/ Psalms 32, Part 2, Free us from the Preoccupation of this World"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week\u2019s study is from <\/span>Tehillim \/ Psalms 32:1-11,<\/span> the opening verse states <\/span>\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3 \u05de\u05b7\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc \u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e0\u05b0\u05e9\u05b9\u05d5\u05bc\u05d9-\u05e4\u05bc\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05e2 \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05e1\u05d5\u05bc\u05d9 \u05d7\u05b2\u05d8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span> A Psalm of David. A Maskil. 32:1 How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! (NASB)<\/span> David states the blessedness of the one who has had his transgression forgiven and his sin covered. He continues saying <\/span>\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05dd \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b9\u05d1 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e2\u05b8\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d7\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e8\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4: \u05d2 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b6\u05d7\u05b1\u05e8\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d2\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd: \u05d3 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 | \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05db\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05d3 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05e0\u05b6\u05d4\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05da\u05b0 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05b9\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e7\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05e5 \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span> 32:2 How blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit! 32:3 When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. 32:4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah. (NASB)<\/span> David parallels the one who is without deceit with the Lord not holding sin against a person. He says that when he kept silent about his sin, his body made it known what he had done wrong because the hand of the Lord was weighing upon him. It is only when we humble ourselves and confess our sins that the Lord will forgive our guilt (<\/span>\u05d4 \u05d7\u05b7\u05d8\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05b2\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05db\u05b4\u05e1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e2\u05b7\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e0\u05b8\u05e9\u05b8\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea\u05b8 \u05e2\u05b2\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d7\u05b7\u05d8\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4: <\/span>, <\/span>32:5 I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I did not hide; I said, \u2018I will confess my transgressions to the Lord\u2019; And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah. NASB<\/span>) He goes on to say <\/span>\u05d5 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d6\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea \u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05dc \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d7\u05b8\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3 | \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05ea \u05de\u05b0\u05e6\u05b9\u05d0 \u05e8\u05b7\u05e7 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05d8\u05b6\u05e3 \u05de\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b7\u05d2\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc:<\/span> 32:6 Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him. (NASB)<\/span> Does this suggest that there are times when the Lord cannot be found? David says <\/span>\u05d6 \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05e1\u05b5\u05ea\u05b6\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e6\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e8\u05b8\u05e0\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e4\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05d8 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05b0\u05d1\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4: \u05d7 \u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 | \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05da\u05b0-\u05d6\u05d5\u05bc \u05ea\u05b5\u05dc\u05b5\u05da\u05b0 \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9: \u05d8 \u05d0\u05b7\u05dc-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05bc | \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05e1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e1 \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05e4\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05d3 \u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05b6\u05ea\u05b6\u05d2 \u05d5\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e1\u05b6\u05df \u05e2\u05b6\u05d3\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc \u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b9\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8: \u05d9 \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05b7\u05db\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e2 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d7\u05b6\u05e1\u05b6\u05d3 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05b0\u05d1\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc:<\/span> 32:7 You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah. 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you. 32:9 Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, Otherwise they will not come near to you. 32:10 Many are the sorrows of the wicked, But he who trusts in the Lord, lovingkindness shall surround him. (NASB)<\/span> He concludes the Psalm saying <\/span> \u05d9\u05d0 \u05e9\u05b4\u05b9\u05de\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d2\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05e6\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9-\u05dc\u05b5\u05d1<\/span>32:11 Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n

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YALMOI<\/span> 32<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tehillim \/ Psalms 32<\/span><\/p>\n

A Psalm of David. A Maskil. 32:1 How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! 32:2 How blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit! 32:3 When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. 32:4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah. 32:5 I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I did not hide; I said, \u2018I will confess my transgressions to the Lord\u2019; And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah. 32:6 Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him. 32:7 You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah. 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you. 32:9 Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, Otherwise they will not come near to you. 32:10 Many are the sorrows of the wicked, But he who trusts in the Lord, lovingkindness shall surround him. 32:11 Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Toviyah \/ Psalms Chapter 32<\/span><\/p>\n

32:1 Of David. Good counsel. David said, \u201cHow blessed is the one whose impieties they forgive, whose sins they cover over.\u201d 32:2 How happy was Moses, son of Amram, to whom the Lord did not reckon his sins, because there was no guile in his spirit. 32:3 Because I have been silent from the words of Torah, my bones waste away while I groan all day. 32:4 Because day and night your punishment is severe upon me, my moisture is turned to, as it were, the hot wind of summer forever. 32:5 My sin I will tell you and my iniquity I have not covered. I said, \u201cI will confess my rebellions in the presence of the Lord;\u201d and you forgave the iniquity of my sin forever. 32:6 Because of this let every pious man pray in your presence at the time of his favor; indeed, at the time when many Gentiles come like waters, to him they will not come near to do harm. 32:7 You are the Lord; hide me, from the oppressor guard me; the joy of salvation will surround me forever. 32:8 I will enlighten you and teach you; in this way you shall go; I will advise you and put my eye upon you for good. 32:9 Do not be like a horse or mule who have no intelligence; both muzzle and halter are its trappings to be kept silent; let it not come near you. 32:10 Many are the pains of the wicked; but favor will surround the one who trusts in the Lord. 32:11 Rejoice in the word of the Lord, and be glad, O righteous; and give praise, all you with upright hearts. (EMC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Psalmoi \/ Psalms 32<\/span><\/p>\n

A Psalm of instruction by David. 32:1 Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered. 32:2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and whose mouth there is no guile. 32:3 Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day. 32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in me. Pause. 32:5 I acknowledged my sin, and hid not mine iniquity: I said, I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord against myself; and thou forgavest the ungodliness of my heart. Pause. 32:6 Therefore shall every holy one pray to thee in a fit time: only in the deluge of many waters they shall not come nigh to him. 32:7 Thou art my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. Pause. 32:8 I will instruct thee and guide thee in this way wherein thou shalt go: I will fix mine eyes upon thee. 32:9 Be ye not as horse and mule, which have no understanding; but thou must constrain their jaws with bit and curb, lest they should come nigh to thee. 32:10 Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about. 32:11 Be glad in the Lord, and exult, ye righteous: and glory, all ye that are upright in heart.(LXX)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

