Be Murmuring in Place

by Tammy Phillips
May 27, 2024

GOALS:  You have tested my heart; You have visited [me] in the night; You have tried me and have found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. (Psa 17:3 NKJV)

There are treasures in God’s word hidden in the Hebrew language that does not translate well into the English Language. Have a look and see. According to https://www.blueletterbible.org the following underlined Hebrew words mean:

You have tested my heart.

Hebrew word, bāḥan: To search out, to examine, to try, to prove, like metals, to look out, to watch.

You have examined me at night.

Hebrew word pāqaḏ, to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for review.

You have tried me and found nothing evil.

Hebrew word is ṣārap̄: to melt, smelt, refine, test, purify

I have purposed that my mouth will not sin.

Hebrew word, zamam: to meditate, have in mind, determined, the idea of murmuring.

Hebrew word, ʿāḇar, emigrate, leave ones territory, to pass over or through, alienate, be crossed.

Now what? How do we purpose to not to sin with our mouth? We murmur in place.

“You will also decide and decree a thing, and it will be established for you; And the light [of God’s favor] will shine upon your ways. When you are cast down and humbled, you will speak with confidence, And the humble person He will lift up and saved.” (Job 22:28-29 AMP)

According to https://www.blueletterbible.org, the Hebrew word for decree is gāzar meaning, a royal mandate, a decision made judicially, a legislative resolution; to divide and separate. Declare by Hebrew definition is amar, meaning to say, to command and spar; score with a mark, scriber, number, recount , to be in front of, to front, boldly stand out, to be in sight, to bring to light, to manifest, to shew and tell, profess openly, report, announce and to make known.

I will do the right thing and stay in place.

I will murmur in place.

I have purposed that my mouth will not sin  by what comes out of it.

I have purposed that my mouth will not sin  by what I say.

I have purposed that my mouth will not sin  by what I do.

I have purposed that my mouth will not sin by what goes into it.

I have purposed that my mouth will not sin  by what I eat.

I have purposed that my mouth will not sin  by what I drink.

I have purposed that my mouth will not sin  by what I think.

My mouth shall not transgress.

I encourage you to murmur in place. Do not let your mouth take you to places you do not want to go. I have been there, done that and do not want to return.

Viva Magenta: Live. Breathe. Be murmuring in place.