My little addition to Our Daily Bread (6/20/11):
Psalm 117:2a
For he loves us with unfailing love; (NLT)
For His lovingkindness is great toward us, (NASB)
For His merciful kindness is great toward us, (NKJV)
His mercy toward us is powerful. (God’s Word Translation)
With a context as short as Psalm 117, it probably is best summed up with last word (at least in Hebrew if I understand what more learned men have taught me): Hallelujah! I am not a Hebrew scholar, so I have to look at how those different scholars have approached the passage. Above I’ve listed four different interpretations of the middle of this psalm, which brings to mind one question: Is the psalmist praising God for His mercy, His kindness, or His love? The answer is “YES!” The psalmist marvels that even though we are so imperfect and fail so often, out of His perfection He still deals with us in mercy and kindness and even love. Just as David Roper noted in ODB, it doesn’t take a massive text or long oration to speak the most profound truths. With the psalmist, I will praise the Lord for who He is and will marvel for eternity that He still chooses to love me.
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