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I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. Psalm 40:1 The Hebrew words for waited and patiently in this verse is the same word qavah, (kaw-vaw') It means to look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon). As commentators have noted, it means as I waited, I waited. The word for heard in Hebrew shama`, (shaw-mah') . It means to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc). Last Saturday, Valentines Day (er, Valentine's Night), Lina my wife--as I am married, it is good thing that it was my wife--visited a new restaurant in Lancaster city called Gusto's. Sounds like something Schiltz-like. This is a reference from back in the day. Google it if you must. It was a great time...cold and wet outside, warm and lively inside. About the only redeeming quality of being cold and wet is getting warm and dry. Reminds me of the time when I watched the Glen Mills football team get shellacked 49-0 by Malvern Prep many years a...

Ecclesiastes 12:12 And further, my son, be admonished by these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to the flesh. (NKJV) The word "making" in the Hebrew is asah, (aw-saw') a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows):--accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth. The word for study is lahag (lah'-hag) is from a root meaning to be eager; intense mental application:--study. The pervasive theme in Ecclesiastes is that in doing there is much weariness because all is meaningless. Power, sex, possessions, study...all are meaningless according to the Preacher. Tradition holds that Solomon wrote the Book of Ecclesiastes; this makes sense because only Solomon really had it all of the above, plus wisdom from God, and an errant heart throughout most of his adult life. In short, he would know about the end of these things, due to the fact that he had come to an end of t...