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EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
As the man in the "Footsteps" poem turned around at the end of his life, he saw two sets of footprints in the sand. One set of footprints was his, and the other set was the Lord's. The Lord had walked beside him all the way - from the beginning of his life to the end of it - his whole life long.
The footsteps poem does not come from the Bible, it comes from someone's imagination as they wrote a poem about how they saw the Lord deal with us. As I read through Jacob's blessing of Joseph I was reminded of the footsteps poem because of the way Jacob spoke about God working in his life. He said, "May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day, the Angel who has delivered me from all harm - may he bless these boys."
Jacob had seen God working in his life all the way through. No matter where Jacob had been and no matter what he had done, God had been there with him, protecting and guiding him.
Just as God was with Jacob all his life from the beginning to the end, so we are told that God will never leave us or forsake us. Eventually we will be able to look back over our lives and see how God has been with us every step of the way. Until then, let us put our faith in our faithful God.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Robert
BEARING GRUDGES
If anyone had a good excuse to bear a grudge and had the opportunity to pay his brothers out for causing his grudges, it was Joseph. He had been thrown into the pit, had his life threatened, been chained, sold as a slave, spent years in prison and been separated from his father and family for half his life.
So now that Jacob was dead and Joseph was the most powerful man in Egypt, he had every opportunity to get back at his brothers for all the misery they had put him through. Joseph's brothers thought that way, so they sent an urgent message to Joseph pleading for forgiveness. But bearing a grudge and getting revenge had not even crossed Joseph's mind and when he received their message he wept. He had already forgiven them. He had realised that all that had happened was for God to accomplish his plan and so Joseph held no grudge at all - only love.
Most of us have less reason to bear a grudge or to pay someone back for our grievances than Joseph did. Joseph learnt to forgive, accept and love. We must follow his example. Accept what has happened in the past, forgive any grievances we might have and turn our hatred into love.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2003 Reply to Robert
Bro Peter Cresswell's comment on the length of time, 70 days, in which Jacob's body lay in Egypt being prepared for burial, reminded me that 'the worms would destroy the flesh' and the flesh would be left in Egypt, but the bones, representing perhaps the solid structure of his life, were to be preserved and carried back to the promised land to await with his parents and grandparents, the resurrection.
Lesson for me. Our Thursday night Bible Class was on the Believer's life in what he/she does with their 'leisure' time.
Jean Cheetham [Moorestown New Jersey (US)] Comment added in 2005 Reply to Jean
Gen 48:19-20 Against the expectation of Joseph, Jacob gave the Joseph’s younger son Ephraim the blessing of the firstborn Manasseh.
“… his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.”. We see this prophecy of Jacob working out in the numbers in the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, Ephraim numbered 40,500 when Manasseh was numbered 32,200 (Num 1:33-34). Moses in his blessing on Israel just before his death spoke of Joseph’s sons, “they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”(Deut 33:17).
So Ephraim was chosen to lead what was later to become the Northern kingdom of a divided house in the days of Jeroboam and Rehoboam.
A similar divinely appointed pattern emerges for the Southern portion of the house of Israel. Reuben the eldest son of Jacob forfeited his firstborn heritage which was given then to Judah. So the Israel was to be divided.
“…the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.”(Judg 10:9). The seed of Abraham are for us, a witness to the existence of “Almighty God.” working out His purpose in the earth (Gen 17:1-21).
Peter Moore [Erith, UK] Comment added in 2019 Reply to Peter
50:20 you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive
Joseph's life had an end in view: because of the intense drought, God used Joseph and the evil of his brothers actions to preserve life (see also Genesis 45:5,7). But why didn't God just send rain and avoid the drought and its consequences? After all, the drought seems directed by God (seven good years followed by seven bad years), so why didn't God simply overrule the drought in Canaan and allow the Hebrews to stay in Canaan and develop there as a nation? There would have been:
** No lengthy migration to Egypt
** No need for Joseph to be a saviour
** No Hebrew slavery and oppression
** No need for Moses
** No passover
** No wilderness journey
** No need for Joshua to conquer Canaan
** No incursion into Canaan of the Philistines, who became such a problem later on.
In short, our efficiency-obsessed mind would argue that by God not sending the extreme drought, so much unnecessary trauma could have been avoided. The long and winding road to preserve life could have been replaced with a simple solution: rain.
But God has His reasons and hidden agendas in sending an extreme drought, even if we are unable to fully fathom them. Long and winding roads often are the hallmark of His work in our lives. All that our naive and often arrogant protests show is that we are not God. It doesn't show culpability, sloppiness or incompetence on the part of God. It takes faith to trust God in each of the turns in that long and winding road. But the results are worth it.
Bruce Bates [Forbes Australia] Comment added in 2024 Reply to Bruce
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1. And it came to pass after <310> these things <1697>, that one told <559>(8799) Joseph <3130>, Behold, thy father <1> is sick <2470>(8802): and he took <3947>(8799) with him his two <8147> sons <1121>, Manasseh <4519> and Ephraim <669>.
2. And one told <5046>(8686) Jacob <3290>, and said <559>(8799), Behold, thy son <1121> Joseph <3130> cometh <935>(8802) unto thee: and Israel <3478> strengthened <2388>(8691) himself, and sat <3427>(8799) upon the bed <4296>.