This week\u2019s study is from <\/span>Tehillim \/ Psalms 32:1-11,<\/span> the opening verse states <\/span>\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3 \u05de\u05b7\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc \u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e0\u05b0\u05e9\u05b9\u05d5\u05bc\u05d9-\u05e4\u05bc\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05e2 \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05e1\u05d5\u05bc\u05d9 \u05d7\u05b2\u05d8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span> A Psalm of David. A Maskil. 32:1 How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! (NASB)<\/span> It is interesting looking at the Hebrew text, we find a word transliterated into the English language, the word <\/span>\u201cMaskil\u201d<\/span> (<\/span>\u05de\u05b7\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc<\/span>). According to a modern Hebrew Lexicon, the word <\/span>\u201cMaskil\u201d<\/span> (<\/span>\u05de\u05b7\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc<\/span>) means <\/span>\u201cadj.\/n. educated, erudite, learned, enlightened, scholarly, savant, literate, schooled, or intellectual.\u201d<\/span> According to Brown Driver and Briggs Lexicon, the word means <\/span>\u201ccontemplative poem, a didactic poem, a skillful, artistic song.\u201d<\/span> Searching the Hebrew Scriptures for <\/span>\u201cMaskil\u201d<\/span> (<\/span>\u05de\u05b7\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc<\/span>) reveals this word is used 28 times throughout the Scriptures, 2X (<\/span>1 Samuel 18<\/span>), 1X (<\/span>Jeremiah 50<\/span>), 1X (<\/span>Hosea 9<\/span>), 17X (<\/span>Tehillim \/ Psalms<\/span>), 6X (<\/span>Mishley \/ Proverbs<\/span>), and 1X (<\/span>Job 22<\/span>). Let\u2019s look at how this word is used elsewhere in the Scriptures (<\/span>1 Samuel 18:14-15<\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>1 Samuel 18:14-15<\/span><\/p>\n

18:14 David was prospering in all his ways for the Lord was with him. 18:15 When Saul saw that he was prospering greatly, he dreaded him. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n

What is interesting is that this word is translated in <\/span>1 Samuel 18:14-15<\/span> to mean <\/span>\u201cprospering.\u201d<\/span> Saul saw that he was prospering greatly and he dreaded him. Why do the translators of the Psalms have difficulty translating this word in <\/span>Tehillim \/ Psalms 32:1<\/span>? If we study the Psalm overall, David is praising the Lord for the blessing of having his sins forgiven. Would the translation<\/span> \u201cA Psalm of David\u2019s prosperity\u201d <\/span>because of his having his sins forgiven be a possible translation of this Scripture? <\/span><\/p>\n

The Aramaic Targum states <\/span>\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05e9\u05db\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d8\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d3\u05de\u05df \u05e9\u05d1\u05e7\u05d9\u05df \u05f4\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05e0\u05e9\u05d0 \u05d3\u05e9\u05d1\u05e7\u05d9\u05df\u05dc\u05d9\u05d4 \u05de\u05e8\u05d5\u05d3\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d7\u05e4\u05d9\u05d9\u05df \u05e2\u05dc \u05d7\u05d9\u05d8\u05d0\u05d5\u05d9\u05c3 <\/span> 32:1 Of David. Good counsel. David said, \u201cHow blessed is the one whose impieties they forgive, whose sins they cover over.\u201d (EMC)<\/span> and the Septuagint states 32:1 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03b4\u03b1\u03c5\u03b9\u03b4 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03ad\u03c3\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b1\u03ba\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03b9 \u1f67\u03bd \u1f00\u03c6\u03ad\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03b1\u1f31 \u1f00\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03af\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f67\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u03b5\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03cd\u03c6\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03b1\u1f31 \u1f01\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03af\u03b1\u03b9 <\/span>A Psalm of instruction by David. 32:1 Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered. (LXX)<\/span> The Septuagint translates the Hebrew text reasonably well, it is interesting though how the rabbis translate the Hebrew in the Aramaic Targum. The rabbis say how blessed is the one whose sins <\/span>\u201cthey forgive\u201d<\/span> and whose sins <\/span>\u201cthey cover over.\u201d<\/span> Who are <\/span>\u201cthey\u201d <\/span>the rabbis are speaking of? It might be, according to the Torah, the relationship of the Priest in the process of making atonement and drawing near to God. Note that according to the Torah, being cleansed and pardoned (<\/span>\u2018atoned for\u2019<\/span>) are integrally connected. According to the Scriptures, the Priest eats a portion of the offering for the purpose of bearing away the iniquity or guilt of the one bringing the offering (<\/span>Vayikra \/ Leviticus 10:17<\/span>) and then makes atonement on behalf of the gift bearer. This may be found in <\/span>Vayikra \/ Leviticus 10:12-20<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Vayikra \/ Leviticus 10:12-20<\/span><\/p>\n

10:12 Then Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his surviving sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, \u2018Take the grain offering that is left over from the Lord\u2019s offerings by fire and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy. 10:13 \u2018You shall eat it, moreover, in a holy place, because it is your due and your sons\u2019 due out of the Lord\u2019s offerings by fire; for thus I have been commanded. 10:14 \u2018The breast of the wave offering, however, and the thigh of the offering you may eat in a clean place, you and your sons and your daughters with you; for they have been given as your due and your sons\u2019 due out of the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the sons of Israel. 10:15 \u2018The thigh offered by lifting up and the breast offered by waving they shall bring along with the offerings by fire of the portions of fat, to present as a wave offering before the Lord; so it shall be a thing perpetually due you and your sons with you, just as the Lord has commanded.\u2019 10:16 But Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up! So he was angry with Aaron\u2019s surviving sons Eleazar and Ithamar, saying, 10:17 \u2018Why did you not eat the sin offering at the holy place? For it is most holy, and He gave it to you to bear away the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord. 10:18 \u2018Behold, since its blood had not been brought inside, into the sanctuary, you should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, just as I commanded.\u2019 10:19 But Aaron spoke to Moses, \u2018Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord. When things like these happened to me, if I had eaten a sin offering today, would it have been good in the sight of the Lord?\u2019 10:20 When Moses heard that, it seemed good in his sight. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n

Here the text details the importance of consuming a portion of the offering for the purpose of the priest bearing the iniquity and making atonement. It is interesting to study the rabbinic understanding of atonement from the Talmud, and particularly <\/span><\/a>Rashi\u2019s commentary on scriptures related to the atonement the priest makes for the people: (i) <\/span>Vayikra \/ Leviticus 10:16-18,<\/span> (ii) <\/span>Vayikra \/ Leviticus 6:24-26,<\/span> (iii) <\/span>Shemot \/ Exodus 28:38,<\/span> and (iv) <\/span>Bamidbar \/ Numbers 18:1.<\/span> These particular scripture references are chosen because of their relationship to one another dealing with the Priest consuming the sin-offering and bearing our sin (iniquity), and guilt for the purpose of making atonement before God. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Vayikra \/ Leviticus 10:16-18<\/span><\/p>\n

10:16 But Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up! So he was angry with Aaron\u2019s surviving sons Eleazar and Ithamar, saying, 10:17 \u2018Why did you not eat the sin offering at the holy place? For it is most holy, and He gave it to you to bear away the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord. 10:18 \u2018Behold, since its blood had not been brought inside, into the sanctuary, you should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, just as I commanded.\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Vayikra \/ Leviticus 6:24-26<\/span><\/p>\n

6:24 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 6:25 \u2018Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, \u2018This is the law of the sin offering: in the place where the burnt offering is slain the sin offering shall be slain before the Lord; it is most holy. 6:26 \u2018The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the tent of meeting. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Vayikra \/ Leviticus 6:27-30<\/span><\/p>\n

6:27 \u2018Anyone who touches its flesh will become consecrated; and when any of its blood splashes on a garment, in a holy place you shall wash what was splashed on. 6:28 \u2018Also the earthenware vessel in which it was boiled shall be broken; and if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then it shall be scoured and rinsed in water. 6:29 \u2018Every male among the priests may eat of it; it is most holy. 6:30 \u2018But no sin offering of which any of the blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the holy place shall be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. (NASB) <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Shemot \/ Exodus 28:38<\/span><\/p>\n

