Re: The Psalms are the word of Christ
Psalm 119:115 Away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commands of my God!
Matthew 7:23 Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'
Matthew 16:23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
Matthew 4:10 Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'"
(All quotes NIV)
Now, do you think that Psalm 119:115 at least deserves a cross reference, if not a footnote? If you go to the RecV Psalm 119 there are pages of text with no footnotes. WL at least recognizes, in a few introductory footnotes of this psalm that its writer had a seeking heart. But is there no shadow, type, or figure of the coming Christ? None?
The lack of any relations between God's Holy One and anything which was unclean or sinful is such a huge point. We may think of Jesus as such a nice guy, "a friend of sinners" and so forth. And he was (thank God). But the demons cried out in fear when he showed up: "We know who You are -- the Holy One of Israel! (Mark 1:24)" Whoever that trod the 'broad path' near Him, including the disciples, found out real quick what Psalm 119:115 sounded like 'in person'.
But there is no comment in the Recovery Version regarding Psalm 119:115, not even so much as a cross reference.
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