3. And Jacob <3290> said <559>(8799) unto Joseph <3130>, God <410> Almighty <7706> appeared <7200>(8738) unto me at Luz <3870> in the land <776> of Canaan <3667>, and blessed <1288>(8762) me,
4. And said <559>(8799) unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful <6509>(8688), and multiply <7235>(8689) thee, and I will make <5414>(8804) of thee a multitude <6951> of people <5971>; and will give <5414>(8804) this land <776> to thy seed <2233> after thee <310> for an everlasting <5769> possession <272>.
5. And now thy two <8147> sons <1121>, Ephraim <669> and Manasseh <4519>, which were born <3205>(8737) unto thee in the land <776> of Egypt <4714> before <5704> I came <935>(8800) unto thee into Egypt <4714>, are mine; as Reuben <7205> and Simeon <8095>, they shall be mine.
6. And thy issue <4138>, which thou begettest <3205>(8689) after <310> them, shall be thine, and shall be called <7121>(8735) after <5921> the name <8034> of their brethren <251> in their inheritance <5159>.
7. And as for me, when I came <935>(8800) from Padan <6307>, Rachel <7354> died <4191>(8804) by me in the land <776> of Canaan <3667> in the way <1870>, when <5750> yet there was but a little <3530> way <776> to come <935>(8800) unto Ephrath <672>: and I buried her <6912>(8799) there in the way <1870> of Ephrath <672>; the same is Bethlehem <1035>.
8. And Israel <3478> beheld <7200>(8799) Joseph's <3130> sons <1121>, and said <559>(8799), Who are these?
9. And Joseph <3130> said <559>(8799) unto his father <1>, They are my sons <1121>, whom God <430> hath given <5414>(8804) me in this place. And he said <559>(8799), Bring them <3947>(8798), I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless <1288>(8762) them.
10. Now the eyes <5869> of Israel <3478> were dim <3513>(8804) for age <2207>, so that he could <3201>(8799) not see <7200>(8800). And he brought them near <5066>(8686) unto him; and he kissed <5401>(8799) them, and embraced <2263>(8762) them.
11. And Israel <3478> said <559>(8799) unto Joseph <3130>, I had not thought <6419>(8765) to see <7200>(8800) thy face <6440>: and, lo, God <430> hath shewed <7200>(8689) me also thy seed <2233>.
12. And Joseph <3130> brought them out <3318>(8686) from between <5973> his knees <1290>, and he bowed <7812>(8691) himself with his face <639> to the earth <776>.
13. And Joseph <3130> took <3947>(8799) them both <8147>, Ephraim <669> in his right hand <3225> toward Israel's <3478> left hand <8040>, and Manasseh <4519> in his left hand <8040> toward Israel's <3478> right hand <3225>, and brought them near <5066>(8686) unto him.
14. And Israel <3478> stretched out <7971>(8799) his right hand <3225>, and laid <7896>(8799) it upon Ephraim's <669> head <7218>, who was the younger <6810>, and his left hand <8040> upon Manasseh's <4519> head <7218>, guiding <7919> <0> his hands <3027> wittingly <7919>(8765); for Manasseh <4519> was the firstborn <1060>.
15. And he blessed <1288>(8762) Joseph <3130>, and said <559>(8799), God <430>, before <6440> whom my fathers <1> Abraham <85> and Isaac <3327> did walk <1980>(8694), the God <430> which fed <7462>(8802) me all my life long <5750> unto this day <3117>,
16. The Angel <4397> which redeemed <1350>(8802) me from all evil <7451>, bless <1288>(8762) the lads <5288>; and let my name <8034> be named <7121>(8735) on them, and the name <8034> of my fathers <1> Abraham <85> and Isaac <3327>; and let them grow <1711>(8799) into a multitude <7230> in the midst <7130> of the earth <776>.
17. And when Joseph <3130> saw <7200>(8799) that his father <1> laid <7896>(8799) his right <3225> hand <3027> upon the head <7218> of Ephraim <669>, it displeased <3415>(8799) <5869> him: and he held up <8551>(8799) his father's <1> hand <3027>, to remove <5493>(8687) it from Ephraim's <669> head <7218> unto Manasseh's <4519> head <7218>.
18. And Joseph <3130> said <559>(8799) unto his father <1>, Not so, my father <1>: for this is the firstborn <1060>; put <7760>(8798) thy right hand <3225> upon his head <7218>.
19. And his father <1> refused <3985>(8762), and said <559>(8799), I know <3045>(8804) it, my son <1121>, I know <3045>(8804) it: he also shall become a people <5971>, and he also shall be great <1431>(8799): but truly <199> his younger <6996> brother <251> shall be greater <1431>(8799) than he, and his seed <2233> shall become a multitude <4393> of nations <1471>.
20. And he blessed <1288>(8762) them that day <3117>, saying <559>(8800), In thee shall Israel <3478> bless <1288>(8762), saying <559>(8800), God <430> make <7760>(8799) thee as Ephraim <669> and as Manasseh <4519>: and he set <7760>(8799) Ephraim <669> before <6440> Manasseh <4519>.
21. And Israel <3478> said <559>(8799) unto Joseph <3130>, Behold, I die <4191>(8801): but God <430> shall be with you, and bring you again <7725>(8689) unto the land <776> of your fathers <1>.
22. Moreover I have given <5414>(8804) to thee one <259> portion <7926> above thy brethren <251>, which I took <3947>(8804) out of the hand <3027> of the Amorite <567> with my sword <2719> and with my bow <7198>.