Exo28:38 \u2018It shall be on Aaron\u2019s forehead, and Aaron shall take away the iniquity of the holy things which the sons of Israel consecrate, with regard to all their holy gifts; and it shall always be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Vayikra \/ Leviticus 22:16<\/span><\/p>\n

22:16 and so cause them to bear punishment for guilt by eating their holy gifts; for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.\u2019\u2018 (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Vayikra \/ Leviticus 22:14-20 <\/span><\/p>\n

22:14 \u2018But if a man eats a holy gift unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy gift to the priest. 22:15 \u2018They shall not profane the holy gifts of the sons of Israel which they offer to the Lord, 22:16 and so cause them to bear punishment for guilt by eating their holy gifts; for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.\u2019\u2018 22:17 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 22:18 \u2018Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, \u2018Any man of the house of Israel or of the aliens in Israel who presents his offering, whether it is any of their votive or any of their freewill offerings, which they present to the Lord for a burnt offering 22:19 for you to be accepted it must be a male without defect from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats. 22:20 \u2018Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it will not be accepted for you. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Bamidbar \/ Numbers 18:1 <\/span><\/p>\n

18:1 So the Lord said to Aaron, \u2018You and your sons and your father\u2019s household with you shall bear the guilt in connection with the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear the guilt in connection with your priesthood. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n

Rashi\u2019s commentary (see Rashi\u2019s commentary online free, <\/span>\u201cThe Complete Jewish Bible with Rashi\u2019s Commentary,\u201d http:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/bible_cdo\/aid\/63255\/jewish\/The-Bible-with-Rashi.htm, Access Date: 2013<\/span>). Studying Rashi\u2019s commentary, it is interesting that the commentary is focused upon the iniquity of the sanctuary and not on the role of the priest to make atonement for the people. Rashi neglects to discuss the importance of having a priest make atonement for sin in the Tabernacle \/ Temple in Jerusalem and this is very significant. The central feature of these verses which have not been addressed, (i) the Priest bears the iniquity of the non-Priest, and (ii) how does the priest make atonement with regards to himself having bore the guilt that is in connection with the sinner? The nature of the role of the Priest was to take care of and make atonement for the one bringing the offering. The focus on the holy things and absence of discussion from Rashi on this very important aspect of the text is remarkable. <\/span><\/p>\n

Summary of <\/span><\/a>Rashi\u2019s commentary<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Vayikra \/ Leviticus 10:16-18<\/span>, Rashi neglects to specifically discuss the need for the Priest to eat of the sacrifice in order to bear the guilt of the one bringing the offering as the Torah states. The Torah indicates the role of the Priest is to bear ones iniquity and then make atonement before God.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Vayikra \/ Leviticus 6:24-26<\/span>, is the source text on eating the offering in the holy place. The Priest who is making atonement is the one who is responsible for consuming part of the sin-offering. Rashi neglects to comment on this particular mitzvah (command). What are the reasons why the Priest is commanded by God to consume the sacrifice? Why does Rashi neglect to discuss this interesting commandment?<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Shemot \/ Exodus 28:38<\/span>, the text states that the <\/span><\/a>Tzitzit is to be placed upon the High Priest forehead and he is supposed to take away the iniquity of the holy things. The simple meaning of the text does not indicate the Tzitzit is that which will be used by the Priest to remove the sin of the holy things. The Torah is a little unclear on the use of the Tzitzit which gives commentators a little bit of leg room to work with. As a result, Rashi has a lengthy discussion on the use of the Tzitzit saying it is the Tzitzit which bears the sin of the holy things and not the priest. <\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Vayikra \/ Leviticus 22:16<\/span>, Moses instructs on what happens when one eats a holy gift unintentionally. Here Rashi\u2019s comments are confusing and it goes without saying the discussion on consumption of the offering with bearing ones guilt is not elucidated in the rabbinic literature.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Bamidbar \/ Numbers 18:1<\/span>, God is telling the Priests they will bear the guilt of the sanctuary that is in connection with the priesthood. Rashi indicates the text here is in relation to the sacred things, the Priest will bear the iniquity of the non-Priests when they sin with a sacred thing. The most interesting feature of the text is not addressed (i) why does the Priest bear the iniquity of the non-Priest and (ii) how does the Priest make atonement for after the one who is guilty? <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    According to the Torah, the role of the Priest in the process of atonement is very significant. Studying the rabbinic commentary, a lot of discussion is given however, there is something distinctly missing. The point that is missing is what God is trying to show us in the use of the priest to bear our iniquity or guilt and then make atonement with regard to <\/span>\u201cfood and drink.\u201d<\/span> The need for the priest to bear one\u2019s iniquity and lack of discussion in <\/span><\/a>Rashi\u2019s commentary is the result of atonement being answered in Judaism\u2019s teaching on Teshuvah (Repentance). However, does repentance supersede the Torah requirement of a Priest? The all encompassing teaching of repentance doing away with the Torah requirement of the Priest is difficult to accept when significant portions of the Torah are specifically written detailing the necessity of the various sacrifices for the forgiveness of sins. For example, <\/span><\/a>Parashat Vayikra (<\/span>Vayikra \/ Leviticus 1:1-5:26<\/span>) and <\/span><\/a>Tzav (<\/span>Vayikra \/ Leviticus 6:1-8:36<\/span>) detail the procedures regarding how each type of sacrifice is offered. Parashat Tzav deals with the procedures for offering the various Sacrifices and Parashat Vayikra discusses which Sacrifice is to be offered under which circumstance. Take for example the following summary for the Chatat (sin) and Asham (guilt) offerings:<\/span><\/p>\n

    Chatat (Sin, <\/span>Vayikra \/ Leviticus 6:17-23<\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n

    -The procedure of how to offer the korban.<\/span><\/p>\n

    -The portion eaten by the Priest.<\/span><\/p>\n

    -Instructions on where it may be eaten.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Asham (Guilt, <\/span>Vayikra \/ Leviticus 7:1-7<\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n

