Psalm 3891
Written and compiled by Gary Kukis
Psalm 3891:1–29

These studies are designed for believers in Jesus Christ only. If you have exercised faith in Christ, then you are in the right place. If you have not, then you need to heed the words of our Lord, Who said, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten [or, uniquely-born] Son, so that every [one] believing [or, trusting] in Him shall not perish, but shall be have eternal life! For God did not send His Son into the world so that He should judge the world, but so that the world shall be saved through Him. The one believing [or, trusting] in Him is not judged, but the one not believing has already been judged, because he has not believed in the Name of the only-begotten [or, uniquely-born] Son of God." (John 3:16–18). "I am the Way and the Truth and the Life! No one comes to the Father except through [or, by means of] Me!" (John 14:6).

Every study of the Word of God ought to be preceded by a naming of your sins to God. This restores you to fellowship with God (1John 1:8–10). If there are people around, you would name these sins silently. If there is no one around, then it does not matter if you name them silently or whether you speak aloud.

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Links to the word-by-word, verse-by-verse studies of the Psalms (HTML) (PDF) (WPD), which have been done over a very extended period of time; meaning that the quality will vary considerably.

This study makes reference to a wide-range of sources. There are quotations from doctrinal teachers, of course; but from Catholic commentaries and from other sources as well. Wherever I found relevant truth, I quoted from it or was inspired by it. Even though it is clear that some churches have a better concept of our reason for being here, that does not mean that there is no truth to be found anywhere else. So, from time to time, I will quote from John Calvin, even though I do not subscribe to 5-point Calvinism; I will quote from some Catholic sources, even though I believe that they are very wrong regarding Mary, the pope, apostolic succession and other such doctrines. The intention is for this to be the most thorough and accurate study of Psalm available anywhere.

Also, it is not necessary that you read the grey Hebrew exegesis tables. They are set apart from the rest of the study so that you can easily skip over them (based upon the suggestion of a friend). However, if you ever doubt the translation of a word, phrase or a verse, these translation tables are then available.

Preface:

The Bible Summary of Psalm 3891 (in 140 characters or less): T.1

There are many chapter commentaries on the book of Psalm. This will be the most extensive examination of Psalm 3891, where you will be able to examine in depth every word of the original text. Every attempt has been made to make this both a complete and self-contained study. Therefore, all references, vocabulary, and related concepts should be found within this extensive study. Easy access links to more in-depth studies of some vocabulary words, concepts and doctrines are also provided.

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Outline of Chapter 3891:

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Chapter Summary

Addendum

Charts, Graphics and Short Doctrines:

Preface	Quotations

Introduction	Titles and/or Brief Descriptions of Psalm 3891 (by various commentators)

Introduction	Brief, but insightful observations of Psalm 3891 (various commentators)

Introduction	Fundamental Questions About Psalm 3891

Introduction	The Prequel of Psalm 3891

Introduction

Introduction

Introduction	The Principals of Psalm 3891

Introduction	The Places of Psalm 3891

Introduction	By the Numbers

Introduction	A Synopsis of Psalm 3891

Introduction	Outlines of Psalm 3891 (Various Commentators)

Introduction	929 Synopsis of Psalm 3891 (Rabbi Dr. David Z. Moster)

Introduction	A Synopsis of Psalm 3891 from the Summarized Bible

Introduction	Paragraph Divisions of Modern Translation for Psalm 3891

Introduction

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Introduction	Changes—additions and subtractions (for Psalm 3891)

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Summary	A Set of Summary Doctrines and Commentary

Summary	Why Psalm 3891 is in the Word of God

Summary	What We Learn from Psalm 3891

Summary	Jesus Christ in Psalm 3891

Summary	Shmoop Summary of Psalm 3891

Summary

Addendum

Addendum	A Complete Translation of Psalm 3891

Addendum	Word Cloud from a Reasonably Literal Paraphrase of Psalm 3891

Addendum	Word Cloud from Exegesis of Psalm 3891

Beginning of Document	Chapter Outline	Charts, Graphics, Short Doctrines
Introduction and Text	First Verse	Addendum
www.kukis.org	Psalm folder	Exegetical Studies in Psalm

Doctrines Covered	or Alluded To
Additional doctrines and links are found in Definition of Terms below.