1. And Jacob <3290> called <7121>(8799) unto his sons <1121>, and said <559>(8799), Gather yourselves together <622>(8734), that I may tell <5046>(8686) you that which shall befall <7122>(8799) you in the last <319> days <3117>.
2. Gather yourselves together <6908>(8734), and hear <8085>(8798), ye sons <1121> of Jacob <3290>; and hearken <8085>(8798) unto Israel <3478> your father <1>.
3. Reuben <7205>, thou art my firstborn <1060>, my might <3581>, and the beginning <7225> of my strength <202>, the excellency <3499> of dignity <7613>, and the excellency <3499> of power <5794>:
4. Unstable <6349> as water <4325>, thou shalt not excel <3498>(8686); because thou wentest up <5927>(8804) to thy father's <1> bed <4904>; then defiledst thou <2490>(8765) it: he went up <5927>(8804) to my couch <3326>.
5. Simeon <8095> and Levi <3878> are brethren <251>; instruments <3627> of cruelty <2555> are in their habitations <4380>.
6. O my soul <5315>, come <935>(8799) not thou into their secret <5475>; unto their assembly <6951>, mine honour <3519>, be not thou united <3161>(8799): for in their anger <639> they slew <2026>(8804) a man <376>, and in their selfwill <7522> they digged down <6131>(8765) a wall <7794>.
7. Cursed <779>(8803) be their anger <639>, for it was fierce <5794>; and their wrath <5678>, for it was cruel <7185>(8804): I will divide <2505>(8762) them in Jacob <3290>, and scatter <6327>(8686) them in Israel <3478>.
8. Judah <3063>, thou art he whom thy brethren <251> shall praise <3034>(8686): thy hand <3027> shall be in the neck <6203> of thine enemies <341>(8802); thy father's <1> children <1121> shall bow down <7812>(8691) before thee.
9. Judah <3063> is a lion's <738> whelp <1482>: from the prey <2964>, my son <1121>, thou art gone up <5927>(8804): he stooped down <3766>(8804), he couched <7257>(8804) as a lion <738>, and as an old lion <3833>; who shall rouse him up <6965>(8686)?
10. The sceptre <7626> shall not depart <5493>(8799) from Judah <3063>, nor a lawgiver <2710>(8781) from between his feet <7272>, until <3588> Shiloh <7886> come <935>(8799); and unto him shall the gathering <3349> of the people <5971> be.
11. Binding <631>(8802) his foal <5895> unto the vine <1612>, and his ass's <860> colt <1121> unto the choice vine <8321>; he washed <3526>(8765) his garments <3830> in wine <3196>, and his clothes <5497> in the blood <1818> of grapes <6025>:
12. His eyes <5869> shall be red <2447> with wine <3196>, and his teeth <8127> white <3836> with milk <2461>.
13. Zebulun <2074> shall dwell <7931>(8799) at the haven <2348> of the sea <3220>; and he shall be for an haven <2348> of ships <591>; and his border <3411> shall be unto Zidon <6721>.
14. Issachar <3485> is a strong <1634> ass <2543> couching down <7257>(8802) between two burdens <4942>:
15. And he saw <7200>(8799) that rest <4496> was good <2896>, and the land <776> that it was pleasant <5276>(8804); and bowed <5186>(8799) his shoulder <7926> to bear <5445>(8800), and became a servant <5647>(8802) unto tribute <4522>.
16. Dan <1835> shall judge <1777>(8799) his people <5971>, as one <259> of the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478>.
17. Dan <1835> shall be a serpent <5175> by the way <1870>, an adder <8207> in the path <734>, that biteth <5391>(8802) the horse <5483> heels <6119>, so that his rider <7392>(8802) shall fall <5307>(8799) backward <268>.
18. I have waited for <6960>(8765) thy salvation <3444>, O LORD <3068>.
19. Gad <1410>, a troop <1416> shall overcome <1464>(8799) him: but he shall overcome <1464>(8799) at the last <6119>.
20. Out of Asher <836> his bread <3899> shall be fat <8082>, and he shall yield <5414>(8799) royal <4428> dainties <4574>.
21. Naphtali <5321> is a hind <355> let loose <7971>(8803): he giveth <5414>(8802) goodly <8233> words <561>.
22. Joseph <3130> is a fruitful <6509>(8802) bough <1121>, even a fruitful <6509>(8802) bough <1121> by a well <5869>; whose branches <1323> run <6805>(8804) over the wall <7791>:
23. The archers <1167> <2671> have sorely grieved him <4843>(8762), and shot <7232>(8804) at him, and hated him <7852>(8799):
24. But his bow <7198> abode <3427>(8799) in strength <386>, and the arms <2220> of his hands <3027> were made strong <6339>(8799) by the hands <3027> of the mighty <46> God of Jacob <3290>; (from thence is the shepherd <7462>(8802), the stone <68> of Israel <3478>:)
25. Even by the God <410> of thy father <1>, who shall help <5826>(8799) thee; and by <854> the Almighty <7706>, who shall bless <1288>(8762) thee with blessings <1293> of heaven <8064> above <5920>, blessings <1293> of the deep <8415> that lieth <7257>(8802) under, blessings <1293> of the breasts <7699>, and of the womb <7356>:
26. The blessings <1293> of thy father <1> have prevailed <1396>(8804) above the blessings <1293> of my progenitors <2029>(8802) unto the utmost bound <8379> of the everlasting <5769> hills <1389>: they shall be on the head <7218> of Joseph <3130>, and on the crown of the head <6936> of him that was separate <5139> from his brethren <251>.
