For it comes ~ KJV, for he cometh
Soul ~ nephesh – KJV, NIV, NASB, appetite
C. S. Lewis: "To argue with God is to argue with the power that makes it possible to argue at all."
Prov. 30 ~ 8b Give me neither poverty nor riches— Feed me with the food allotted to me; 9 Lest I be full and deny You, And say, “Who is the Lord?” Or lest I be poor and steal, And profane the name of my God.
Name ~ shēm ; ointment ~ shēmen
Vanity ~ hebel – vapor; better, fleeting
Destroy ~ better, devastate, or astonish
Spurgeon (Lectures To My Students): "You cannot stop people's tongues and therefore the best thing to do is to stop your own ears and never mind what is spoken. There is a world of idle chitchat abroad, and he who takes note of it will have enough of it."
Paraphrase ~ If a human relationship leaves a man lacking, a sexual relationship will certainly evade him
NLT ~ Obey the king since you vowed to God that you would.
Will Durant: "Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance" Deut. 29 ~ 29 the secret things belong unto the Lord our God but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of the law. Blasé Pascal: "If there were no obscurity, man would not feel his corruption; if there were no light, man could not hope for a cure. Thus it is not only right but useful for us that God should be partly concealed and partly revealed, since it is equally dangerous for man to know God without knowing his own wretchedness as to know his wretchedness without knowing God."
John 9 ~ 4 “I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.”
Rev. 1 ~ 17b “Fear not; I am the first and the last; 18a I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore” 1 Cor. 15 ~ 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord