{"id":4756,"date":"2015-05-01T00:14:50","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T00:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=4756"},"modified":"2015-05-01T01:09:10","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T01:09:10","slug":"tehillim-psalms-66-part-1-trials-sickness-and-suffering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/tehillim-psalms-66-part-1-trials-sickness-and-suffering\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehillim \/ Psalms 66, Part 1, Trials, Sickness, and Suffering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ymf-Xzald14&amp;feature=youtu.be&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>In this week\u2019s study from <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 66:1-20<\/span><\/em>, the psalm opens saying \u05d0 \u05dc\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05de\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5: <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">For the choir director. A Song. A Psalm. 66:1 Shout joyfully to God, all the earth (NASB)<\/span><\/em> David calls for all of the earth to praise the name of the Lord for His mighty works. He calls upon the Scriptural account of God\u2019s mighty works, turning the sea into dry land (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">66:6<\/span><\/em>), He watches the nations (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">66:7<\/span><\/em>), He is the One who keeps our feet from slipping (<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">6:8<\/span><\/em>), and for all of these things, He is to be praised, \u05d1 \u05d6\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3-\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e9\u05b4\u05b9\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9: \u05d2 \u05d0\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05b7\u05d4-\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05b9\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b9\u05d1 \u05e2\u05bb\u05d6\u05bc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05db\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc-\u05dc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b9\u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8: \u05d3 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 | \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05d5\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b4\u05d9\u05d6\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc-\u05dc\u05b8\u05da\u05b0 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d6\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4: <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">66:2 Sing the glory of His name; Make His praise glorious. 66:3 Say to God, \u2018How awesome are Your works! Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will give feigned obedience to You. 66:4 \u2018All the earth will worship You, And will sing praises to You; They will sing praises to Your name.\u2019 Selah<\/span><\/em>. David compares us to being refined by fire as silver is refined, where silversmiths look to see their reflection in order to determine the purity of the metal, \u05d9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d1\u05b0\u05d7\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05e3-\u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05e1\u05b6\u05e3: <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">66:10 For You have tried us, O God; You have refined us as silver is refined. (NASB)<\/span><\/em> Does the Lord look at our purity by this comparison in the way in which we follow His Torah? The Lord refines us by bringing calamity upon us. Some people interpret Scripture to say that God wont do this any more because of Yeshua the Messiah. Is this type of interpretation true? Read more here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Tehillim-66-Part1.pdf\">Tehillim 66-Part1<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ymf-Xzald14&amp;feature=youtu.be&#8221;] In this week\u2019s study from Tehillim \/ Psalms 66:1-20, the psalm opens saying \u05d0 \u05dc\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05de\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5: For the choir director. A Song. A Psalm. 66:1 Shout joyfully to God, all the earth (NASB) David calls for all of the earth to praise the name of the Lord for His [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4756","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\/4756","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=4756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}