Article January 20, 1968 Issue

Words of Current Interest

The words in this issue are related to the Lesson Sermon in the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE QUARTERLY designated to be read in Christian Science churches on January 28, 1968.

Blessed., . undefiled (Ps. 119:1)

The word translated "blessed" in both this and the following verse is not the regular Hebrew word for "blessed" but means more strictly "happy"; moreover, the Hebrew tamim (undefiled) is constantly rendered "perfect" in other Old Testament passages, and can also mean "upright, simple, honest, blameless, innocent." Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob (Ps. 44:4)

The Revised Standard Version offers this translation: "Thou art my King and my God, who ordainest victories for Jacob."

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