"The Tango"

"His ways are always grievous; Thy judgements are far above out of his sight: as for all of his enemies, he puffeth at them." (Psalms 10:5) I have never been one for dancing, with the exception of a brief period while in the Philippines during the late 70's; at which time I spent many nights visiting all the local bars in the little town just outside of base. Even then, The Tango was not a dance that I ever attempted to do. With that said; if you study the dance moves you would get an indication as to why it is a popular dance in so many different cultures; for it expresses the freedoms and the restraints that are part of relationships. Why am I even talking about this, you may be wondering? Mostly because of the meaning of the word "grievous" that David is using within this verse; for it is a word that can mean 'to dance'. More to the point, it is a word that speaks of twisting, as in to twist, to turn, to turn around; to be twisted, turned, turned around; to dance in a circle. So you might see why I thought of The Tango as I pictured this definition in my head. But seriously; what this is speaking of is a way that has no real direction; which speaks of a ship that has no ruder, and just aimlessly moves about in the water; mostly being taken in whatever direction that the sea will move it. When thinking of someone whom this might relate to, I couldn't help but think of King Saul towards the end of his life; who went to seek direction from a woman that had a familiar spirit, of which he had previously commanded that such be put to death. This he did because he was not hearing from God as to whether or not he should go up against the Philistines. 1 Chronicles 10:13 says, "So Saul died for his transgressions which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it". If you can imagine what is meant by "Thy judgements are far above out of his sight", and how that would have related to Saul and his situation; for it means that God's ways are not determined or realized because they are out of reach; primarily because he was no longer in fellowship with God, therefore he thought he needed to seek counsel of one who he had known to be in fellowship with God, who was the dead prophet Samuel; and who actually was not much help, because he actually had cursed Saul, and told him, "and tomorrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me". (1 Samuel 28:19) And yet, what did Saul do with this information? He went out there anyways; as one who was bent upon proving God to be wrong, he let those words that were spoken excite his effort to go against his enemies; which is a meaning to the word "puffeth", which is to bring a snare"; except it was Saul's snare that he was bringing upon himself, not a snare upon his enemies...