I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life. I am yours; save me, for I have sought your precepts. The wicked lie in wait to destroy me, but I consider your decrees. I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commandment is exceedingly broad. (Psalm 119: 93-96)
The author of this psalm may have crafted a new word. What is translated as precepts is a noun-form that appears in four psalms and no where else in the Bible.
The Hebrew is rendered as piqquwd. It is based on the verb paqad which means to closely observe, give attention to, or to visit.
The English precept has come to mean a rule or a principle on which a rule is based.
This seems too narrow. The psalmist has given attention to what God attends. The psalmist has ordered his life to be with God, to look at what God sees, to move as God moves.
We have been visited by God. We have seen God. We can choose to be as God.
The author of this psalm may have crafted a new word. What is translated as precepts is a noun-form that appears in four psalms and no where else in the Bible.
The Hebrew is rendered as piqquwd. It is based on the verb paqad which means to closely observe, give attention to, or to visit.
The English precept has come to mean a rule or a principle on which a rule is based.
This seems too narrow. The psalmist has given attention to what God attends. The psalmist has ordered his life to be with God, to look at what God sees, to move as God moves.
We have been visited by God. We have seen God. We can choose to be as God.
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