i find this so appropriate for the first post of this blog...i also find it incredibly appropriate for the hard times many of us our facing right now. i have chosen the amplified version of the Bible for this passage. and so it reads...
1O GOD, You have rejected us and cast us off, broken down [our defenses], and scattered us; You have been angry--O restore us and turn Yourself to us again! 2 You have made the land to quake and tremble, You have rent it [open]; repair its breaches, for it shakes and totters. 3 You have made Your people suffer hard things; You have given us to drink wine that makes us reel and be dazed. 4 [But now] You have set up a banner for those who fear and worshipfully revere You [to which they may flee from the bow], a standard displayed because of the truth. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! 5 That Your beloved ones may be delivered, save with Your right hand and answer us [or me]. 6 God has spoken in His holiness [in His promises]: I will rejoice, I will divide and portion out [the land] Shechem and the Valley of Succoth [west to east]. 7 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is My helmet (the defense of My head); Judah is My scepter and My lawgiver. 8 Moab is My washpot [reduced to vilest servitude]; upon Edom I cast My shoe in triumph; over Philistia I raise the shout of victory. 9 Who will bring me [David] into the strong city [of Petra]? Who will lead me into Edom? 10 Have You not rejected us, O God? And will You not go forth, O God, with our armies? 11 O give us help against the adversary, for vain (ineffectual and to no purpose) is the help or salvation of man. 12 Through God we shall do valiantly, for He it is Who shall tread down our adversaries.
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I honestly had a hard time understanding this one. I had to go to Bible Gateway and look up a different version to understand it better. But after reading it I really liked "11-Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless. 12-With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies." To me it is saying man alone can do nothing but man with God planted firmly in his heart can do much, and that God will guide and encourage those who set forth to do his works!
ReplyDeletevery true...after posting it and reading the NIV version i found this one a little confusing as well. just proves that some things can get lost in translation.
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