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Right God, Right Mind
By
xscot mcknight
What we read, what we listen to, what we watch — what fills our mind — makes us who we are. We become what fills our mind. So also the psalmist: “Your statutes are always righteous; give me understanding that I may live” (119:144).
Right God, Right Hope
By
xscot mcknight
God is righteous. If God is righteous, there is hope in God. 142 Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true.
Right God, Right Love
By
xscot mcknight
The psalmist believes God is righteous and has spoken words in Torah that are right and that can guide God’s people. But those two convictions are at odds with others: they evidently don’t believe either of his convictions. How does he respond? Here are his words:
Right God, Right Trust
By
xscot mcknight
Not only are the mishpatim — commands, rulings, judgments — of God right, but also the adot — statutes — are righteous. God is right — he is a righteous God. Therefore, what God says is right — what God commands and the rulings God lays down: they, too, are right. Implication?
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