{"id":3455,"date":"2014-11-12T22:44:33","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T22:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=3455"},"modified":"2014-11-14T01:56:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T01:56:34","slug":"tehillim-psalms-54-part-1-faith-faithfulness-and-righteous-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/tehillim-psalms-54-part-1-faith-faithfulness-and-righteous-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehillim \/ Psalms 54, Part 1, Faith, Faithfulness, and Righteous Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T40dmjuBDm8&amp;feature=youtu.be&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s study is from <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 54:1-7<\/span><\/em>, the psalm opens saying, \u05d0\u00a0\u00a0 \u05dc\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05d2\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05b9\u05ea \u05de\u05b7\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3: \u05d1\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d1\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc\u05dc \u05d4\u05b2\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3 \u05de\u05b4\u05e1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc:\u00a0 <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Maskil of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, \u201cIs not David hiding himself among us?\u201d (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 The first two verses from the Masoretic Text have become the title for our English translations of <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 54<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 David says, \u05d2\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b4\u05d2\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b8\u05ea\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05ea\u05b0\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9:\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">54:1 Save me, O God, by Your name, And vindicate me by Your power. (NASB)<\/span>\u00a0 How does God save David by His name?\u00a0 What is it about the Name of God that saves?\u00a0 He expects the Lord to move in His power according to His name.\u00a0 He is seeking the Lord for an answer to his prayer,<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> \u05d3\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e4\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d6\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9-\u05e4\u05b4\u05d9: 54:2 Hear my prayer, O God; Give ear to the words of my mouth. (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 David\u2019s case is based on the enemy who surrounds, \u05d4\u00a0\u00a0 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d6\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd | \u05e7\u05b8\u05de\u05d5\u05bc \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05e6\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc \u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05e9\u05b8\u05b9\u05de\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b6\u05d2\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05dd \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4:\u00a0 <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">54:3 For strangers have risen against me And violent men have sought my life; They have not set God before them. Selah. (NASB)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Notice how those who surround David to take his life do not set the Lord God before them.\u00a0 What does it mean to set God before us? Read more here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Tehillim-54-Part1.pdf\">Tehillim 54-Part1<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T40dmjuBDm8&amp;feature=youtu.be&#8221;] This week\u2019s study is from Tehillim \/ Psalms 54:1-7, the psalm opens saying, \u05d0\u00a0\u00a0 \u05dc\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05d2\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05b9\u05ea \u05de\u05b7\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dc \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3: \u05d1\u00a0\u00a0 \u05d1\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc\u05dc \u05d4\u05b2\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3 \u05de\u05b4\u05e1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8 \u05e2\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc:\u00a0 For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Maskil of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, \u201cIs not David hiding himself among us?\u201d (NASB)\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tehillim"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}