Tagged: knowing God

  To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. Psalm 25:1   Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. Psalm 86:4   Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. Psalm 143:8, all ESV Mysterious soul, how challenging it is to translate you into the languages of the earth. Each of these Psalms shares the small and mighty Hebrew word for soul, nephesh, but translators struggle to fully communicate its beautiful breadth. There is only one small phonetic difference between nephesh and the Arabic word nefs. Many years ago, rather than… Read More