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2015 J. Neely
Psalm 36:11
11 Let not the foot [regel] of pride [ga`avah] come [bow'] against me, and let not the hand [yad] of the wicked [rasha`]
remove [nuwd] me. KJV-Interlinear
11
Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me
away. ESV
Just a quick note. The Sunday through Friday, May 31 to June 5, studies
will be Psalm 23. I have to travel and
will not be online for those days. Posts
on Facebook have already been scheduled, so there will not be a lapse in those
study posts.
The foot is symbolized as
the instrument of travel, or of ones daily activities, or pattern of life.
The hand is the
instrument of ones efforts, or by which we do things in life.
Here the foot of pride
not coming against me, is a reference to the efforts of others, in arrogance
and sin, not coming against me, and certainly not trampling me. So says David, and so says the spiritually advancing
believer.
The prayer is directed to
God the Father, as all prayers are directed.
And, as we look to God,
for His grace and mercy, so too, we look to God for protection from the evils of
this world.
Whether by the patterns,
philosophies, or opinions of the world, within the environment that we live, or
by the actions of the world, there is no shortage of wickedness, no shortage of
the influences, no shortage of the distractions, no shortage of the peer
pressures that are out there just waiting to derail our spiritual life.
Your only protection in
all things, whether good or bad, is from the Lord Jesus Christ who does all of
the work of deity.
Your only access to Gods
protections comes through prayer directed to the Father, who in turn grants, or
not, the prayer which Christ acts
upon. And of course it is all performed
while within fellowship, where the Holy Spirit controls the spiritual
environment.