    -The procedure of how to offer the korban.<\/span><\/p>\n

    -The portion eaten by the Priest.<\/span><\/p>\n

    -Instructions on where it may be eaten.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Compare the biblical text and list the steps for the Asham (guilt) and Chatat (sin) offerings. There is great importance in the need for the blood offered in the sacrifice and the need for the portion of meat to be eaten by the Priest for the purpose of bearing away our sin. Over and over again the command to consume a portion of the offering is given. What can we learn from or say about this very important role of eating a portion of the sacrifice in the process of making atonement? Is this an example of the shadow of things to come from the notion of earthly copies and heavenly originals like what the author of Hebrews is trying to say? This concept is very Hebraic and well grounded in the Tanach. The Torah contains a shadow of the good things to come but not the actual manifestation of the originals. In respect to the sacrificial system, the Messiah\u2019s death and entry into the heavenly Holiest Place brings to humanity the actual manifestation here and now of what the Torah previewed. In the Torah we find evidence on the necessity for Yeshua to go to the cross for the purpose of bearing our sins. Yeshua bore our sins upon the cross, and then made atonement on our behalf in the Heavenly Holiest Place. Having this understanding on the Priest eating a portion of the sacrifice for the purpose of incorporating the sin of the sacrifice in his body, is detailed in <\/span>Vayikra \/ Leviticus 10:17<\/span>, these Scriptures become a very significant messianic expectation on the work of the Messiah. Yeshua, our High Priest, has taken our sins once and for all and made atonement in His own blood, just as it is written in <\/span>Hebrews 9:28<\/span>. The bearing of our sins and making atonement by the Priest is very important as it is written in <\/span>Hebrews 9:28<\/span>, Yeshua the Messiah fulfilled this Torah command. The Aramaic Targum (<\/span>\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05e9\u05db\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d8\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d3\u05de\u05df \u05e9\u05d1\u05e7\u05d9\u05df \u05f4\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05e0\u05e9\u05d0 \u05d3\u05e9\u05d1\u05e7\u05d9\u05df\u05dc\u05d9\u05d4 \u05de\u05e8\u05d5\u05d3\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d7\u05e4\u05d9\u05d9\u05df \u05e2\u05dc \u05d7\u05d9\u05d8\u05d0\u05d5\u05d9\u05c3 <\/span> 32:1 Of David. Good counsel. David said, \u201cHow blessed is the one whose impieties they forgive, whose sins they cover over.\u201d EMC<\/span>) reveals the rabbinic understanding on the forgiveness of sins saying how blessed is the one whose sins <\/span>\u201cthey forgive\u201d<\/span> and whose sins <\/span>\u201cthey cover over.\u201d<\/span> The rabbis are referring to the priesthood, their function was to help someone obtain atonement before God. <\/span><\/p>\n

    David continues<\/span> saying <\/span>\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05dd \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b9\u05d1 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e2\u05b8\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d7\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e8\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4: \u05d2 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b6\u05d7\u05b1\u05e8\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d2\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd: \u05d3 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 | \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05db\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05d3 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05e0\u05b6\u05d4\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05da\u05b0 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05b9\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e7\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05e5 \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span> 32:2 How blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit! 32:3 When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. 32:4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah. (NASB)<\/span> It is interesting how David says <\/span>\u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05dd \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b9\u05d1 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e2\u05b8\u05d5\u05b9\u05df<\/span> \u201cHow blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity\u201d<\/span> using the word <\/span>\u05d0\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05dd<\/span> (Adam) rather than <\/span>\u05d0\u05d9\u05e9<\/span>. This suggests that the man he is referring to is in a general sense, drawing a contrast against the one who is under a covenant (man, <\/span>\u05d0\u05d9\u05e9<\/span>). What would be the reason for his use of the word <\/span>\u201cAdam\u201d<\/span> here in the text? It might be that the Adam (<\/span>\u05d0\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05dd<\/span>), not being a man who is a covenant member (<\/span>i.e. not married or a son of Israel<\/span>) and therefore would not or had not repented of his sin. David says <\/span>32:3 When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. (NASB)<\/span> may suggest a connection to the one who is blessed being forgiven by the Lord and the man that may not be in the covenant blessing of Israel. David goes on to say that the hand of the Lord was heavy upon him because of his sin, so much so that his life was drained from him. The Aramaic Targum translates the Masoretic text to say the following, <\/span>\u05d1 \u05d8\u05d1 \u05dc\u05de\u05e9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e8 \u05e2\u05de\u05e8\u05dd \u05f4\u05d8\u05d5\u05d1\u05d5\u05d4\u05d9 \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05e0\u05e9\u05d0\u05d3\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d7\u05e9\u05d9\u05d1 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e2\u05d5\u05d9\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05dc \u05d3\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d5\u05ea \u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05d7\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e0\u05db\u05dc\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d2 \u05de\u05d8\u05d5\u05dc \u05d0\u05e8\u05d5\u05dd\u05d3\u05e9\u05ea\u05e7\u05d9\u05ea \u05de\u05df \u05e4\u05ea\u05d2\u05de\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9\u05d9\u05ea\u05d0 \u05d1\u05dc\u05d9\u05d9\u05df \u05d2\u05e8\u05de\u05d9\u05d9 \u05d1\u05e0\u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9 \u05db\u05d5\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05d5\u05de\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d3 \u05d0\u05e8\u05d5\u05dd \u05d9\u05d9\u05de\u05dd \u05d5\u05dc\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9 \u05ea\u05e7\u05d9\u05e4\u05ea \u05ea\u05d5\u05e7\u05e4\u05da\u05e2\u05dc\u05d9 \u05de\u05d7\u05ea\u05da \u05d0\u05d9\u05ea\u05d4\u05e4\u05d9\u05da \u05e8\u05d5\u05d8\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d9\u05da \u05e9\u05e8\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d3\u05e7\u05d9\u05d9\u05d8\u05d0 \u05dc\u05e2\u05dc\u05de\u05d0\u05c3<\/span> 32:2 How happy was Moses, son of Amram, to whom the Lord did not reckon his sins, because there was no guile in his spirit. 32:3 Because I have been silent from the words of Torah, my bones waste away while I groan all day. 32:4 Because day and night your punishment is severe upon me, my moisture is turned to, as it were, the hot wind of summer forever. (EMC)<\/span> It is interesting the rabbis parallel these verses to Moshe whom the Lord did not impute his sins against him. They say there is no guile (<\/span>\u05e0\u05db\u05dc\u05d0<\/span>) in his soul and this was the reason the Lord did not hold his sins against him. The word <\/span>\u201cguile\u201d<\/span> is defined as <\/span>\u201cn. deceit, duplicity; fraud, cunning; trickery,\u201d<\/span> so Moshe did not treat others or God with deception. The rabbis also say that it was because David was silent from the words of the Torah that his bones wasted away and groaned all day. Are the rabbis saying that not studying Torah is a sin? It is interesting that when one sins, the last thing one wants to do is to study the Scriptures, let alone read the Scriptures. So when David sinned, he did not study the words of the Torah, had he done so he would have known that he is not to sleep with another man\u2019s wife, or to commit murder, steeling from his neighbor, etc. The Aramaic Targum also says that because of the Lord\u2019s punishment, his moisture is turned to a hot wind of summer. This is analogous to the death of a plant when it is dried out in the desert heat, no fruit may be produced because there is no life, because of sin. This does make sense regarding the rabbis interpretation of David\u2019s words, deceit, sin, the Torah, etc. While studying the Apostolic Writings, do we see a similar parallel in thought regarding David\u2019s words and the rabbis? Let\u2019s look at the book of <\/span>1 John<\/span> in the Apostolic Writings.<\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/a>1 John 1:5-8<\/span><\/p>\n

    1:5 This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; 1:7 but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/a>1 John 2:24-29<\/span><\/p>\n

    2:24 As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. 2:25 This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life. 2:26 These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you. 2:27 As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. 2:28 Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming. 2:29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/a>1 John 5:2-5<\/span><\/p>\n

