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
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…
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…
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…
September 5 - The Walls of Jerusalem
חומה - And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgivings and with singing, with cymbals, harps, and lyres. NEHEMIAH 12:27
September 4 - Ezra: Student and Teacher of Torah
דרשׁ - Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given... Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to…
September 3 - Divine Love
אהב - [The Queen of Sheba said to Solomon], "Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on his throne as king for the Lord your God! Because your God loved Israel and would…
September 2 - The Accuser
שׂטן - Then Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel. 1 CHRONICLES 21:1
September 1 - Exile
גלות - And the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, together with the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into…
August 31 - The Rolling Book
ספר - And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord.” 2 KINGS 22:8
August 30 - The Third Day
שׁלישׁי - "Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the…
August 29 - The Garb of Grief
שׂק - As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord. 2 KINGS 19:1
August 28 - From Shrine to Toilet
מחראה - They demolished the pillar of Baal, and demolished the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day. 2 KINGS 10:27
August 27 - Naaman Reborn
נער קטן - So [Naaman] went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. 2 KINGS 5:14