Psalm 25:6
6 Remember, [zakar] O LORD, [Yahovah] thy tender mercies [racham]
and thy lovingkindnesses; [checed] for they
have been ever of old. [`owlam]KJV-Interlinear
6
Remember, O Lord, Thy compassion and Thy lovingkindnesses, For they have been
from of old. NASB
Remember, ‘zakar,’ means
more than simply remembering, it is a reference to the male of a line, to be
established as in a family lineage, and therefore fixed never to be removed,
altered, or compromised.
As a family is generally
referred to as the son of, the son of, the son of, and so forth. These are fixed and historical events and
facts that cannot be changed. Once you
are born to parents, those biological parents are a matter of fact and cannot
be changed. You may have adoptive
parents or step-parents and such, but you are not of their blood or genetic
lineage.
Your history is a matter
of fact and that fact when remembered is established in the certainty of that
line.
So, Lord remember, means
to remember accurately and correctly and without modification, without changes,
without influences on memories that are common among people. Remember exactly and truthfully.
Mercies, ‘racham,’ means
the womb as in cherishing a pregnancy, damsel as in the object of ones
affections and desires, compassion, pity.
Lovingkindness, ‘checed,’
means goodness, kindness, piety, favor, correction as in proper and helpful
reproof. And here it refers to Gods
favor in dealing with man on a personal one-on-one level.
Forever old, ‘owlam,’
concealed beyond seeing, time out of mind, eternity, ancient, everlasting.
God has been around
forever.
There never was a time
when God did not exist. God transcends
both time and space and is not limited by anything. God exists everywhere even
beyond or outside time and space. There
is nothing that contains God. God is
infinite in all respects.
Gods memories are eternal
and established. God knows all things
and has known all things forever. There
never was time when God did not know. God did not go through a learning process.
His essence is likewise
eternal and unchangeable. His policy of
grace and mercy and His divine plan for each individual person is well
entrenched in the divine decrees that God authored in eternity past.
God foresaw all of your
thoughts and actions and incorporated them all into His plan, without causing
you to think or do anything, but merely brought your life as you live it,
within His plan.
Gods love, Gods kindness,
Gods corrections, Gods policies, Gods truth and so forth, have always existed
and have never changed and will always be there to benefit you.
This world is full to
overflowing with things that are unreliable, uncertain, and untrustworthy.
Not so with God. God is the one and only stable and reliable
and trustworthy person in all of existence.
