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It is time to work for the Lord" ( Hebrew : עת לעשות לה' הפרו תורתך ; ) is the first half of a Psalm verse that has served as a dramatic slogan at several junctures in Rabbinic Judaism . Psalm 119:126 states: "It is time for the Lord to act, for your law has been broken" ( New Oxford Annotated Bible ad loc.; Biblical Hebrew : עֵ֭ת לַעֲשֹׂ֣ות לַיהוָ֑ה הֵ֝פֵ֗רוּ תֹּורָתֶֽךָ , romanized: ʿēt̲ laʿăśot̲ lad̲onāy hēp̄ēru torāt̲ek̲ā ; Ancient Greek : καιρὸς τοῦ ποιῆσαι τῷ Κυρίῳ· διεσκέδασαν τὸν νόμον σου ; Latin : Tempus faciendi Domino; dissipaverunt legem tuam ). This verse suggests that God will deliver the steadfast when the wicked break the commandments. However, in the readings of rabbinic midrash , an alternate meaning of the verse is given, due to an ambiguity in the Biblical Hebrew : instead of God acting in response to sin, humans should act on behalf of God. Thus, the verse may be understood as: "It is time to work for the Lord..."
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The opening as it stood in 2010
"It is time to work for the Lord" ( et la'asot, he-feru Toratekha ) is the first half of a verse in Psalms that has served as a dramatic slogan at several junctures in rabbinic Judaism . Psalm 119:126 states: "It is time for the Lord to act, for your law has been broken" ( New Oxford Annotated Bible ad loc.) This verse would seem to suggest that, when the wicked are breaking the commandments, God will deliver the steadfast. However, in the readings of rabbinic midrash , an alternate meaning of the verse is given, due to an ambiguity in the Biblical Hebrew : instead of God acting in response to sin, humans should act on behalf of God. Thus, the verse may be understood as: "It is time to work for the Lord..."
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The opening as it stood in 2015
"It is time to work for the Lord" is the first half of a verse in Psalms that has served as a dramatic slogan at several junctures in rabbinic Judaism . Psalm 119:126 states: "It is time for the Lord to act, for your law has been broken" ( New Oxford Annotated Bible ad loc.; Eth la'asot Yahweh he-feru Toratekha ) This verse would seem to suggest that, when the wicked are breaking the commandments, God will deliver the steadfast. However, in the readings of rabbinic midrash , an alternate meaning of the verse is given, due to an ambiguity in the Biblical Hebrew : instead of God acting in response to sin, humans should act on behalf of God. Thus, the verse may be understood as: "It is time to work for the Lord..."
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Biblical phrase "It is time to work for the Lord" is the first half of a verse in Psalms that has served as a dramatic slogan at several junctures in rabbinic Judaism . Psalm 119:126 states: "It is time for the Lord to act, for your law has been broken" ( New Oxford Annotated Bible ad loc.; Eth la'asot Yahweh he-feru Toratekha ). This verse would seem to suggest that, when the wicked are breaking the commandments, God will deliver the steadfast. However, in the readings of rabbinic midrash , an alternate meaning of the verse is given, due to an ambiguity in the Biblical Hebrew : instead of God acting in response to sin, humans should act on behalf of God. Thus, the verse may be understood as: "It is time to work for the Lord..."
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time to work for the lord" is the first half of a verse in psalms that has served as a dramatic slogan at sever
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time to work for the lord"
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