Salmos 25

Salmos 25:14-15

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET? If you answered "Yes," then this study of Psalm 25:14 is for you. Psalm 25:14 The secret (fellowship, intimate friendship) of the LORD (Jehovah) is for those who fear Him, and He will make them know (yada - see note below) His covenant. (Go to Psalm 25:15). The secret of the LORD - Ge 18:17-19 Jer 13:18 Mt 13:11,12 Joh 7:17 Joh 14:17,21-23 15:15 17:6 1 Co 2:14 Eph 1:9,18 Col 3:3 Rev 2:17 He will make them know His covenant - Ge 17:13 De 4:13 Jer 31:31-34 Ro 11:26,27 Amplified - The secret [of the sweet, satisfying companionship] of the Lord have they who fear (revere and worship) Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal to them its [deep, inner] meaning. ASV The [a]friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear him; And he will show them his covenant. Complete Jewish Bible - Adonai relates intimately with those who fear Him; He makes them know His covenant. Easy-to-Read Version - The Lord tells his secrets to his followers. He teaches them about his agreement. ICB The Lord tells his secrets to those who respect him. He tells them about his agreement. Living Bible - Friendship with God is reserved for those who reverence him. With them alone he shares the secrets of his promises. NIV - The LORD confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them. HCSB - The secret counsel of the LORD is for those who fear Him, and He reveals His covenant to them. NET The LORD's loyal followers receive his guidance, and he reveals his covenantal demands to them. Lexham - Intimate fellowship with Yahweh is for those who fear him, and he makes known his covenant to them. ESV The friendship of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant. NLT The LORD is a friend to those who fear him. He teaches them his covenant. NAB The counsel of the LORD belongs to the faithful; the covenant instructs them. NJB Only those who fear Yahweh have his secret and his covenant, for their understanding. GWN The LORD advises those who fear him. He reveals to them the intent of his promise. DIVINE COMMUNICATION & COMMUNION In secret silence of the mind, My heaven, and there my God I find. The promise of this passage is earth shaking, but even more it is "heaven shaking" so to speak! So let's look briefly at this wonderful promise penned by David over 2500 years ago but still true and relevant to every saint who desires to experience the abundant life in Christ (John 10:10b)! To set the context of this great passage take a moment and play the vocal version of Secret Place. The secret of the LORD - In English the word secret (see sod below) describes something that is hidden from others, information known only to a special group and even something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained. This secret in this Psalm is divine. It is supernatural. It is available only from Jehovah, the Sole Possessor. And while He Alone possesses it, it is a secret He makes available to those who are His possession by grace through faith in Christ. It is His supernatural secret which is made intelligible to the hearts of natural men and women who are in Christ. So the first requirement to receive the blessing of this divine communication is that the recipient knows Christ Jesus as Savior and Lord of his or her life. Is Jesus your Savior and Lord? If so the "Door" (cf John 10:9) of this secret is accessible to you. The next question is how do we "walk through this door" into the secret place of Jehovah? David explains that we enter this door by making a choice, a choice alluded to by Solomon when he wrote Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me, Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD. (Pr 1:28-29) Solomon describes the way in which one cannot enter into the secret of the LORD. And so while this Proverb states the principle from a negative viewpoint, we can clearly see the key which is positively explained by David. The key to the door into the secret place of the Lord of the Universe is opened when we make a choice of our will (which in a way mysterious to me is only enabled by the Spirit of God, for "There is none who seeks for God" Ro 3:11) and we choose the fear of the LORD. The Hebrew word for "choose" is bachar which always involves a careful, well thought-out choice. The Septuagint translates bachar with the Greek verb proaireomai which describes a premeditated, predetermined plan of action that is done from the heart, voluntarily, but not impulsively. And so as you meditate on the great promise in Psalm 25:14, beseech the Lord to enable you to make the conscious choice from your heart to fear Him so that He might begin to unfold what the fear of the LORD means practically in your life. Toward that goal, let me encourage you to take time to ponder what it means to fear the LORD by studying (and even charting out) the passages listed in the article The Fear of the Lord. You will be utterly amazed at the dividends that unfold to the one who chooses the fear of the LORD. The Hebrew word sod translated by the NAS in Ps 25:14 as secret can also mean counsel or council. Counsel is something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action. So we would be justified in saying when we fear the LORD, we can expect that He Himself will give us direction as to the best course of action we should take. Joseph Parker says ""The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him." To such He can give advice, can guide, can say behind them as they walk the path all wrapped in mystery, "This is the way: walk ye in it." Council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. For example in Jer 23:22 we see sod used with the sense of council, God Himself speaking of the false prophets "But if they (false prophets) had stood in My council (sod), Then they would have announced My words to My people, And would have turned them back from their evil way And from the evil of their deeds." Joseph Parker adds on council - The idea is that of a company of persons sitting together, of one mind, of one heart; of a company of people separated from the heathen and from strangers, unified, of one heart, with single purpose, at absolute agreement with each other. It is a very beautiful idea, rarely realized in the experience of any company of men and women. The poetic and beautiful idea of the psalmist is that of the gathering together of such as have no controversy as between themselves—a perfect company. Once in the history of humanity, so far as I know, there has been such a gathering. It was on the day of Pentecost, when they were all together of one mind, and of one heart, and of one spirit, under the dominion of one Lord; with one master passion in their heart, that of obedience to Him. It was soon lost, and we have never regained it. That, however, is the idea of the Hebrew word; perfect union because of no discord; perfect harmony therefore. "The secret of Jehovah is with them that fear Him." Jehovah sits in council—that is, in perfect union, in perfect harmony—with such as fear Him. There is no controversy between them and Himself, no controversy between Him and such. Earlier David had spoken of another dividend of fearing God asking "Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way he should choose. His soul (the one who fears the LORD) will abide in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land." (Ps 25:12-13) Preaching the Word – The Psalms: Students and their families are willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars a year to go to the best schools to sit under the best teachers. God himself, the one who created the universe, personally tutors those who fear Him. How does God teach? He teaches us through his Word. Sometimes the Bible gives us direct commands to follow; sometimes the Bible equips us with wisdom to make a good decision. God also teaches us through fellow believers He places in our lives. And sometimes God speaks to our hearts. Charles