    5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandments. 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome. 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world our faith. 5:5 Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n

    John speaks of the differences between walking in the light verses walking in darkness and having fellowship with the Lord (<\/span>1 John 1:5-8<\/span>). He then says that if you abide in what you heard from the beginning. What are the things that were heard from the beginning? Is that a reference to the Torah? In the Aramaic Targum, the rabbis say that because David was silent from the words of the Torah that his bones wasted away and groaned all day. Notice how John then says all who practices righteousness is born of Him (<\/span>1 John 2:29<\/span>). Our understanding of righteousness, how to be righteous, comes from the Torah which draws us back to the comment in <\/span>1 John 2:24 <\/span>the commandments we heard from the beginning. John concludes his epistle (<\/span>1 John 5<\/span>) saying that we obey his commandments because we love God and the commandments are not burdensome. David says <\/span>32:4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah. (NASB)<\/span> If we who are called to walk in holiness, righteousness, and justice do not do so, would the Lord\u2019s hand not be heavy upon our lives until we repent and turn from our sins and walk in the way God would want us to walk? The victory that we have to overcome the world is our Savior Yeshua the Messiah, the Son of God. <\/span><\/p>\n

    The Septuagint states 32:2 \u03bc\u03b1\u03ba\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f00\u03bd\u03ae\u03c1 \u03bf\u1f57 \u03bf\u1f50 \u03bc\u1f74 \u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03af\u03c3\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f01\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03af\u03b1\u03bd \u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u1f72 \u1f14\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03c3\u03c4\u03cc\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b4\u03cc\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 32:3 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f10\u03c3\u03af\u03b3\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1 \u1f10\u03c0\u03b1\u03bb\u03b1\u03b9\u03ce\u03b8\u03b7 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f40\u03c3\u03c4\u1fb6 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u03c1\u03ac\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5 \u1f45\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f21\u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd 32:4 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f21\u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bd\u03c5\u03ba\u03c4\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f10\u03b2\u03b1\u03c1\u03cd\u03bd\u03b8\u03b7 \u1f10\u03c0\u2019 \u1f10\u03bc\u1f72 \u1f21 \u03c7\u03b5\u03af\u03c1 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03ac\u03c6\u03b7\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b1\u03bb\u03b1\u03b9\u03c0\u03c9\u03c1\u03af\u03b1\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f10\u03bc\u03c0\u03b1\u03b3\u1fc6\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f04\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd\u03b8\u03b1\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u03ac\u03c8\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u03b1 <\/span>32:2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and whose mouth there is no guile. 32:3 Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day. 32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in me. Pause. (LXX)<\/span> The Septuagint is very similar to the Masoretic text, it is interesting however that the rabbis translate <\/span>32:4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah. (NASB)<\/span> to say that the heavy hand of the Lord has fastened a thorn (\u1f04\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd\u03b8\u03b1\u03bd) in David. This is fascinating since this brings to memory the Apostle Paul\u2019s thorn in the flesh in <\/span>2 Corinthians 12:7-9<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/a>2 Corinthians 12:7-9<\/span><\/p>\n

    12:7 Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a <\/span>thorn in the flesh<\/span>, a messenger of Satan to torment me to keep me from exalting myself! 12:8 Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me. 12:9 And He has said to me, \u2018My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.\u2019 Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n

    Thorn in the flesh is a colloquialism used to describe a chronic illness, annoyance, or trouble in one\u2019s life. It is most commonly used by Christians as a result of the source expression written by the Apostle Paul in his Second Epistle to the <\/span>Corinthians 12:7\u20139<\/span>. According to the Tanach, the <\/span>\u201cthorn\u201d<\/span> is used as a metaphor, such as in <\/span>Ezekiel 28:24<\/span> and <\/span>Joshua 23:13<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/a>Joshua 23:13<\/span><\/p>\n

    23:13 know with certainty that the Lord your God will not continue to drive these nations out from before you; but they will be a snare and a trap to you, and a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the Lord your God has given you. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/a>Ezekiel 28:24<\/span><\/p>\n

    28:24 \u2018And there will be no more for the house of Israel a prickling brier or a painful thorn from any round about them who scorned them; then they will know that I am the Lord God.\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n

    What is interesting, studying Christian commentary on the thorn, most commentaries do not reference the Septuagint and <\/span>Tehillim \/ Psalms 32:4<\/span> when listing verse references for <\/span>2 Corinthians 12:7<\/span>. What is interesting is that some interpret the thorn as persecutions and unfortunate accidents that characterized Paul\u2019s life. The Reformers Martin Luther, John Calvin, and others interpret the expression as denoting temptation to unbelief (see <\/span>Easton, Matthew George (1897). \u201cThorn in the flesh\u201d. Easton\u2019s Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.<\/span>). Others focus mainly upon the infirmity that Paul had with discussions on what exactly was Paul\u2019s thorn in the flesh. What is distinctly missing is a discussion on the thorn (\u1f04\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd\u03b8\u03b1\u03bd) that God gave David because of unrepentant sin. The rabbis say that the Lord placed a heavy hand upon David because of his sin and fastened a thorn to torment him according to the Septuagint. David in the Psalm is discussing the parallels of the one who is with or without deceit, keeping God\u2019s Word in our hearts (the study of Torah), not keeping silent about sin (hiding sin), and the Lord being weighty upon his heart for what he had done. The interesting question is, do you think the Lord would give a child of God a thorn in the flesh to draw him back to himself, to keep one humble, and to draw one to repentance? He certainly would, he did that to the Apostle Paul. David said that when he kept silent about his sin, his body made it known that he had done wrong because the hand of the Lord was weighing upon him. Do you think the hand of the Lord would weigh heavy upon our lives if we were walking in darkness or trying to walk in both light and darkness at the same time? These Scriptures seem to indicate so. We do not have a <\/span>\u201csafety net\u201d <\/span>simply because we believe in Yeshua and are saved. Our lives must demonstrate the fruit of our salvation! We must take our faith seriously and watch what we see, hear, and do. According to John\u2019s epistle, we are to live our lives according to the commands of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

