Psalm 30:12
12 To the end that my glory [kabowd] may sing [zamar] praise to
thee, and not be silent [damam]. O LORD [Yahovah] my God ['elohiym], I will
give thanks [yadah] unto thee for ever [`owlam]. KJV-Interlinear
12 That
my soul may sing praise to Thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give
thanks to Thee forever. NASB
The word for glory, ‘kabowd,’
means weight, splendor, copiousness, honor, and applies to the actual weight or
substance of ones character and inner essence, not to something imagined or
pretended or phonied up. The real you
being what you think, then the content of your soul expresses the genuineness
of your glory. The content of your soul
is who you really are.
Bible doctrine is real
content. Worldly viewpoint is worthless
temporary fluff or nothingness. Which do
you possess?
Sing and silent, are two
contrasting terms. Sing, ‘zamar,’ refers
to striking of the strings of a musical instrument, to play upon it, to write
the music as you go along, to originate, to blend with a voice.
Silent, ‘damam,’ refers
to dumb as in not able to speak, to be astonished, to stop, to perish, to be
cut down, to cease.
And the source of this
contrast comes from the soul, and is determined by the content of your soul.
Doctrine produces real music
in depth. The world produces nothing of
substance or of value.
And of course as the
whole bible promotes the content of your soul with doctrine in order for you to
have a meaningful and purposeful and enjoyable life, then learning doctrine is of
paramount importance.
Music that is beyond the
expression of words, is a concept that describes the epitome, the essence, the
embodiment of happiness. And, that is
the objective of spiritual growth to maturity, bringing your life to its
fullest potential, to its fullest meaning, to its fullest purpose, to its
fullest completion.
God is the author of
doctrine and to Him is due the appreciation of your total self, which if you do
things right, then you are a product of the doctrine that you study and learn
and are constructed by, and all of it comes from and through Christ.
