The first segment of this study, Psalm 128:1 – "A Song..." can be viewed HERE.
Today’s study is “of degrees” – which is H4609:
Feminine of H4608;
elevation, that is, the act (literally a journey to a higher
place, figuratively a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition
(literally a step or grade mark, figuratively a superiority
of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms).
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H4608
- From H5927; an elevation,
that is, (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the
relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority.
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H5927
- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high)
or active (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and
secondary, literally and figuratively.
My first thought as I read through was how when we
praise Him, we enter into His courts (arise).
H4609 is used 46 times in 39 verses, the first
usage is:
Exo 20:26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar,
that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
It’s used in 1 and 2
Kings as steps; stairs; degrees (twice in 2 Kings 20:9, 10); in 2 Kings 20:11
degrees and dial. 1 and 2 Chronicles
uses both degree and steps.
Ezra 7:9 – to go up;
Nehemiah – stairs; Psalms 120-134 as the intro.
Isaiah 38:8; Ezekiel 11:5; 40:6, 22, 26, 31, 34, 37, 49; 43:17 (steps)
and the last usage:
Amo 9:6 It is he that
buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the
earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the
face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
How often I fail to
praise Him, to enter His courts with thanksgiving. O Lord, I am unworthy to be called thine, yet
thou in Thy perfect goodness, wisdom and knowledge has chosen me. I who fail you continually, strengthen and
stablish me Lord in Your way. Stir up the gift of Your eternal mercy and love
within me, cause me to be renewed and filled with Your Spirit afresh.
Help me Lord to see
this life and world through Your vision, to rekindle my first love for
You. The passion and desire to proclaim
Your name to all.
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