    David said that it is only when we humble ourselves and confess our sins that the Lord will forgive our guilt (<\/span>\u05d4 \u05d7\u05b7\u05d8\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05b2\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05db\u05b4\u05e1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e2\u05b7\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e0\u05b8\u05e9\u05b8\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea\u05b8 \u05e2\u05b2\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d7\u05b7\u05d8\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4: <\/span>, <\/span>32:5 I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I did not hide; I said, \u2018I will confess my transgressions to the Lord\u2019; And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah. NASB<\/span>) He goes on to say <\/span>\u05d5 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d6\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea \u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05dc \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d7\u05b8\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3 | \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05ea \u05de\u05b0\u05e6\u05b9\u05d0 \u05e8\u05b7\u05e7 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05d8\u05b6\u05e3 \u05de\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b7\u05d2\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc:<\/span> 32:6 Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him. (NASB)<\/span> Does this suggest that there are times when the Lord cannot be found? Is there Scriptural evidence that states a time in Israel\u2019s history when God could not be found? One instance that comes to find is from <\/span>Ezekiel 14<\/span> that states the people had idols in their hearts and the Lord would answer the people according to their idols thus receiving a wrong answer so that they would be destroyed. We know this happened a lot, God gave King Saul a lying spirit. The northern tribes of Israel also were given false prophecies by their prophets because of their sins. Do you think the Lord could not be found in this instance? In the Tanach, there are many examples of prayers that were not answered. In the Scriptures, the Lord usually responded to one praying, we are told that when we pray to expect that He will answer us (<\/span>James 1:5 and Jeremiah 33:3<\/span>). Out of the prayers that we find in the Scriptures, many times the reason the Lord responded with no or did not respond at all was because of the sin of the individual of the people as a whole. The other reason was because it was not the Lord\u2019s will or that it did not glorify the Lord. One example may be taken from King Saul\u2019s life, he asked for guidance from the Lord to help him defeat his enemy, however, because of Saul\u2019s disobedience the Lord did not respond to his prayer. King David also received the same response from the Lord following his sin with Bathsheba and the death of his child (see <\/span>2 Samuel 12:14-31<\/span>). Other examples of the Lord not answering prayer, Jonah and Elijah both asked to die because of their difficult circumstances and His answer was no (see <\/span>Jonah 4 and 1 Kings 19:1-14<\/span>). Yeshua also asked for the Lord to take the cup of suffering from Him (<\/span>Luke 22:42<\/span>) but it was God\u2019s will and plan for him to drink the cup and Submit to the will of the father. In these instances of prayer, would this have been considered a time when the Lord could not be found? The rabbis translate this in the Aramaic Targum to say <\/span>\u05d4 \u05d7\u05d5\u05d1\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d5\u05d3\u05e2\u05d9\u05e0\u05da \u05d5\u05e2\u05d5\u05d9\u05ea\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d7\u05e4\u05d9\u05ea \u05d0\u05de\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea \u05d0\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9 \u05e2\u05dc \u05de\u05e8\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\u05d9 \u05e7\u05d3\u05dd \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d0\u05ea \u05d5\u05d0\u05e0\u05ea \u05e9\u05d1\u05e7\u05ea\u05d0 \u05e2\u05d5\u05d9\u05d9\u05ea \u05d7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9 \u05dc\u05e2\u05dc\u05de\u05d9\u05df\u05c3 \u05d5 \u05de\u05d8\u05d5\u05dc \u05d3\u05d0 \u05d9\u05e6\u05dc\u05d9 \u05db\u05dc \u05d7\u05e1\u05d9\u05d3\u05d0 \u05e7\u05d3\u05de\u05da \u05dc\u05d5\u05d5\u05ea\u05da \u05dc\u05e2\u05d9\u05d3\u05df \u05e8\u05e2\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d7\u05d5\u05d3 \u05dc\u05e2\u05d9\u05d3\u05df \u05d3\u05d9\u05d9\u05ea\u05d5\u05df \u05e2\u05de\u05de\u05d9\u05df \u05e1\u05d2\u05d9\u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05d9\u05da \u05de\u05d9\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05de\u05d8\u05d5\u05df \u05dc\u05de\u05d1\u05d0\u05e9\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d0\u05d1\u05d0\u05e9\u05d0\u05c3 <\/span> 32:5 My sin I will tell you and my iniquity I have not covered. I said, \u201cI will confess my rebellions in the presence of the Lord;\u201d and You forgave the iniquity of my sin forever. 32:6 Because of this let every pious man pray in Your presence at the time of His favor; indeed, at the time when many Gentiles come like waters, to him they will not come near to do harm. (EMC)<\/span> Note how the rabbis say <\/span>\u201cI will confess my iniquities before the Lord and He forgave his iniquities forever\u201d<\/span> (<\/span>\u05d0\u05de\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea \u05d0\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9 \u05e2\u05dc \u05de\u05e8\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\u05d9 \u05e7\u05d3\u05dd \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d0\u05ea \u05d5\u05d0\u05e0\u05ea \u05e9\u05d1\u05e7\u05ea\u05d0 \u05e2\u05d5\u05d9\u05d9\u05ea \u05d7\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9 \u05dc\u05e2\u05dc\u05de\u05d9\u05df<\/span>) and <\/span>\u201cOn account of \/ Because of this…\u201d<\/span> (<\/span>\u05de\u05d8\u05d5\u05dc \u05d3\u05d0<\/span>) the pious man is to pray in God\u2019s presence at the time of His favor. Notice the parallel with being open with our sins before the Lord and his being available to hear the prayer of the pious (<\/span>\u05d7\u05e1\u05d9\u05d3\u05d0<\/span>). <\/span><\/p>\n

    The time of God\u2019s favor is also paralleled with the times when Gentiles come near to do no harm. It is interesting how David says <\/span>\u05d5 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d6\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea \u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05dc \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d7\u05b8\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3 | \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05ea \u05de\u05b0\u05e6\u05b9\u05d0 \u05e8\u05b7\u05e7 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05d8\u05b6\u05e3 \u05de\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b7\u05d2\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc:<\/span> 32:6 Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him. (NASB)<\/span> The flood of great waters (<\/span>\u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05d8\u05b6\u05e3 \u05de\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd<\/span>) is used here as an allegory to convey a powerful message striving in prayer for the Lord. This most likely is a reference to the story of Noach and the Flood, and this story from the Torah is used throughout the Scriptures. King Solomon said in <\/span>Song 8:7<\/span> \u05d6 \u05de\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05d5\u05bc\u05db\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05db\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b7\u05d4\u05b2\u05d1\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05b0\u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d8\u05b0\u05e4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d4\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05b7\u05d4\u05b2\u05d1\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d6 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05d6\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9:<\/span> 8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers overflow it; If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised. (NASB)<\/span> The phrase <\/span>\u201cmany waters\u201d<\/span> is a reference to the waters of Noach and the unquenchable love that is within the human soul for God, the kind of love is on fire like what is found in coals, a mighty flame (<\/span>Song 8:6 Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, The very flame of the LORD. NASB<\/span>) In Solomon\u2019s words, the <\/span>\u201cmany waters\u201d<\/span> symbolizes ones struggle with the world (<\/span>i.e. preoccupation with worldly concerns<\/span>). Note how the preoccupation with worldly concerns, for instance working for a living, sometimes the business of work can make a person feel like they are <\/span>\u201cdrowning\u201d<\/span> in life. The preoccupation with ones livelihood may also cause a person to lose sight of what is truly important, to seek the Lord and devote one\u2019s self to prayer and studying God\u2019s Word. With this in mind, it is interesting what David is saying in the Psalm, <\/span>32:6 Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him. (NASB)<\/span> he may have been referring to the business of life and the need to seek the Lord when we have the opportunity to do so and not allow the flood of great waters of this world overtake us. <\/span><\/p>\n

