What this says is that, i will exult in the promises god has made to israel. Dec 01, 2009 stephen frys riveting autobiography, moab is my washpot derived from psalm 60. The basin into which the water falls when it is poured from an ewer upon my feet. Implying that moab should be reduced to slavery, it being the business of a slave to present the hand washing basin to his master. Over edom will i cast out my shoe i will make a complete conquest of idumea, and subject the edomites to the meanest offices, as well as the moabites. Download moab is my washpot pdf ebook free your pdfs. Both moab and edom were noted for their pride isaiah 16.
Through wearing sandals, peoples feet would become. The next step is to enter your payment information. I will make mention of rahab and babylon to them that know me. The title, never explained in the text of the book, is a verse found in psalm 60 and psalm 108. Moab, which had threatened israel, was to be so completely subdued, and become so utterly contemptible as to be likened to a wash pot or basin in which men wash their feet. At first reading this seems a rather strange psalm. Spurgeon, at the metropolitan tabernacle, newington moab is my washpot. Implying that moab should be reduced to slavery, it being the business of a slave to present the washhand basin to his master. Moab is my washpot published 1997 is stephen frys autobiography, covering the first 20 years of his life. World english bible moab is my pot for washing, over edom i cast my shoe, shout, concerning me, o philistia. Jun 10, 20 its a complicated allusion, and a quote from wait, googling psalm 60. In particular, i have this passage permanently bookmarked. In the book, fry is candid about his past indiscretions, including stealing, cheating and lying.
The heading text in the revised standard version and the new american bible revised edition refers to aram. A psalm of david useful for teaching, regarding the time david fought aramnaharaim and aramzobah, and joab returned and killed 12,000 edomites in the valley of salt. The book covers some of the same ground as in frys first novel, the liar, published in 1991. More than this, however, may have been intendednay, we feel sure was intended by the expression. Link panels synchronize references go to table of contents single column stretch across both columns show reading view fullscreen show community notes. Starting your free trial of bible gateway plus is easy. Through wearing sandals, peoples feet would become filthy in the dusty desert environment and upon entering a home feet would be washed with water by pouring water over them into a washpot. In that work, public schoolboy adrian healey falls in love with a boy called hugo cartwright.
God also said that he would exalt himself over the surrounding nations. Psalms 60 commentary james burton coffman commentaries. Biographies and the autobiographies are some serious books and generally include a lot of the inspiring and the life changing stories by the great people of the great people. When he fought aram naharaim and aram zobah, and when joab returned and struck down twelve thousand edomites in the valley of salt. More than this, however, may have been intended indeed, we feel sure was intended by the expression. Moab is my washpot moab was a region of country on the east of the dead sea, extending as far north as the river arnon. There are plenty of other things to be got up to outside the orbit of the anal ring, but the. Youre already logged in with your bible gateway account. And smote of edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand shushan eduth. With the greeks, plunein tina, to wash down any one, was a slang term, signifying to ridicule, abuse, or beat.
Parts of it may even appear faintly ridiculous to unsanctified eyes. Moab, which had threatened israel, was to be so completely subdued, and become so utterly contemptible. Aloud basin cast cry edom glad loud moab philistia pot sandal shoe shout sounded throw toss triumph wash washbasin washbowl washing washpot. Psalms 60 commentary james burton coffman commentaries on. The lily is an emblem of beauty as a description of the psalm, those terms combined may denote a beautiful poem, witnessingthat is, for gods faithfulness as evinced in the victories referred to in the history cited. Ask of me, and i shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. You dont appear to be in your right sense, who make a washpot of me in. Moab is my washpot the washpot being a mean article of household stuff, for the use of the feet, as the syriac interprets it, the lowest part of the body, it is a fit title for the moabites, whom david intended to bring into the lowest degree of servitude, and to render contemptible, 2 samuel 8. A washpot was what people in the desert used to clean their feet. Psalm 60 bible commentary wesleys explanatory notes. I will rejoice, i will divide shechem, and mete out the valley of succoth. The first five verses of psalm 108 are basically the same as psalm 57. Moab is my wash pot a pot wherein to wash my feet, a vessel of dishonour, such as at my pleasure i will break in pieces, psalms 2. Why is stephen frys autobiography called moab is my washpot.
The words rendered washpot mean properly a pot or basin for washing, a washbasin. Moab, so injurious to me in former years, is my washpot. By ancient jewish tradition the psalms are divided into five books, and there are some very similar psalms in separate books, as is the case for psalm 108. Moab is my washpot the washpot being a mean article of household stuff, for the use of the feet, as the syriac interprets it, the lowest part of the body, it is a fit. You have rejected us, o god, and broken our defenses.
Moab, which had threatened israel, was to be so completely subdued, and become so utterly contemptible as to be likened toa washpot or basin in which men wash their feet. When he fought against mesopotamia and syria of zobah, and joab returned and killed twelve thousand edomites in the valley of salt. Oab, which had threatened israel, was to be so completely subdued, and become so utterly contemptible as to be likened to a washpot or basin in which men wash their feet. The english comedian, stephen fry, entitled his autobiography, moab is my washpot v8, presumably because he found the words quaint or humorous. The words rendered washpot mean properly a pot or basin for washing, a wash basin. Lawgiver the chief seat of my throne and kingdom, and of the inferior throne of judgment, psalms 122. Moab is my washpot published 1997 is stephen frys autobiography, covering the first 20. Moab, which had threatened israel, was to be so completely subdued, and become so utterly contemptible as to be likened to a washpot or basin in which men wash their feet. Note the repeated mine and my, for everything is his, not theirs, and those to whom he gives it are his tenants and stewards. Why is stephen frys autobiography called moab is my. Youngs literal translation moab is my pot for washing, over edom i cast my shoe, shout, concerning me, o philistia. Nov 14, 2009 the only place that washpot is mentioned in the bible is in psalm 60.
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