Link | Date last changed | Title based on New Frames | Brief |
1 | 2011.08.25 | The way of the wicked and the righteous | in which the main characters, wicked and righteous, are introduced, and the invitation to learn a fullness of joy in the judgement is offered |
2 | 2011.09.10 | I introduce my king to the kings of the earth | in which we find ourselves in the midst of a struggle, kings set against יְהוָה and his anointed, and the means of escape into a safe haven |
3 | 2011.07.20 | A multitude of peoples rising, salvation | how the elect of יְהוָה lives in immediate and present trouble and requires both salvation and the consolation of the presence of יְהוָה. |
4 | 2011.09.13 | I call, you hear : you offer, you trust | in which יְהוָה rebukes the elect who affirms confidence for sleep and quiet communion. |
5 | 2011.09.21 | My voice in the morning in you | in which the character of יְהוָה is considered and the elect claims a place in the house and holy temple |
6 | 2011.09.13 | My life vexed and shamed much | in which the prayer of the elect is suddenly answered and the result is fearful, but the prayer continues. |
7 | 2011.09.13 | The judgement of toil and trouble established | in which the persecuted, insisting that it is not appropriate to take responsibility for actions not committed, sees the reality of destruction as established |
8 | 2011.09.13 | יְהוָה our Lord how majestic your name in all the earth | in which we marvel at the reign of the child of dust over all the earth under the excellent name of the governor. |
9 | 2011.09.13 | Sing a psalm perpetually | in which we begin an acrostic declaring the fragility of the human |
10 | 2011.09.13 | Value spurned | in which an incomplete acrostic, concerning the characters in the story: the criminal, the poor, the orphan, the hapless, and the crushed, is ended with a restored letter sequence when יְהוָה arises |
11 | 2011.09.20 | Love tested to see the upright | in which we meet the beloved, the upright one in which יְהוָה is pleased |
12 | 2011.07.22 | Lips and tongue divide the children of dust | in which there is lament over the faithlessness and divisions of the children of dust |
13 | 2011.09.13 | How long? | in which there is an insistent query with intense desire concerning the state of a single individual among the children of dust |
14 | 2011.09.19 | There is none good – they dread dread | in which we have insight concerning the general state of the children of dust and its dependency on the action of יְהוָה towards his people |
15 | 2011.07.22 | A sevenfold no | with all stubborn and altogether abominable, who then among the children of dust can be complete in the tent of יְהוָה ? |
16 | 2011.09.13 | The pleasures and the right hand | in which the elect reveals the tension inherent in the world and chooses the refuge, the portion, and the secure place of trust in which he or she will not be moved and where there is satisfaction of joys in the presence of יְהוָה |
17 | 2011.09.21 | Satisfied with the ears and eyes of יְהוָה | in which the poet, held and unmoved, knows judgement and, seeing the enemy as the hand of יְהוָה and the wicked as his sword, desires nothing but to awaken in the likeness of יְהוָה |
18 | 2011.09.18 | The servant, complete, secure | in which passion for יְהוָה is revealed of a servant in the midst of death and destruction moved by gentleness and destined for greatness even though the enemies are too strong |
19 | 2011.09.14 | Night to night even to the extremities | in which we hear the silent promise of God that is everywhere spoken through the heavens day to day and night to night and gives light and warmth like the teaching, testimony, precepts, commandment, fear, and judgements of יְהוָה |
20 | 2011.07.23 | Holy answer, we are filled | in which the people pray for the anointed |
21 | 2011.09.15 | Strength to him and blessing set | in which the prayer for the king is considered answered |
22 | 2011.09.15 | Praise to the hart of the dawn in the congregation | in which uniqueness is surrounded by animals, and yet is not distant from God and will praise him in the great congregation where all will eat and worship |
23 | 2011.09.19 | - | in which we know a respite such as is never far away, even with distress arrayed before us |
24 | 2011.09.15 | This mighty king of glory enters | in which the king of glory enters and we hear a repetition of questions |
25 | 2011.09.15 | I wait, in covenant teach me your paths | in which the elect celebrates the lifting up of the king of glory on behalf of all, but reminds God of trouble and the need for pardon |
26 | 2011.09.16 | Walk in completeness | in which the poet offers to be the elect |
27 | 2011.09.16 | I seek, you will not forsake | in which the elect exalts יְהוָה in his beauty and allows questions of a fearful nature |
28 | 2011.09.16 | Hear the voice of my supplication | in which the elect does not want יְהוָה to be silent to supplication |