    The Septuagint states 32:5 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f01\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03af\u03b1\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03b3\u03bd\u03ce\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f00\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03af\u03b1\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f10\u03ba\u03ac\u03bb\u03c5\u03c8\u03b1 \u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b1 \u1f10\u03be\u03b1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03cd\u03c3\u03c9 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u2019 \u1f10\u03bc\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f00\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03af\u03b1\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03af\u1ff3 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c3\u1f7a \u1f00\u03c6\u1fc6\u03ba\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f00\u03c3\u03ad\u03b2\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f01\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b4\u03b9\u03ac\u03c8\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u03b1 32:6 \u1f51\u03c0\u1f72\u03c1 \u03c4\u03b1\u03cd\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b5\u03cd\u03be\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u1fb6\u03c2 \u1f45\u03c3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c3\u1f72 \u1f10\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u1ff7 \u03b5\u1f50\u03b8\u03ad\u03c4\u1ff3 \u03c0\u03bb\u1f74\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03ba\u03bb\u03c5\u03c3\u03bc\u1ff7 \u1f51\u03b4\u03ac\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f10\u03b3\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd <\/span>32:5 I acknowledged my sin, and hid not mine iniquity: I said, I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord against myself; and thou forgavest the ungodliness of my heart. Pause. 32:6 Therefore shall every holy one pray to thee in a fit time: only in the deluge of many waters they shall not come nigh to him. (LXX)<\/span> Here the rabbis say that everyone is to pray in a <\/span>\u201cfit time\u201d<\/span> and that only in the deluge of many waters will they not come near to the Lord. The point we can take away from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts is to realize that this world can cause us to be preoccupied with life, so much so that we might neglect our time with the Lord to seek Him, forgiveness, to pray, and to study His Word. The waters mentioned here in the text are important because water possesses the ability to spiritually purify. In the story of Noach, the corruption of that generation had defiled the entire earth, as we are told, <\/span>\u201cfor the earth is filled with violence\u201d <\/span>(<\/span>Bereshit \/ Genesis 6:13<\/span>) and therefore the Lord destroyed and reshaped the earth itself while eliminating those who had defiled it. In doing so the Lord purified the world. The Lord chose water, which has the ability to accomplish this, as it is written in <\/span>Ezekiel 36:25<\/span> \u201cAnd I will sprinkle upon you pure waters and you will be purified; from all your defilements and from all your idols I will purify you.\u201d<\/span> The floodwaters are similar to a spiritually purifying mikvah (ritual bath). <\/span><\/p>\n

    David concludes his Psalm saying <\/span>\u05d6 \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05e1\u05b5\u05ea\u05b6\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e6\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e8\u05b8\u05e0\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e4\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05d8 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05b0\u05d1\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4: \u05d7 \u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 | \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05da\u05b0-\u05d6\u05d5\u05bc \u05ea\u05b5\u05dc\u05b5\u05da\u05b0 \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9: \u05d8 \u05d0\u05b7\u05dc-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05bc | \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05e1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e1 \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05e4\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05d3 \u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05b6\u05ea\u05b6\u05d2 \u05d5\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e1\u05b6\u05df \u05e2\u05b6\u05d3\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc \u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b9\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8: \u05d9 \u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05b7\u05db\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e2 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d7\u05b6\u05e1\u05b6\u05d3 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05b0\u05d1\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc:<\/span> 32:7 You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah. 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you. 32:9 Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, Otherwise they will not come near to you. 32:10 Many are the sorrows of the wicked, But he who trusts in the Lord, lovingkindness shall surround him. (NASB)<\/span> The last verse says <\/span> \u05d9\u05d0 \u05e9\u05b4\u05b9\u05de\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d2\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05e6\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9-\u05dc\u05b5\u05d1<\/span>32:11 Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart. (NASB)<\/span> David says that the Lord is his hiding place because God preserves him from trouble. The Lord will instruct in the path he should go. How does the Lord instruct David in the path he should go? How does the Lord instruct us in the path we should go? According to <\/span>Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 6:3<\/span> we are told <\/span>6:3 \u2018O Israel, you should listen and be careful to do it, that it may be well with you and that you may multiply greatly, just as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. (NASB)<\/span> The Lord instructs us in His ways according to His Word, the Torah. David continues warning not to be like the horse or mule without understanding that requires a bridle to hold them in check. This is why there are many sorrows for the wicked, but for the righteous who trust in the Lord, he will be surrounded by the mercy of God. The Aramaic Targum and the Septuagint say the following:<\/span><\/p>\n

    Targum Pseudo Jonathan<\/span><\/p>\n

    Toviyah \/ Psalms Chapter 32:7-11<\/span><\/p>\n

    32:7 You are the Lord; hide me, from the oppressor guard me; the joy of salvation will surround me forever. 32:8 I will enlighten you and teach you; in this way you shall go; I will advise you and put my eye upon you for good. 32:9 Do not be like a horse or mule who have no intelligence; both muzzle and halter are its trappings to be kept silent; let it not come near you. 32:10 Many are the pains of the wicked; but favor will surround the one who trusts in the Lord. 32:11 Rejoice in the word of the Lord, and be glad, O righteous; and give praise, all you with upright hearts. (EMC)<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u05d6 \u05d0\u05ea \u05d0\u05e0\u05ea \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05d8\u05de\u05d5\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d9 \u05de\u05de\u05e2\u05d9\u05e7\u05d0 \u05d1\u05e1\u05d9\u05d8\u05e8\u05da \u05ea\u05e0\u05d8\u05e8\u05d9\u05e0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d9\u05e2\u05ea \u05e9\u05d6\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea\u05d0 \u05ea\u05d7\u05d6\u05e8\u05d9\u05e0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05dc\u05e2\u05dc\u05de\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d7 \u05d0\u05e9\u05db\u05dc\u05d9\u05e0\u05da \u05d5\u05d0\u05dc\u05d9\u05e4\u05d9\u05e0\u05da \u05d1\u05d0\u05d5\u05e8\u05d7\u05d0 \u05d3\u05e0\u05df \u05ea\u05d4\u05da \u05d0\u05d9\u05de\u05dc\u05db\u05d9\u05e0\u05da \u05d5\u05d0\u05d9\u05e9\u05d5\u05d9 \u05e2\u05dc\u05da \u05dc\u05d8\u05d1\u05d0 \u05e2\u05d9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05c3 \u05d8 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05ea\u05d4\u05d5\u05d5\u05df \u05db\u05e1\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d9\u05da \u05db\u05d5\u05d3\u05e0\u05d0 \u05d3\u05dc\u05d9\u05ea \u05d1\u05d4\u05d5\u05dd \u05d1\u05d9\u05d5\u05e0\u05d0 \u05d1\u05d6\u05de\u05de\u05d0 \u05d5\u05e4\u05e8\u05d5\u05de\u05d1\u05d9\u05d0 \u05ea\u05d9\u05e7\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d0\u05d9\u05ea\u05d7\u05e1\u05de\u05d0 \u05db\u05d7\u05d3\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05ea\u05e7\u05e8\u05d1 \u05d9\u05e7\u05e8\u05d1 \u05dc\u05d5\u05ea\u05da\u05c3 \u05d9 \u05e1\u05d2\u05d9\u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05db\u05d9\u05d1\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05e8\u05e9\u05d9\u05e2\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d3\u05db\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d5\u05d3\u05e8\u05d7\u05d9\u05e5 \u05d1\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05d8\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea\u05d0 \u05d9\u05d7\u05d6\u05e8\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05d4\u05c3 \u05d9\u05d0 \u05d7\u05d3\u05d5 \u05d1\u05de\u05d9\u05de\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d1\u05e2\u05d5 \u05d5\u05d1\u05d5\u05e2\u05d5 \u05e6\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d5\u05e9\u05d1\u05d7\u05d5 \u05db\u05dc \u05ea\u05e8\u05d9\u05e6\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d1\u05d0 \u05e8\u05e2\u05d9\u05d5\u05e0\u05d0\u05c3<\/span><\/p>\n

