Entrusted Living

Exegesis of Psalm 123: Song of Ascent Exegesis  is the Greek for an explanation. It is a working out and developing what has been said. Further, there is a dwelling upon what has been said that the impression may be deepened so that what one suggests the text is saying is added by way of good interpretation or  Hermeneia.  I used to just do all this study without writing it down, mainly because that takes a whole lot of extra work. I have to organize my research findings and articulate my thoughts. But this has become great practice for me and has been quite fun. I have always been very interested in the area of figures of speech and semantics when it comes to making good interpretation of the scriptures. Words and there meaning and how these are unique in different cultures fascinates me.  This blog is intended to be a sort of crash course class for myself and others too who are following along to develop their own understanding of exegesis through identifying figur...

Part 2 Exegesis of Psalms - 120:5-7 song of ascent   ****This post is a mess. It is currently under revision June 2026**** I feel a little embarrassed that this project of mine has already taken 2 years and I have only worked through 4 1/2 of the psalms of degrees. But if someone else said this to me, I would encourage them with the comfort that the word of God is a morsel that must take time to chew. Often, in our walk with Christ, we think we understand the scoop of a verse, but it really hits us in waves, days later, months later, years later. Layers reveal themselves as if they are an ocean that continually washes over us. Each wave is new and different yet it is always the same water. As I have continued this project I only feel more and more obtuse and inadequate. But the Lord doesn't need us to be extremely skilled or insanely intelligent to use us. the most important thing He needs is our willingness.  This project was instigated in order to fulfill these two things: u...