27. Benjamin <1144> shall ravin <2963>(8799) as a wolf <2061>: in the morning <1242> he shall devour <398>(8799) the prey <5706>, and at night <6153> he shall divide <2505>(8762) the spoil <7998>.
28. All these are the twelve <6240> <8147> tribes <7626> of Israel <3478>: and this is it that their father <1> spake <1696>(8765) unto them, and blessed <1288>(8762) them; every <834> one <376> according to his blessing <1293> he blessed <1288>(8765) them.
29. And he charged <6680>(8762) them, and said <559>(8799) unto them, I am to be gathered <622>(8737) unto my people <5971>: bury <6912>(8798) me with my fathers <1> in the cave <4631> that is in the field <7704> of Ephron <6085> the Hittite <2850>,
30. In the cave <4631> that is in the field <7704> of Machpelah <4375>, which is before <6440> Mamre <4471>, in the land <776> of Canaan <3667>, which Abraham <85> bought <7069>(8804) with the field <7704> of Ephron <6085> the Hittite <2850> for a possession <272> of a buryingplace <6913>.
31. There they buried <6912>(8804) Abraham <85> and Sarah <8283> his wife <802>; there they buried <6912>(8804) Isaac <3327> and Rebekah <7259> his wife <802>; and there I buried <6912>(8804) Leah <3812>.
32. The purchase <4735> of the field <7704> and of the cave <4631> that is therein was from the children <1121> of Heth <2845>.
33. And when Jacob <3290> had made an end <3615>(8762) of commanding <6680>(8763) his sons <1121>, he gathered up <622>(8799) his feet <7272> into the bed <4296>, and yielded up the ghost <1478>(8799), and was gathered <622>(8735) unto his people <5971>.
1. And Joseph <3130> fell <5307>(8799) upon his father's <1> face <6440>, and wept <1058>(8799) upon him, and kissed <5401>(8799) him.
2. And Joseph <3130> commanded <6680>(8762) his servants <5650> the physicians <7495>(8802) to embalm <2590>(8800) his father <1>: and the physicians <7495>(8802) embalmed <2590>(8799) Israel <3478>.
3. And forty <705> days <3117> were fulfilled <4390>(8799) for him; for so are fulfilled <4390>(8799) the days <3117> of those which are embalmed <2590>(8803): and the Egyptians <4714> mourned <1058>(8799) for him threescore and ten <7657> days <3117>.
4. And when the days <3117> of his mourning <1068> were past <5674>(8799), Joseph <3130> spake <1696>(8762) unto the house <1004> of Pharaoh <6547>, saying <559>(8800), If now I have found <4672>(8804) grace <2580> in your eyes <5869>, speak <1696>(8761), I pray you, in the ears <241> of Pharaoh <6547>, saying <559>(8800),
5. My father <1> made me swear <7650>(8689), saying <559>(8800), Lo <2009>, I die <4191>(8801): in my grave <6913> which I have digged <3738>(8804) for me in the land <776> of Canaan <3667>, there shalt thou bury me <6912>(8799). Now therefore let me go up <5927>(8799), I pray thee, and bury <6912>(8799) my father <1>, and I will come again <7725>(8799).
6. And Pharaoh <6547> said <559>(8799), Go up <5927>(8798), and bury <6912>(8798) thy father <1>, according as he made thee swear <7650>(8689).
7. And Joseph <3130> went up <5927>(8799) to bury <6912>(8800) his father <1>: and with him went up <5927>(8799) all the servants <5650> of Pharaoh <6547>, the elders <2205> of his house <1004>, and all the elders <2205> of the land <776> of Egypt <4714>,
8. And all the house <1004> of Joseph <3130>, and his brethren <251>, and his father's <1> house <1004>: only their little ones <2945>, and their flocks <6629>, and their herds <1241>, they left <5800>(8804) in the land <776> of Goshen <1657>.
9. And there went up <5927>(8799) with him both chariots <7393> and horsemen <6571>: and it was a very <3966> great <3515> company <4264>.
10. And they came <935>(8799) to the threshingfloor <1637> of Atad <329>, which is beyond <5676> Jordan <3383>, and there they mourned <5594>(8799) with a great <1419> and very <3966> sore <3515> lamentation <4553>: and he made <6213>(8799) a mourning <60> for his father <1> seven <7651> days <3117>.
11. And when the inhabitants <3427>(8802) of the land <776>, the Canaanites <3669>, saw <7200>(8799) the mourning <60> in the floor <1637> of Atad <329>, they said <559>(8799), This is a grievous <3515> mourning <60> to the Egyptians <4714>: wherefore the name of it <8034> was called <7121>(8804) Abelmizraim <67>, which is beyond <5676> Jordan <3383>.
12. And his sons <1121> did <6213>(8799) unto him according as he commanded <6680>(8765) them:
13. For his sons <1121> carried <5375>(8799) him into the land <776> of Canaan <3667>, and buried <6912>(8799) him in the cave <4631> of the field <7704> of Machpelah <4375>, which Abraham <85> bought <7069>(8804) with the field <7704> for a possession <272> of a buryingplace <6913> of Ephron <6085> the Hittite <2850>, before <6440> Mamre <4471>.
