Expound the Word

Extract from A Crown of Splendor, a New Commentary on Proverbs by Ken Hanko

August 8, 2023Book of Proverbs

An envelope, or bookend, structure puts similar words or ideas at the beginning and end of a passage and enfolds the rest of the passage within them. In verse 10 Solomon says, My son, if sinners entice you, do not be willing. In verse 15 he repeats the words “my son” and gives really the…

Metrical Setting of Psalm 65

August 8, 2023Metrical Psalms

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Psalm 119:1-8: Blessed Are the Perfect of Way

August 3, 2023Psalm Translations, Psalms Commentary

1. Happy are the perfect of way, Those who walk in the law of Yahweh! 2. Happy are those who keep his testimonies! With a whole they will seek him. 3. Also, they do not do iniquity. In his ways they walk. 4. You command men To observe your precepts completely. 5. Oh, that my…

Metrical Setting of Psalm 64

July 31, 2023Metrical Psalms

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Psalm 119:81-88: Faithfulness in Affliction

July 26, 2023Psalm Translations, Psalms Commentary

There are two important words in Psalm 119:81–88 that appear more than once. The first is the word “fail,” and the second is the word “persecute.” “Fail” appears three times. For your salvation my soul fails (v.81). My eyes fail for your promulgation (v.82). Almost they made me fail on the earth…

Metrical Setting of Psalm 63

July 24, 2023Metrical Psalms

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God’s Covenant with David, Part 1

July 22, 2023Covenants

God's covenant with David fulfilled in part promises made in prior covenants, especially that made with Abraham. Those promises were the promise of kings, the promise of the land, the promise "I will be your God," and the promise of rest.

Metrical Setting of Psalm 62

July 17, 2023Metrical Psalms

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Metrical Setting of Psalm 61

July 10, 2023Metrical Psalms

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Exodus 23:10–19: The Sabbath in the Book of the Covenant

July 6, 2023Sabbath

A Sample Extract from Ken Hanko's Book, The Sabbath, the Covenant, and the Tabernacle Exodus 20–23 make up the book of the covenant which the Lord gave to Moses for the people of Israel. This book begins with the moral law, and that is followed both by explanations of those ten basic commandments and various…