Chapters of the Bible Alluded To and/or Appropriately Exegeted with this Chapter

Many who read and study this chapter are 1st or 2nd generation students of R. B. Thieme, Jr., so that much of this vocabulary is second nature. One of Bob's contributions to theology is a fresh vocabulary along with a number of concepts which are theologically new or reworked, yet still orthodox. Therefore, if you are unfamiliar with his work, the definitions below will help you to fully understand all that is being said. Also, I have developed a few new terms and concepts which require definition as well.
In addition, there are other more traditional yet technical theological terms which will be used and therefore defined as well.
Sometimes the terms in the exegesis of this chapter are simply alluded to, without any in-depth explanation of them. Sometimes, these terms are explained in detail and illustrated. A collection of all these terms is found here: (HTML) (PDF) (WPD). Often, the terms below are linked to complete doctrines.
Definition of Terms
(Restoration to fellowship with God)	In the New Testament, this is naming your sins to God, so that you are both restored to temporal fellowship with God and are then filled with the Spirit of God. In the Old Testament, naming your sins to God would result in a restoration of fellowship and, in some cases, the empowerment of the Holy Spirit once again (the Holy Spirit was not given to all Old Testament believers). See the Doctrine of Rebound (HTML) (PDF) (WPD).
Some of these definitions are taken from

http://gracebiblechurchwichita.org/

http://rickhughesministries.org/content/Biblical-Terms.pdf

http://www.gbible.org/index.php?proc=d4d

http://www.wordoftruthministries.org/terms-and-definitions/

http://www.theopedia.com/
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An Introduction to Psalm 3891

Introduction: Psalm 3891

Titles and/or Brief Descriptions of Psalm 3891 (by various commentators)
Chapter Outline	Charts, Maps and Short Doctrines

Sometimes, a commentator will begin with a good observation of this chapter of the Bible.
Brief, but insightful observations of Psalm 3891 (various commentators)
Chapter Outline	Charts, Maps and Short Doctrines

As I study a chapter, questions will occur to me—some of them important and many of them minor. Not all of these questions will be satisfactorily answered.
Fundamental Questions About Psalm 3891
Chapter Outline	Charts, Graphics and Short Doctrines

It is important to understand what has gone before.
The Prequel of Psalm 3891
Psalm 3891 will begin with
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We need to know who the people are who populate this chapter.
The Principals of Psalm 3891
Characters	Commentary
Chapter Outline	Charts, Graphics and Short Doctrines

We need to know where this chapter takes place.
The Places of Psalm 3891
Place	Description
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By the Numbers
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Here is what to expect from Psalm 3891:
A Synopsis of Psalm 3891
Like all chapters of the Word of God, you need more than just the simple plot outline to understand what God wants us to know.
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Outlines of Psalm 3891 (Various Commentators)
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929 Synopsis of Psalm 3891
From 929chapters; accessed February 9, 2020.
Chapter Outline	Charts, Graphics and Short Doctrines

A Synopsis of Psalm 3891 from the Summarized Bible
Keith L. Brooks, Summarized Bible; Complete Summary of the Bible; ©1919; from e-Sword, Ex. 3891.
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The first chapter heading sometimes does double duty, giving an overall view of the chapter and/or telling what the first section is about. I make an attempt to find 5 translations with very different divisions.
Paragraph Divisions of Modern Translations for Psalm 3891
NASB	NKJV	NRSV	TEV	NJB (FOLLOWS MT)
Inspired by Dr. Bob Utley, Copyright © 2014 Bible Lessons International; www.freebiblecommentary.org.
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Changes—additions and subtractions (for Psalm 3891): Very often, when I begin a new chapter, I have either discovered a new translations, a new commentary; or have decided to leave out a particular translation or commentary. Sometimes, I make a minor formatting change. I have always placed such comments before the beginning of the first verse. So one formatting change is, the addition of this more formal approach to changes, giving it a section of its own. Many times, if I like a change a lot, I will occasionally go back and make that change in previous chapters.

I have begun to include the same 9 translations when I do my first exegetical study of a chapter.

Since the last studies I did in the Psalms was 2007 and 2012, what I do here and what I did back then will be like night and day when it comes to detail. There are far too many changes to list them all here.

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Chapter Outline	Charts, Graphics and Short Doctrines

As always, 3 separate translations will be produced for each verse. The slavishly literal translation attempts to preserve word order and number, making it more literal than Young's translation (however, I do not preserve the consistency of the translation that Young does). The moderately literal translation may add or delete a definite article, change the number of a noun to correspond with the English sense of thinking, and the order is often changed in order to better represent our English sentence structure. The paraphrase is an attempt to give a thought-for-thought interpretation of what each verse tells us.

Kukis slavishly literal:	Kukis moderately literal:
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Kukis not-so-literal paraphrase:
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Here is how others have translated this verse:

Ancient texts:	Note: I compare the Hebrew text to English translations of the Latin, Syriac (= Aramaic) and Greek texts, using the Douay-Rheims translation2; George Lamsa's translation, and Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton's translation as revised and edited by Paul W. Esposito, respectively. I often update these texts with non-substantive changes (e.g., you for thou, etc.). I often use the text of the Complete Apostles' Bible instead of Brenton's translation, because it updates the English text.

