Psalm 119:126 is a classic example of how the Bible translations can obscure the truth, and even presents a message that is directly opposite to what God really intends to convey. With the many translations available today, only 2 presented the correct message. These are the Bishops’ Bible 1568 translation, which is a very old translation, and the Tanach (Jewish Bible).
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The CORRECT MEANING OF PSALM 119:126: "IT IS TIME TO DO WORK FOR THE LORD"
- It is tyme for me to do for Gods cause: for they haue brought thy lawe almost to nothyng. (Psa 119:126 Bishops’ Bible 1568)
- A TIME TO DO FOR THE LORD; they have made void Your Torah. (Psa 119:126 Tanach)
For most of the Bible translations, including the King James Version (KJV) and many others, their translations means: It is time for the LORD to work...
This is exemplified by the popular King James Version: It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law. (Psa 119:126 KJV)
MANY BIBLE COMMENTARIES AND AUTHORITIES PROVE THE CORRECT MESSAGE OF PSALM 119:126
MANY BIBLE COMMENTARIES AND AUTHORITIES PROVE THE CORRECT MESSAGE OF PSALM 119:126
But there are several Bible commentaries that favor the translation of "it is time to work for the LORD."
The following Bible commentaries are some of them:
The following Bible commentaries are some of them:
From RASHI:
A time to do for the Lord, etc. This goes back to the verse preceding
it: Enable me to understand, and I shall know Your testimonies, to know
a time to do for Your name. What should they do, those who made Your
Torah void, to find good will and forgiveness, and that You should be
found by them, and I will do so for every transgression that I have
committed. A person who is idle and leisurely, who devotes [only
occasional] times to his Torah, makes void the covenant, for an idle
person must toil in the Torah all hours of the day.
From John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible Commentary: The words may be rendered, "it is time to work for the Lord"; so the Septuagint version; to which agrees the Targum, "it is time to do the will of the Lord.''
It is proper, in declining times, for good men to bestir themselves
and be in action, to attempt the revival of religion, to do all that in
them lies to support the cause of God, and to vindicate his honor and
glory. -- Gill
From Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament:
The one chief petition of the poet, however, to which he comes back in
Psa 119:124, has reference to the ever deeper knowledge of the word of
God; for this knowledge is in itself at once life and blessedness, and
the present calls most urgently for it.
For
the great multitude practically and fundamentally break God's law; it
is therefore time to act for the LORD as in Ezekiel 29:20, and just in
order to this there is need of well-grounded, reliable knowledge.
Therefore, the poet attaches himself with all his love to God's
commandments; to him they are above gold and fine gold (Psa 19:11).
Therefore,
he is as strict as he possibly can be with God's word, inasmuch as he
acknowledges and observes all precepts of all things, i.e., all divine
precepts, let them have reference to whatsoever they will, and every
false (lying) tendency, he hates. It is true Psa 119:126 may be also
explained: it is time that the LORD should act, i.e., interpose
judicially; but this thought is foreign to the context. -- K&D
From Albert Barnes’ Notes of the Bible Commentary: ... literally, "Time to do for the LORD."
The interpretation of "It is time (for us) to do (something), since
people make void thy law," suggests a truth of great importance. Then is
the time when the people of God should arouse themselves to efforts to
stay the tide of wickedness, and to secure the ascendancy of religion,
of virtue, and of law. -- Barnes
From Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible: Some read it, and the original will bear it, It is time to work for thee, O Lord! It is time for every one in his place to appear on the Lord's side
-- against the threatening growth of profaneness and immorality. We
must do what we can for the support of the sinking interests of
religion. -- Matthew Henry
DANIEL 11:32 IS ANOTHER STRONG PROOF
Another strong proof that the meaning of Psalm 119:126 is really that the people of GOD are now expected to work for the LORD, is Daniel 11:32.
DANIEL 11:32 IS ANOTHER STRONG PROOF
Another strong proof that the meaning of Psalm 119:126 is really that the people of GOD are now expected to work for the LORD, is Daniel 11:32.
- And such as do wickedly against the Covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the People that do KNOW their GOD shall be STRONG, and DO EXPLOITS. (Dan 11:32 KJV)
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NOTE: The Bible verses used in this article is based on the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB). If not, the quoted translation is indicated.
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