@article{ART003251604},
author={Sung-Kwon Yim},
title={God Who Speaks, Humanity Who Speaks from Within: Reflections on the Theological and Anthropological Implications of הֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי(hegyôn libbî/the voice of my heart, thought) in Psalm 19:15},
journal={Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies},
issn={1229-0521},
year={2025},
volume={31},
number={4},
pages={215-242}
TY - JOUR
AU - Sung-Kwon Yim
TI - God Who Speaks, Humanity Who Speaks from Within: Reflections on the Theological and Anthropological Implications of הֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי(hegyôn libbî/the voice of my heart, thought) in Psalm 19:15
JO - Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies
PY - 2025
VL - 31
IS - 4
PB - Korean Society of Old Testament Studies
SP - 215
EP - 242
SN - 1229-0521
AB - This paper builds on the author’s master’s thesis on Psalm 19 by examining the theological and anthropological significance of the Hebrew term hegyôn libbî in the psalm’s final verse: “May the words of my mouth and the ‘meditation of my heart' be pleasing to you, O Lord.” A structural analysis of internal parallelism reveals a deliberate contrast between the external organ (mouth) and the internal organ (heart), which, in Wolff’s holistic anthropology, together symbolize the entire human person. As a Torah psalm, Psalm 19 portrays the entire cosmos—heavens, sun, and all created phenomena—as a speaking choir, each element collectively voicing its testimony in response to God’s living, life-giving Word. The psalmist’s concluding prayer fuses inward reflection and outward utterance into a unified doxology. When the study is extended to Psalms 1 and 2, the verb hāghāh (“to think/speak”) is examined in its antithetical uses by the righteous and the wicked, thereby linking human inner speech to God’s eschatological rule. Finally, by noting Moses’s conspicuous absence from the Torah psalms and the democratization of divine dialogue in this “Davidic Psalm,” the paper argues that Psalm 19 anticipates face-to-face discourse with God—portraying humanity as respondents to the living Word.
KW - Psalm 19;meditation;speaking;heart;thought;the Word of God;Theological Anthropology
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Sung-Kwon Yim. (2025). God Who Speaks, Humanity Who Speaks from Within: Reflections on the Theological and Anthropological Implications of הֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי(hegyôn libbî/the voice of my heart, thought) in Psalm 19:15. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, 31(4), 215-242.
Sung-Kwon Yim. 2025, "God Who Speaks, Humanity Who Speaks from Within: Reflections on the Theological and Anthropological Implications of הֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי(hegyôn libbî/the voice of my heart, thought) in Psalm 19:15", Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, vol.31, no.4 pp.215-242.
Sung-Kwon Yim "God Who Speaks, Humanity Who Speaks from Within: Reflections on the Theological and Anthropological Implications of הֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי(hegyôn libbî/the voice of my heart, thought) in Psalm 19:15" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 31.4 pp.215-242 (2025) : 215.
Sung-Kwon Yim. God Who Speaks, Humanity Who Speaks from Within: Reflections on the Theological and Anthropological Implications of הֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי(hegyôn libbî/the voice of my heart, thought) in Psalm 19:15. 2025; 31(4), 215-242.
Sung-Kwon Yim. "God Who Speaks, Humanity Who Speaks from Within: Reflections on the Theological and Anthropological Implications of הֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי(hegyôn libbî/the voice of my heart, thought) in Psalm 19:15" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 31, no.4 (2025) : 215-242.
Sung-Kwon Yim. God Who Speaks, Humanity Who Speaks from Within: Reflections on the Theological and Anthropological Implications of הֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי(hegyôn libbî/the voice of my heart, thought) in Psalm 19:15. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, 31(4), 215-242.
Sung-Kwon Yim. God Who Speaks, Humanity Who Speaks from Within: Reflections on the Theological and Anthropological Implications of הֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי(hegyôn libbî/the voice of my heart, thought) in Psalm 19:15. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies. 2025; 31(4) 215-242.
Sung-Kwon Yim. God Who Speaks, Humanity Who Speaks from Within: Reflections on the Theological and Anthropological Implications of הֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי(hegyôn libbî/the voice of my heart, thought) in Psalm 19:15. 2025; 31(4), 215-242.
Sung-Kwon Yim. "God Who Speaks, Humanity Who Speaks from Within: Reflections on the Theological and Anthropological Implications of הֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי(hegyôn libbî/the voice of my heart, thought) in Psalm 19:15" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 31, no.4 (2025) : 215-242.
