Unfolding Revelation

“Every word you give me is a miracle word—

    how could I help but obey?

Break open your words, let the light shine out,

    let ordinary people see the meaning.”

Psalm 119:130 (Message Translation)

 

If you were to read Psalm 119:130 in the KJV you would find that it says:

“The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.”

But listen to how so many other versions translate that word ‘entrance’.

Let me read it to you from the NIV first –

“The unfolding of your words gives light;

 it gives understanding to the simple.”  

Did you catch that? 

The word entrance is translated as ‘unfolding’. 

 Now let me read it in the Amplified version:

“The unfolding of Your [glorious] words give light; Their unfolding gives understanding to the simple (childlike). “

In these verses we find it implied that there is more than just a ‘reading’ of the word, there is an unfolding of it to reveal its’ full intention and purpose.

Just as you unfold a tablecloth, we may not be sure of what it is until it is unfolded. So often Gods’ word comes to us as if folded and carries with that folded word the invitation to enter into it for the unfolding (the understanding) of all of it.