14. And Joseph <3130> returned <7725>(8799) into Egypt <4714>, he, and his brethren <251>, and all that went up <5927>(8802) with him to bury <6912>(8800) his father <1>, after <310> he had buried <6912>(8800) his father <1>.
15. And when Joseph's <3130> brethren <251> saw <7200>(8799) that their father <1> was dead <4191>(8804), they said <559>(8799), Joseph <3130> will peradventure <3863> hate us <7852>(8799), and will certainly <7725>(8687) requite <7725>(8686) us all the evil <7451> which we did <1580>(8804) unto him.
16. And they sent a messenger <6680>(8762) unto Joseph <3130>, saying <559>(8800), Thy father <1> did command <6680>(8765) before <6440> he died <4194>, saying <559>(8800),
17. So shall ye say <559>(8799) unto Joseph <3130>, Forgive <5375>(8798), I pray thee <577> now, the trespass <6588> of thy brethren <251>, and their sin <2403>; for they did <1580>(8804) unto thee evil <7451>: and now, we pray thee, forgive <5375>(8798) the trespass <6588> of the servants <5650> of the God <430> of thy father <1>. And Joseph <3130> wept <1058>(8799) when they spake <1696>(8763) unto him.
18. And his brethren <251> also went <3212>(8799) and fell down <5307>(8799) before his face <6440>; and they said <559>(8799), Behold, we be thy servants <5650>.
19. And Joseph <3130> said <559>(8799) unto them, Fear <3372>(8799) not: for am I in the place of God <430>?
20. But as for you, ye thought <2803>(8804) evil <7451> against me; but God <430> meant it <2803>(8804) unto good <2896>, to <4616> bring to pass <6213>(8800), as it is this day <3117>, to save <2421> <0> much <7227> people <5971> alive <2421>(8687).
21. Now therefore fear <3372>(8799) ye not: I will nourish <3557>(8770) you, and your little ones <2945>. And he comforted <5162>(8762) them, and spake <1696>(8762) kindly <3820> unto them.
22. And Joseph <3130> dwelt <3427>(8799) in Egypt <4714>, he, and his father's <1> house <1004>: and Joseph <3130> lived <2421>(8799) an hundred <3967> and ten <6235> years <8141>.
23. And Joseph <3130> saw <7200>(8799) Ephraim's <669> children <1121> of the third <8029> generation: the children <1121> also of Machir <4353> the son <1121> of Manasseh <4519> were brought up <3205>(8795) upon Joseph's <3130> knees <1290>.
24. And Joseph <3130> said <559>(8799) unto his brethren <251>, I die <4191>(8801): and God <430> will surely <6485>(8800) visit <6485>(8799) you, and bring you out <5927>(8689) of this land <776> unto the land <776> which he sware <7650>(8738) to Abraham <85>, to Isaac <3327>, and to Jacob <3290>.
25. And Joseph <3130> took an oath <7650>(8686) of the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, saying <559>(8800), God <430> will surely <6485>(8800) visit <6485>(8799) you, and ye shall carry up <5927>(8689) my bones <6106> from hence <2088>.
26. So Joseph <3130> died <4191>(8799), being an hundred <3967> and ten <6235> years <8141> old <1121>: and they embalmed <2590>(8799) him, and he was put <3455>(8799) in a coffin <727> in Egypt <4714>.
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If you have read Psalm 51 already, try reading it again, but with the following in mind.
The heading of the Psalm says "when Nathan the Prophet went to him", so when David wrote the psalm, God had already pronounced forgiveness for his sin against Uriah and Bathsheba (see 2Sam 12:13). So if the Psalm is not a request for forgiveness of sin, what is it about? And what can we learn about our own prayers from this? (Clue: List all David's specific requests in this Psalm)
Rob de Jongh [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2010 Reply to Rob
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1. To the chief Musician <5329>(8764), A Psalm <4210> of David <1732>, when Nathan <5416> the prophet <5030> came <935>(8800) unto him, after he had gone in <935>(8804) to Bathsheba <1339>. Have mercy <2603>(8798) upon me, O God <430>, according to thy lovingkindness <2617>: according unto the multitude <7230> of thy tender mercies <7356> blot out <4229>(8798) my transgressions <6588>.
2. Wash <3526>(8761) me throughly <7235>(8685) from mine iniquity <5771>, and cleanse <2891>(8761) me from my sin <2403>.
3. For I acknowledge <3045>(8799) my transgressions <6588>: and my sin <2403> is ever <8548> before me.
4. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned <2398>(8804), and done <6213>(8804) this evil <7451> in thy sight <5869>: that thou mightest be justified <6663>(8799) when thou speakest <1696>(8800), and be clear <2135>(8799) when thou judgest <8199>(8800).
5. Behold, I was shapen <2342>(8797) in iniquity <5771>; and in sin <2399> did my mother <517> conceive <3179>(8765) me.
6. Behold, thou desirest <2654>(8804) truth <571> in the inward parts <2910>: and in the hidden <5640>(8803) part thou shalt make me to know <3045>(8686) wisdom <2451>.
7. Purge <2398>(8762) me with hyssop <231>, and I shall be clean <2891>(8799): wash <3526>(8762) me, and I shall be whiter <3835>(8686) than snow <7950>.
