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To: Edwarda who wrote (1832)1/31/1999 12:10:00 AM
From: Stan  Respond to of 4711
 
Edwarda,

The Hebrew Interlinear Bible does indeed render the verse as a question. Perhaps, as the one argument suggests, the hills pose danger; or, the hills offer no certainty of deliverance, such as reinforcements.

In order to resolve it, one would have to know why he was looking up to the hills: Was it in trepidation or in hopefulness? Would an expert in Hebrew grammar be able to tell?

In my view, either case is resolved in the next verse: His anxiety is assuaged or his earthly hope is restrained by his affirmation of trust in the Lord.

Stan



To: Edwarda who wrote (1832)1/31/1999 2:49:00 PM
From: Jack Clarke  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4711
 
Edwarda:

have you encountered the argument that the correct punctuation
should be, "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills; from whence cometh my help?"

I have not, but I obviously don't know as much about it as does Stan. My old King James has a comma, and the meaning seems pretty straightforward to me. But I've always thought the punctuation in older texts was peculiar.

Jack


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