September 25 - Divine Silence
חרשׁ - For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. PSALM 32:3–4
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Chad Bird is a Scholar in Residence at 1517. He has served as a pastor, professor, and guest lecturer in Old Testament and Hebrew. He holds master’s degrees from Concordia Theological Seminary and Hebrew Union College. He has contributed articles to Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, Modern Reformation, The Federalist, Lutheran Forum, and other journals and websites. He is also the author of several books, including Night Driving & Your God Is Too Glorious.
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September 24 - God’s Hiding Place
סתר - For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock. PSALM 27:5
September 23 - The Way
דרך - Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way. PSALM 25:8–9
September 22 - Pursued by Mercy
רדף - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. PSALM 23:6
September 21 - Why Have You Exiled Me?
עזב - My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? PSALM 22:1
2 Samuel 20:2-26 (Episode 284)
A sword in the stomach and a head over the wall.
Worms, Fire, and Eye-Gouging: What Does Jesus Mean by the Violent Language in Mark 9
Jesus uses a lot of violent language at the end of Mark 9:38-50. Millstones hung around people’s necks who are cast into the sea. Eyes gouged out and hands chopped off. People salted with fire. What’s up with all this? What does it mean? Using Proverbs, Leviticus, Isaiah, and some intertestamental literature, Chad Bird leads us into the Jewish thought…
September 20 - Pleasing Words and Meditation
רצון - Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. PSALM 19:14
September 19 - Horn of Salvation
קרן - I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. PSALM 18:1–2
September 18 - The Apple of God’s Eye
אישׁון - Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings, from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me. PSALM 17:8–9
September 17 - A Hope-Trust
בטח - But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me. PSALM 13:5–6
Leah: Waking up with the Wrong Sister
Rachel was the beloved wife, to be sure, but she was not the maternal link between Eve and Mary. That blessed position belonged to Leah.
September 16 - The Cup of the Lord
כוס - The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence. Let him rain coals on the wicked; fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup. PSALM 11:5–6
September 15 - The Majestic Name
שׁם - O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. PSALM 8:1
September 14 - Be Gracious to Me
חנן - O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath. Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled. My soul also is greatly…
2 Samuel 19:16-20:2 (Episode 283)
Insurrection at the family reunion.
September 13 - God’s Beloved Ones
חסיד - O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah But know that the Lord has set apart the godly for himself; the Lord hears…
September 12 - Blessed Is the Man
אשׁרי - Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and…
September 11 - Feasting on Leviathan
לויתן - “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook or press down his tongue with a cord? Can you put a rope in his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?" JOB 41:1–2
September 10 - Seeing God in the Flesh
בשׂר - "For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for…
September 9 - Gnashing of Teeth
חרק - He has torn me in his wrath and hated me; he has gnashed his teeth at me; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me. Men have gaped at me with their mouth; they have struck me insolently on…
2 Samuel 18:19-19:15 (Episode 282)
Joab rebukes David’s mourning.
September 8 - Miserable Comforters
עמל - Then Job answered and said: “I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all." JOB 16:1–2
September 7 - Fashion or Hurt? Job’s Painful Pun
עצב - Your hands fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether. Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust? Did you not pour me out like milk and…
September 6 - Casting Lots
פורים - Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur (that is, cast lots), to crush and to destroy them. But when it…
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