8. Make me to hear <8085>(8686) joy <8342> and gladness <8057>; that the bones <6106> which thou hast broken <1794>(8765) may rejoice <1523>(8799).
9. Hide <5641>(8685) thy face <6440> from my sins <2399>, and blot out <4229>(8798) all mine iniquities <5771>.
10. Create <1254>(8798) in me a clean <2889> heart <3820>, O God <430>; and renew <2318>(8761) a right <3559>(8737) spirit <7307> within <7130> me.
11. Cast me not away <7993>(8686) from thy presence <6440>; and take <3947>(8799) not thy holy <6944> spirit <7307> from me.
12. Restore <7725>(8685) unto me the joy <8342> of thy salvation <3468>; and uphold <5564>(8799) me with thy free <5081> spirit <7307>.
13. Then will I teach <3925>(8762) transgressors <6586>(8802) thy ways <1870>; and sinners <2400> shall be converted <7725>(8799) unto thee.
14. Deliver <5337>(8685) me from bloodguiltiness <1818>, O God <430>, thou God <430> of my salvation <8668>: and my tongue <3956> shall sing aloud <7442>(8762) of thy righteousness <6666>.
15. O Lord <136>, open <6605>(8799) thou my lips <8193>; and my mouth <6310> shall shew forth <5046>(8686) thy praise <8416>.
16. For thou desirest <2654>(8799) not sacrifice <2077>; else would I give <5414>(8799) it: thou delightest <7521>(8799) not in burnt offering <5930>.
17. The sacrifices <2077> of God <430> are a broken <7665>(8737) spirit <7307>: a broken <7665>(8737) and a contrite <1794>(8737) heart <3820>, O God <430>, thou wilt not despise <959>(8799).
18. Do good <3190>(8685) in thy good pleasure <7522> unto Zion <6726>: build <1129>(8799) thou the walls <2346> of Jerusalem <3389>.
19. Then shalt thou be pleased <2654>(8799) with the sacrifices <2077> of righteousness <6664>, with burnt offering <5930> and whole <3632> burnt offering <5930>: then shall they offer <5927>(8686) bullocks <6499> upon thine altar <4196>.
1. To the chief Musician <5329>(8764), Maschil <4905>(8688), A Psalm of David <1732>, when Doeg <1673> the Edomite <130> came <935>(8800) and told <5046>(8686) Saul <7586>, and said <559>(8799) unto him, David <1732> is come <935>(8804) to the house <1004> of Ahimelech <288>. Why boastest <1984>(8691) thou thyself in mischief <7451>, O mighty <1368> man? the goodness <2617> of God <410> endureth continually <3117>.
2. Thy tongue <3956> deviseth <2803>(8799) mischiefs <1942>; like a sharp <3913>(8794) razor <8593>, working <6213>(8802) deceitfully <7423>.
3. Thou lovest <157>(8804) evil <7451> more than good <2896>; and lying <8267> rather than to speak <1696>(8763) righteousness <6664>. Selah <5542>.
4. Thou lovest <157>(8804) all devouring <1105> words <1697>, O thou deceitful <4820> tongue <3956>.
5. God <410> shall likewise destroy <5422>(8799) thee for ever <5331>, he shall take thee away <2846>(8799), and pluck thee out <5255>(8799) of thy dwelling place <168>, and root thee out <8327>(8765) of the land <776> of the living <2416>. Selah <5542>.
6. The righteous <6662> also shall see <7200>(8799), and fear <3372>(8799), and shall laugh <7832>(8799) at him:
7. Lo, this is the man <1397> that made <7760>(8799) not God <430> his strength <4581>; but trusted <982>(8799) in the abundance <7230> of his riches <6239>, and strengthened <5810>(8799) himself in his wickedness <1942>.
8. But I am like a green <7488> olive tree <2132> in the house <1004> of God <430>: I trust <982>(8804) in the mercy <2617> of God <430> for ever <5769> and ever <5703>.
9. I will praise <3034>(8686) thee for ever <5769>, because thou hast done <6213>(8804) it: and I will wait <6960>(8762) on thy name <8034>; for it is good <2896> before thy saints <2623>.
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1. Therefore <3767> being justified <1344>(5685) by <1537> faith <4102>, we have <2192>(5719) peace <1515> with <4314> God <2316> through <1223> our <2257> Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>:
2. By <1223> whom <3739> also <2532> we have <2192>(5758) access <4318> by faith <4102> into <1519> this <5026> grace <5485> wherein <1722> <3739> we stand <2476>(5758), and <2532> rejoice <2744>(5736) in <1909> hope <1680> of the glory <1391> of God <2316>.
3. And <1161> not <3756> only <3440> so, but <235> we glory <2744>(5736) in <1722> tribulations <2347> also <2532>: knowing <1492>(5761) that <3754> tribulation <2347> worketh <2716>(5736) patience <5281>;
4. And <1161> patience <5281>, experience <1382>; and <1161> experience <1382>, hope <1680>:
5. And <1161> hope <1680> maketh <2617> <0> not <3756> ashamed <2617>(5719); because <3754> the love <26> of God <2316> is shed abroad <1632>(5769) in <1722> our <2257> hearts <2588> by <1223> the Holy <40> Ghost <4151> which <3588> is given <1325>(5685) unto us <2254>.
6. For <1063> when we <2257> were <5607>(5752) yet <2089> without strength <772>, in due <2596> time <2540> Christ <5547> died <599>(5627) for <5228> the ungodly <765>.
