Friday 2021.10.01
We have arrived at the Sixth Day of the biblical week again. Today is Preparation Day. It's time to finish all our tasks for the week, to tie up loose ends, and to prepare ourselves to rest on the Seventh Day Sabbath which will begin at sunset this evening.
This morning for my OT reading I read through Psalms 7 to 14 using the NIV.
Psalm 8 contains a call to Yehovah, the Name of our God, which is not clearly translated in most English Translations. For Example, in the NKJV, verses 1 and 9 are rendered as follows
- Psalm 8:1 NKJV
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O LORD, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have set Your glory above the heavens! - Psalm 8:9 NKJV
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O LORD, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
In Hebrew, the plea, "O LORD" contains the tetragrammaton, the Name of God "YHWH", or "YeHoVaH" (יהוה), and the expression "O LORD our Lord" is originally "YeHoVaH our Lord", or "YeHoVaH Adoneinu" (יהוה אֲדֹנֵינוּ). As such, a more meaningful and inspiring reading can be obtained from Psalm 8 when ascribing excellence to His Name, if we render verses 1 and 9 as follows:
- Psalm 8:1
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O YEHOVAH, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have set Your glory above the heavens! - Psalm 8:9
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O YEHOVAH, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
