Psalm 12:6
6 The words ['imrah] of the LORD
[Yahovah] are pure [tahowr] words: ['imrah] as silver [keceph] tried [tsaraph] in a
furnace [`aliyl] of earth, ['erets] purified [zaqaq] seven
times. [shib`athayim] KJV-Interlinear
6 The
words of the Lord are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth,
refined seven times. NASB
In contrast to the words
of the previous verses or the words of the wicked or the words of the naïve,
are the words of God.
The words of the wicked,
of the carnal, are unreliable, vanity, empty, unfounded, false, flattery, lies.
The words of God are
pure, meaning untainted, having no mixture, containing no falsehoods, no
boasting, completely reliable, truthful, unbounded by time, timeless, immutable.
The words of the world
cannot bear up under the most simple and objective scrutiny.
The words of God, are able
to hold up under the most extreme examinations.
The number seven
typically infers a complete process, where all that can be done has been done
and anything further will not produce any better results.
The blast furnace is the
extreme method of purging out all of the impurities of an ore, like silver or
gold. To expose silver, for example, to
the purification process even once, rids it of nearly all impurities. To process the ore a second and third time,
removes all impurities leaving nothing left to be removed. To process it a fourth, fifth, sixth, and
seventh time, is tremendous redundancy and gains nothing but insurance beyond
the slightest doubt that the ore is absolutely pure.
The number seven refers
to a completed task, leaving nothing further to do. The number seven when combined with the furnace
of earth, is an expression that the world, tries and tries, over and over, to
discredit Gods word, and even under the most extreme tests, under the most
extreme pressures, under the most extreme attempts imaginable, the world,
cosmos, Satan, man, and so forth, cannot break, crack, change, discredit, modify,
or better, that which comes from God.
Thus, we have two
opinions in this universe. That of the
world, and that of God.
Gods opinion is presented
in the scriptures.
The worlds opinions are presented
in all manner of religions, philosophy, beliefs, ideas, and so forth. Even the plurality of the worlds opinions do
not help its cause. More ideas do not
make a thing better. Especially when the
ideas or opinions are all based on the same foundation, namely anything lacking
truth.
The worlds opinions fail
at every examination.
Gods word, stands up
under the most extensive of examinations.
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