7. For <1063> scarcely <3433> for <5228> a righteous man <1342> will <599> <0> one <5100> die <599>(5695): yet <1063> peradventure <5029> for <5228> a good man <18> some <5100> would <5111> <0> even <2532> dare <5111>(5719) to die <599>(5629).
8. But <1161> God <2316> commendeth <4921>(5719) his <1438> love <26> toward <1519> us <2248>, in that <3754>, while we <2257> were <5607>(5752) yet <2089> sinners <268>, Christ <5547> died <599>(5627) for <5228> us <2257>.
9. Much <4183> more <3123> then <3767>, being <1344> <0> now <3568> justified <1344>(5685) by <1722> his <846> blood <129>, we shall be saved <4982>(5701) from <575> wrath <3709> through <1223> him <846>.
10. For <1063> if <1487>, when we were <5607>(5752) enemies <2190>, we were reconciled <2644>(5648) to God <2316> by <1223> the death <2288> of his <846> Son <5207>, much <4183> more <3123>, being reconciled <2644>(5651), we shall be saved <4982>(5701) by <1722> his <846> life <2222>.
11. And <1161> not <3756> only <3440> so, but <235> we also <2532> joy <2744>(5740) in <1722> God <2316> through <1223> our <2257> Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, by <1223> whom <3739> we have <2983> <0> now <3568> received <2983>(5627) the atonement <2643>.
12. Wherefore <1223> <5124>, as <5618> by <1223> one <1520> man <444> sin <266> entered <1525>(5627) into <1519> the world <2889>, and <2532> death <2288> by <1223> sin <266>; and <2532> so <3779> death <2288> passed <1330>(5627) upon <1519> all <3956> men <444>, for <1909> that <3739> all <3956> have sinned <264>(5627):
13. (For <1063> until <891> the law <3551> sin <266> was <2258>(5713) in <1722> the world <2889>: but <1161> sin <266> is <1677> <0> not <3756> imputed <1677>(5743) when there is <5607>(5752) no <3361> law <3551>.
14. Nevertheless <235> death <2288> reigned <936>(5656) from <575> Adam <76> to <3360> Moses <3475>, even <2532> over <1909> them that had <264> <0> not <3361> sinned <264>(5660) after <1909> the similitude <3667> of Adam's <76> transgression <3847>, who <3739> is <2076>(5748) the figure <5179> of him that was to come <3195>(5723).
15. But <235> not <3756> as <5613> the offence <3900>, so <3779> also <2532> is the free gift <5486>. For <1063> if <1487> through the offence <3900> of one <1520> many <4183> be dead <599>(5627), much <4183> more <3123> the grace <5485> of God <2316>, and <2532> the gift <1431> by <1722> grace <5485>, which is <3588> by one <1520> man <444>, Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>, hath abounded <4052>(5656) unto <1519> many <4183>.
16. And <2532> not <3756> as <5613> it was by <1223> one <1520> that sinned <264>(5660), so is the gift <1434>: for <1063> <3303> the judgment <2917> was by <1537> one <1520> to <1519> condemnation <2631>, but <1161> the free gift <5486> is of <1537> many <4183> offences <3900> unto <1519> justification <1345>.
17. For <1063> if <1487> by one man's <1520> offence <3900> death <2288> reigned <936>(5656) by <1223> one <1520>; much <4183> more <3123> they which receive <2983>(5723) abundance <4050> of grace <5485> and <2532> of the gift <1431> of righteousness <1343> shall reign <936>(5692) in <1722> life <2222> by <1223> one <1520>, Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>.)
18. Therefore <686> <3767> as <5613> by <1223> the offence <3900> of one <1520> judgment came upon <1519> all <3956> men <444> to <1519> condemnation <2631>; even <2532> so <3779> by <1223> the righteousness <1345> of one <1520> the free gift came upon <1519> all <3956> men <444> unto <1519> justification <1347> of life <2222>.
19. For <1063> as <5618> by <1223> one <1520> man's <444> disobedience <3876> many <4183> were made <2525>(5681) sinners <268>, so <3779> <2532> by <1223> the obedience <5218> of one <1520> shall <2525> <0> many <4183> be made <2525>(5701) righteous <1342>.
20. Moreover <1161> the law <3551> entered <3922>(5627), that <2443> the offence <3900> might abound <4121>(5661). But <1161> where <3757> sin <266> abounded <4121>(5656), grace <5485> did much more abound <5248>(5656):
21. That <2443> as <5618> sin <266> hath reigned <936>(5656) unto <1722> death <2288>, even <2532> so <3779> might <936> <0> grace <5485> reign <936>(5661) through <1223> righteousness <1343> unto <1519> eternal <166> life <2222> by <1223> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> our <2257> Lord <2962>.
1. What <5101> shall we say <2046>(5692) then <3767>? Shall we continue <1961>(5692) in sin <266>, that <2443> grace <5485> may abound <4121>(5661)?
2. God forbid <3361> <1096>(5636). How <4459> shall we, that <3748> are dead <599>(5627) to sin <266>, live <2198>(5692) any longer <2089> therein <1722> <846>?
3. <2228> Know ye not <50>(5719), that so <3754> many of us <3745> as were baptized <907>(5681) into <1519> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> were baptized <907>(5681) into <1519> his <846> death <2288>?
