"I will give thanks to Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Thy works, and my soul knows it very well." Psalm 139:11-14 (NAS)
fearfully and wonderfully -> interesting but true!
The designer is our awesome God and His work is beyond comprehension and there is no doubt that he has created us perfect and with a purpose! But I am still pondering on this verse.
Any clues on the wrd "Fearfully" ?
Me...
- Mathew Idikula
- now in Hiroshima , Hiroshima Ken, Japan
- Me - well a good person but has mine own fantasies and love my privacy and expect everything to happen right at the speed of thought.. Note : hate being insincere.
Monday, January 07, 2008
Word of God!
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idi.. thats a great verse showing how special we are.... the word fearfully led me to do some research and below are the findings...
In the original Hebrew text, the word 'fearfully' means: with great reverence and heart-felt interest and respect. The word 'wonderfully' means: unique, set apart, and uniquely marvelous. WOW! No wonder the psalmist bursts out with exuberant praise in this verse. He realized the great love and concern that went into his unique and very individual creation. The next time you have the temptation to ask the Lord, "Don't you care what is happening to me?" Remember this verse, because the total truth is that He cares with an acute intensity that cannot ever be measured.
The Hebrew word is "Ya're" is from the root 'to revere' or 'to fear'. The word "wonderfully" in Hebrew is 'Pah'lah' which has as its root 'to distinguish, separate, or set apart'. From this we read, "With fearful things I am distinguished" God is saying that we are each unique, distinguished, wonderful creations! And He created us with fearful, reverent, awesome things. Certainly the construction of our bodies is with amazingly awesome building blocks
Fearfully - Hebrew ירא (pronounced yaw-ray) morally revere. Wonderfully - Hebrew פּלה (pronounced paw-law) distinguished, set apart.
We were made different from all other species and were created to morally revere our creator. “Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. ” We were created by God and for His glory.
Original Word )ry
Word Origin a primitive root
Transliterated Word Yare'
Phonetic Spelling yaw-ray'
Definition
1. to fear, revere, be afraid
a. (Qal)
1. to fear, be afraid
2. to stand in awe of, be awed
3. to fear, reverence, honour, respect
b. (Niphal)
1. to be fearful, be dreadful, be feared
2. to cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe
3. to inspire reverence or godly fear or awe
c. (Piel) to make afraid, terrify
2. to shoot, pour
it is indeed great to know that we are fearfully and wonderfully made....
Regards,
Jeswin
Hey Jes! Impressive and thanks for the input. really appreciate it! What a great way God reveals things! Hope the rest is all fine and keep praying and fighting the goodfight!
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