The Septuagint was the earliest known translation of a book (circa 200 b.c.). Since this translation was made before the textual criticism had been developed into a science and because different books appear to be translated by different men, the Greek translation can sometimes be very uneven.

When there are serious disparities between my translation and Brenton's (or the text of the Complete Apostles' Bible), I look at the Greek text of the Septuagint (the LXX) to see if a substantive difference actually exists (and I reflect these changes in the English rendering of the Greek text). I use the Greek LXX with Strong's numbers and morphology available for e-sword. The only problem with this resource (which is a problem for similar resources) is, there is no way to further explore Greek verbs which are not found in the New Testament. Although I usually quote the Complete Apostles' Bible here, I have begun to make changes in the translation when their translation conflicts with the Greek and note what those changes are.

The Masoretic text is the Hebrew text with all of the vowels (vowel points) inserted (the original Hebrew text lacked vowels). We take the Masoretic text to be the text closest to the original. However, differences between the Masoretic text and the Greek, Latin and Syriac are worth noting and, once in a great while, represent a more accurate text possessed by those other ancient translators.

In general, the Latin text is an outstanding translation from the Hebrew text into Latin and very trustworthy (I say this as a non-Catholic). Unfortunately, I do not read Latin—apart from some very obvious words—so I am dependent upon the English translation of the Latin (principally, the Douay-Rheims translation).

The comparisons which I do are primarily between the English translations which are taken from the ancient tongues. For the most part, the variances are so minor that I rarely investigate them any further than that.

Underlined words indicate differences in the text.

Bracketed portions of the Dead Sea Scrolls are words, letters and phrases lost in the scroll due to various types of damage. Underlined words or phrases are those in the Dead Sea Scrolls but not in the Masoretic text.

I will only list the translation from the Dead Sea Scrolls if it exists and if it is different from the Masoretic text.

The Targum of Onkelos is actually the Pentateuchal Targumim, which are The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel. On the Pentateuch With The Fragments of the Jerusalem Targum From the Chaldee by J. W. Etheridge, M.A. From http://www.becomingjewish.org/texts/targum/onkelos_Psalm.html and first published in 1862.

Occasionally, there is an obvious error in the English translation, and I correct those without additional mention or footnoting. For instance, the online version of the Targum of Onkelos which I use has gorund in Ex. 4:9; I simply corrected the text. This may occur once or twice in a chapter.

I attempt to include translations which are different in their vocabulary and phrasing. On many occasions, I may include a translation which is not substantially different than another listed translation.

Most of the translations can be found here.

The very fact that we have ancient Greek, Latin, Syriac and Arabic translations of the Bible testifies to its accuracy. There may be a difference word or phrase here or there; the Greek may have a singular where the Hebrew has a plural, but there is no set of doctrines in the Latin Bible which are any different from those found in the Greek Bible or the Syriac Bible. These different cultures when they chose to translate the Bible chose to translate it as accurately as possible. Where human viewpoint would expect to find doctrinal differences between the Bible of the Hebrews, of the Greeks or of the Romans, no such differences exist.

Ancient texts:

Masoretic Text (Hebrew)

Dead Sea Scrolls	.

Targum (Onkelos)	. Translation for Onkelos and Pseudo-Jonathan by J. W. Etheridge, M.A. (1862).

Targum (Pseudo-Jonathan)	.

Jerusalem targum	.

Updated Douay-Rheims3	.

Douay-Rheims 1899 (Amer.)	.

Aramaic ESV of Peshitta	.

Lamsa's Peshitta (Syriac)	.

V. Alexander's Aramaic T.	.

Updated Brenton (Greek)4	.

Significant differences:

Limited Vocabulary Translations:5

Bible in Basic English	.

Easy English	.

Easy-to-Read Version–2006	.

God's Word™	.

Good News Bible (TEV)	.

The Message	.

Names of God Bible	.

NIRV	.

New Simplified Bible	.

Thought-for-thought translations; dynamic translations; paraphrases:

Casual English Bible	.

College Press paraphrase	.

Contemporary English V.	.

The Living Bible	.

New Berkeley Version	.

New Life Version	.

New Living Translation	.

Unlocked Dynamic Bible	.

Unfolding Bible (simplified)6	.

Partially literal and partially paraphrased translations:

American English Bible	.

Beck's American Translation	.

Common English Bible	.

New Advent (Knox) Bible	.

Translation for Translators	.

Mostly literal renderings (with some occasional paraphrasing):

Conservapedia	.

Ferrar-Fenton Bible	.

God's Truth (Tyndale)	.

HCSB	.

International Standard V	.

Jubilee Bible 2000	.

Lexham English Bible	.

NIV, ©2011	.