4. Therefore <3767> we are buried with <4916>(5648) him <846> by <1223> baptism <908> into <1519> death <2288>: that <2443> like as <5618> Christ <5547> was raised up <1453>(5681) from <1537> the dead <3498> by <1223> the glory <1391> of the Father <3962>, even so <3779> we <2249> also <2532> should walk <4043>(5661) in <1722> newness <2538> of life <2222>.
5. For <1063> if <1487> we have been <1096>(5754) planted together <4854> in the likeness <3667> of his <846> death <2288>, we shall be <2071>(5704) also <235> <2532> in the likeness of his resurrection <386>:
6. Knowing <1097>(5723) this <5124>, that <3754> our <2257> old <3820> man <444> is crucified with <4957>(5681) him, that <2443> the body <4983> of sin <266> might be destroyed <2673>(5686), that henceforth <3371> <0> we <2248> should <1398> <0> not <3371> serve <1398>(5721) sin <266>.
7. For <1063> he that is dead <599>(5631) is freed <1344>(5769) from <575> sin <266>.
8. Now <1161> if <1487> we be dead <599>(5627) with <4862> Christ <5547>, we believe <4100>(5719) that <3754> we shall <4800> <0> also <2532> live <4800>(5692) with him <846>:
9. Knowing <1492>(5761) that <3754> Christ <5547> being raised <1453>(5685) from <1537> the dead <3498> dieth <599>(5719) no more <2089> <3765>; death <2288> hath <2961> <0> no more <2089> <3765> dominion over <2961>(5719) him <846>.
10. For <1063> in that he died <599>(5627), he died <599>(5627) unto sin <266> once <2178>: but <1161> in that <3739> he liveth <2198>(5719), he liveth <2198>(5719) unto God <2316>.
11. Likewise <3779> reckon <3049>(5737) ye <5210> also <2532> yourselves <1438> to be <1511>(5750) dead <3498> indeed <3303> unto sin <266>, but <1161> alive <2198>(5723) unto God <2316> through <1722> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> our <2257> Lord <2962>.
12. Let <936> <0> not <3361> sin <266> therefore <3767> reign <936>(5720) in <1722> your <5216> mortal <2349> body <4983>, that <1519> ye should obey <5219>(5721) it <846> in <1722> the lusts <1939> thereof <846>.
13. Neither <3366> yield ye <3936>(5720) your <5216> members <3196> as instruments <3696> of unrighteousness <93> unto sin <266>: but <235> yield <3936>(5657) yourselves <1438> unto God <2316>, as <5613> those that are alive <2198>(5723) from <1537> the dead <3498>, and <2532> your <5216> members <3196> as instruments <3696> of righteousness <1343> unto God <2316>.
14. For <1063> sin <266> shall <2961> <0> not <3756> have dominion over <2961>(5692) you <5216>: for <1063> ye are <2075>(5748) not <3756> under <5259> the law <3551>, but <235> under <5259> grace <5485>.
15. What <5101> then <3767>? shall we sin <264>(5692), because <3754> we are <2070>(5748) not <3756> under <5259> the law <3551>, but <235> under <5259> grace <5485>? God forbid <3361> <1096>(5636).
16. Know ye <1492>(5758) not <3756>, that <3754> to whom <3739> ye yield <3936>(5719) yourselves <1438> servants <1401> to <1519> obey <5218>, his servants <1401> ye are <2075>(5748) to whom <3739> ye obey <5219>(5719); whether <2273> of sin <266> unto <1519> death <2288>, or <2228> of obedience <5218> unto <1519> righteousness <1343>?
17. But <1161> God <2316> be thanked <5485>, that <3754> ye were <2258>(5713) the servants <1401> of sin <266>, but <1161> ye have obeyed <5219>(5656) from <1537> the heart <2588> that form <5179> of doctrine <1322> which <1519> <3739> was delivered you <3860>(5681).
18. Being <1659> <0> then <1161> made free <1659>(5685) from <575> sin <266>, ye became the servants <1402>(5681) of righteousness <1343>.
19. I speak <3004>(5719) after the manner of men <442> because <1223> of the infirmity <769> of your <5216> flesh <4561>: for <1063> as <5618> ye have yielded <3936>(5656) your <5216> members <3196> servants <1400> to uncleanness <167> and <2532> to iniquity <458> unto <1519> iniquity <458>; even so <3779> now <3568> yield <3936>(5657) your <5216> members <3196> servants <1400> to righteousness <1343> unto <1519> holiness <38>.
20. For <1063> when <3753> ye were <2258>(5713) the servants <1401> of sin <266>, ye were <2258>(5713) free <1658> from righteousness <1343>.
21. What <5101> <3767> fruit <2590> had ye <2192>(5707) then <5119> in <1909> those things whereof <3739> ye are <1870> <0> now <3568> ashamed <1870>(5736)? for <1063> the end <5056> of those things <1565> is death <2288>.
22. But <1161> now <3570> being made free <1659>(5685) from <575> sin <266>, and <1161> become servants <1402>(5685) to God <2316>, ye have <2192>(5719) your <5216> fruit <2590> unto <1519> holiness <38>, and <1161> the end <5056> everlasting <166> life <2222>.
23. For <1063> the wages <3800> of sin <266> is death <2288>; but <1161> the gift <5486> of God <2316> is eternal <166> life <2222> through <1722> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> our <2257> Lord <2962>.