    Septuagint<\/span><\/p>\n

    Psalmoi \/ Psalms 32:7-11<\/span><\/p>\n

    32:7 Thou art my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. Pause. 32:8 I will instruct thee and guide thee in this way wherein thou shalt go: I will fix mine eyes upon thee. 32:9 Be ye not as horse and mule, which have no understanding; but thou must constrain their jaws with bit and curb, lest they should come nigh to thee. 32:10 Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about. 32:11 Be glad in the Lord, and exult, ye righteous: and glory, all ye that are upright in heart.(LXX)<\/span><\/p>\n

    32:7 \u03c3\u03cd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u1f36 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03c6\u03c5\u03b3\u1f74 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03b8\u03bb\u03af\u03c8\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5\u03c7\u03bf\u03cd\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u1f78 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03af\u03b1\u03bc\u03ac \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bb\u03cd\u03c4\u03c1\u03c9\u03c3\u03b1\u03af \u03bc\u03b5 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03ba\u03c5\u03ba\u03bb\u03c9\u03c3\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5 \u03b4\u03b9\u03ac\u03c8\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u03b1 32:8 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b9\u1ff6 \u03c3\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bc\u03b2\u03b9\u03b2\u1ff6 \u03c3\u03b5 \u1f10\u03bd \u1f41\u03b4\u1ff7 \u03c4\u03b1\u03cd\u03c4\u1fc3 \u1f97 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03cd\u03c3\u1fc3 \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u03b9\u1ff6 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c3\u1f72 \u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u1f40\u03c6\u03b8\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u03bf\u03cd\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 32:9 \u03bc\u1f74 \u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5 \u1f61\u03c2 \u1f35\u03c0\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21\u03bc\u03af\u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f37\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f14\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u03c3\u03cd\u03bd\u03b5\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c7\u03b1\u03bb\u03b9\u03bd\u1ff7 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b7\u03bc\u1ff7 \u03c4\u1f70\u03c2 \u03c3\u03b9\u03b1\u03b3\u03cc\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f04\u03b3\u03be\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03bc\u1f74 \u1f10\u03b3\u03b3\u03b9\u03b6\u03cc\u03bd\u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c3\u03ad 32:10 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b1\u1f31 \u03bc\u03ac\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03b3\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f01\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c9\u03bb\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u03af\u03b6\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03ba\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u1f14\u03bb\u03b5\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03c5\u03ba\u03bb\u03ce\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 32:11 \u03b5\u1f50\u03c6\u03c1\u03ac\u03bd\u03b8\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03ba\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b9\u1fb6\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5 \u03b4\u03af\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c5\u03c7\u1fb6\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f31 \u03b5\u1f50\u03b8\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u03af\u1fb3<\/span><\/p>\n

    Both the Septuagint (Greek Translation) and the Aramaic Targum agrees well with the Masoretic Text. The Targum states <\/span>\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d7\u05d3\u05d5 \u05d1\u05de\u05d9\u05de\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d1\u05e2\u05d5 \u05d5\u05d1\u05d5\u05e2\u05d5 \u05e6\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d5\u05e9\u05d1\u05d7\u05d5 \u05db\u05dc \u05ea\u05e8\u05d9\u05e6\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d1\u05d0 \u05e8\u05e2\u05d9\u05d5\u05e0\u05d0\u05c3<\/span> 32:11 Rejoice in the word of the Lord, and be glad, O righteous; and give praise, all you with upright hearts. (EMC)<\/span> The rabbis say to <\/span>\u201crejoice in the word of the Lord.\u201d<\/span> There is always cause for rejoicing in the Lord, even in times of affliction, distress, and persecution. The reason being the \u201cword of the Lord\u201d always remains the same which speaks of God\u2019s mercy and Grace. The Scriptures always speaks for peace and forgiveness, the righteousness of God and His Messiah Yeshua are everlasting, and so is His salvation and mercy and consequentially His love. The concluding verse that states <\/span>\u05d9\u05d0 \u05e9\u05b4\u05b9\u05de\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d2\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05e6\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9-\u05dc\u05b5\u05d1<\/span>32:11 Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart. (NASB)<\/span> David states that the one who may be glad and rejoice are the righteous ones (<\/span>\u05e6\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd<\/span>) and all who are upright in heart (<\/span>\u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9-\u05dc\u05b5\u05d1<\/span>). This brings us back to the topic of righteousness and justice in our lives, being innocent before the Lord, not having deception in our hearts before the Lord. These things we should strive for, seek the Lord and only serve the God of Israel, respect all people (love your neighbor), be humble before the Lord, be honest, live a moral life, be generous with time and money, practice what you preach (don\u2019t be a hypocrite), and forgive others their sins against you. The rabbis say that we are not to be preoccupied with this world because worldly values include wealth, power, pleasure, revenge, fame, vanity and status. These are the most important things to the unrighteous (wicked) people who desire nothing beyond serving themselves. Worldly values promote jealousies, resentments and conflicts among people in accordance with the purposes of Satan (<\/span>John 8:44, Acts 5:3, Romans 16:17-20, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Ephesians 2:1-3, 4:25-32, 2 Timothy 2:22-26, 1 John 3:8-10<\/span>). According to <\/span>Tehillim \/ Psalms 32<\/span>, the Lord wants to teach us His ways according to the Torah. The Lord\u2019s values are the opposite of worldly values. The good way, the good path, the one the Lore want us to walk is kindness to all people instead of power; humility instead of status; honesty and generosity instead of wealth, self-control instead of self-indulgence, and forgiveness instead of revenge. The Lord\u2019s values promote peace in our hearts and am among people in accordance with the purposes of God. We who are called by His name are to strive in obedience to God, then, by the help of Holy Spirit and in the Messiah Yeshua we will find a sense of joy and peace that no worldly rewards can match! <\/span><\/p>\n

    Rabbinic Commentary<\/span><\/p>\n

    The Rabbinic Commentary (Midrash) on <\/span>Tehillim \/ Psalms <\/span>32<\/span> has <\/span>4<\/span> parts. Reading through th<\/span>e<\/span> Midrash we will be looking at Parts <\/span>1, 2, 3, and 4<\/span>. Let\u2019s begin by outlining <\/span>Midrash Tehillim Chapter <\/span>3<\/span>2<\/span>, Parts <\/span>1, 2, 3, <\/span>and <\/span>4<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Outline of Midrash Tehillim \/ Psalms, Chapter 32, Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4<\/span><\/p>\n

    Part <\/span>1<\/span><\/p>\n