Unfolding Bible Literal Text7	.

Unlocked Literal Bible	.

Urim-Thummim Version	.

Wikipedia Bible Project	.

Catholic Bibles (those having the imprimatur):

Christian Community (1988)	.

The Heritage Bible	.

New American Bible (2002)8	.

New American Bible(2011)9	.

New English Bible–1970	.

New Jerusalem Bible	.

New RSV	.

Revised English Bible–1989	.

Jewish/Hebrew Names Bibles:

Complete Jewish Bible	.

exeGeses companion Bible	.

Hebraic Roots Bible	.

Israeli Authorized Version	.

Kaplan Translation	. The Kaplan Translation, particularly in Psalm through Deuteronomy, takes note of historic rabbinic opinions.

The Scriptures 1998	.

Tree of Life Version	.

Weird English, Olde English, Anachronistic English Translations:

Alpha & Omega Bible	.

Awful Scroll Bible	.

Concordant Literal Version	.

Darby Translation (1889)	.

exeGeses companion Bible	.

Orthodox Jewish Bible	.

Rotherham's Emphasized B.	.

Third Millennium Bible	.

Expanded/Embellished Bibles:

The Amplified Bible	.

The Expanded Bible	.

Kretzmann's Commentary	.

Syndein/Thieme	.

The Voice	.

Bible Translations with Many Footnotes:

College Press Bible Study	.

The Complete Tanach10	.

The Geneva Bible	.

Kaplan Translation	.

NET Bible®	.

New American Bible(2011)11	.

Literal, almost word-for-word, renderings:

Brenner's Mechanical Trans.	......

Charles Thompson OT	.

C. Thompson LXX (updated)	.

Context Group Version	.

English Standard Version	.

Green's Literal Translation	.

Modern English Version	.

Modern Literal Version	.

New American Standard B.	.

New European Version	.

New King James Version	.

Niobi Study Bible	.

Owen's Translation	.

Restored Holy Bible 6.0	.

Updated Bible Version 2.11	.

A Voice in the Wilderness	.

Webster's Bible Translation	.

World English Bible	.

Young's Literal Translation	.

Young's Updated LT	.

The gist of this passage:

Psalm 3891:1a
Hebrew/Pronunciation	Common English Meanings	Notes/Morphology	BDB and Strong's Numbers
wa (or va) ( ) [pronounced wah]	and so, and then, then, and; so, that, yet, therefore, consequently; because	wâw consecutive	No Strong's # BDB #253
we (or ve) ( or ) [pronounced weh]	and, even, then; namely; when; since, that; though	simple wâw conjunction	No Strong's # BDB #251
With a voluntative, cohortative or jussive, the wâw conjunction means that, so that. It expresses intention. The wâw conjunction can express informal inference or consequence (so, then, therefore); especially at the beginning of a speech. The wâw conjunction can connect alternative cases or contrasting ideas and be properly rendered or, but, yet. The wâw conjunction can also be rendered for.

Translation:

Beginning of Document	Chapter Outline	Charts, Graphics, Short Doctrines
Introduction and Text	First Verse	Addendum
www.kukis.org	Psalm folder	Exegetical Studies in Psalm

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A Set of Summary Doctrines and Commentary

The idea here is, there are things which we find in this chapter which are extremely important.
Why Psalm 3891 is in the Word of God
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These are things which we learn while studying this particular chapter.
What We Learn from Psalm 3891
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Many chapters of the Bible look forward to Jesus Christ in some way or another. A person or situation might foreshadow the Lord or His work on the cross (or His reign over Israel in the Millennium). The chapter may contain a prophecy about the Lord or it may, in some way, lead us toward the Lord (for instance, by means of genealogy).
Jesus Christ in Psalm 3891
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Shmoop tends to be rather flippant.
Shmoop Summary of Psalm 3891
From https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/bible/psalms/summary accessed .
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Beginning of Document	Chapter Outline	Charts, Graphics, Short Doctrines
Introduction and Text	First Verse	Addendum
www.kukis.org	Psalm folder	Exegetical Studies in Psalm

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Addendum

It may be helpful to see this chapter as a contiguous whole:
A Complete Translation of Psalm 3891
A Reasonably Literal Translation	A Reasonably Literal Paraphrase
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The following Psalms would be appropriately studied at this time:

Word Cloud from a Reasonably Literal Paraphrase of Psalm 3891

Word Cloud from Exegesis of Psalm 389112

These two graphics should be very similar; this means that the exegesis of Psalm 3891 has stayed on topic and has covered the information found in this chapter of the Word of God.

Beginning of Document	Chapter Outline	Charts, Graphics, Short Doctrines
Introduction and Text	First Verse	Addendum
www.kukis.org	Psalm folder	Exegetical Studies in Psalm