29 | 2011.09.16 | Ascribe beauty, break the cedars of Lebanon | in which יְהוָה is clearly not silent to supplication |
30 | 2011.09.16 | Acceptance | in which the elect gains in confidence because of healing received |
31 | 2011.09.21 | Wasting away but a strong rock intervenes | in which the elect expresses full confidence in יְהוָה God of truth, and by example, encourages others who hope in יְהוָה |
32 | 2011.09.17 | Insight re transgression and iniquity | in which the poet with insight notes the working of happiness related to sin forgiven or lifted up |
33 | 2011.09.17 | Sing, counsel stands | in which is celebrated the poet's trust in יְהוָה who made the heavens and the earth, who understands the turmoil of the nations and of the sea and the deeps, and whose eye is on those who fear him |
34 | 2011.09.16 | The madness of taste, nothing lacking | in which we play the third of eight alphabet games and almost a perfect one and we see that these poets liked games with letters and language |
35 | 2011.09.17 | Contend my contention | in which the elect prays for judgement in the midst of contention |
36 | 2011.09.17 | Light in mischief | in which the oracle of the wicked is seen in the light of יְהוָה |
37 | 2011.09.17 | Burning instead of delight | in which we receive good advice against considering the fortune of others |
38 | 2011.09.17 | To remember the referee of the flesh | in which the poet retains hope because the face of wrath is so clear |
39 | 2011.09.17 | Futility, she is bound | in which the poet prepared to resist sin especially with the tongue, bursts out with a demand to יְהוָה as to the what for of this futile exercise |
40 | 2011.09.04 | Behold, continually unrestrained | in which we read that the end to be known is continually unrestrained mercy |
41 | 2011.08.25 | In me amen | in which trouble continues, but so does the completeness we have entered and are in: וַאֲנִי בְּתֻמִּי תָּמַכְתָּ בִּי |
42 | 2011.09.16 | Longing – where? | in which through insight a deep longing is expressed concerning the depths of being and the desire for presence |
43 | 2011.08.25 | - | in which the poet prays for judgement in the grip of an enemy |
44 | 2011.09.17 | Why is this flock set up as reproach? | in which we hear the corporate voice clearly |
45 | 2011.08.25 | Beautiful father's daughter brought, palaces under sceptre | in which the marriage of the king is celebrated, to the joy and inspiration of both poet and community |
46 | 2011.09.19 | She will not be moved | in which the city of God is introduced |
47 | 2011.07.23 | Il monte et voilà - un cri de joie | in which we are invited to shout and sing psalms because of the triumphant offering of the elect |
48 | 2011.09.16 | The city of our God, the town of a great king | in which we learn how to see the holy city |
49 | 2011.09.19 | The house of the proverbial precious dust like beasts | in which the elect riddles us a parable concerning who can afford to live |
50 | 2011.09.19 | Silence – goats to you | in which God instructs the people of his mercy with respect to sacrifice |
51 | 2011.08.25 | Blot out - purify - wash, then joy indeed | in which the anointed, in sin, finds himself facing the righteousness of God |
52 | 2011.07.23 | Deceit and calamity | in which the capacity of the tongue for destruction and deceit is made clear |
53 | 2011.09.19 | - | in which we are reminded of the difficulty of finding one doing good |
54 | 2011.07.22 | - | in which David, the fugitive, is again betrayed but also has supporters |
55 | 2011.09.19 | The inner close combat | in which we see what David sees, violence within the city |
56 | 2011.08.25 | Will ye no come back again? | in which we see the fugitive elect daily confident in the presence of God |
57 | 2011.08.30 | Be roused | in which the elect, still fugitive, among lions, continues in praise |
58 | 2011.09.20 | Like hot snake charming | in which the righteous washes his footfall in the blood of the wicked |
59 | 2011.09.20 | Dogs in the evening | in which the elect is again watched, his enemy having sent those who are set to take his life |
60 | 2011.09.16 | The last miktam, inscribed geography | in which the land is defined |
61 | 2011.07.22 | my vow | in which we see an individual poet, not the king, living for ever in the tent of God because of a shared inheritance |
62 | 2011.09.20 | of lies - mute | in which surely silence is a good option |
63 | 2011.07.21 | A psalm of joy | in which we learn of the king's ecstasy in his God |
64 | 2011.09.21 | suddenly – to plan | in which we engage in target practise |
65 | 2011.09.16 | drips for the extremes - even in noise | in which God provides for the earth and soothes the tumult of its tribes |
66 | 2011.09.21 | refining | in which we are instructed in the content of a prayer of praise and the rationale for it |
67 | 2011.08.03 | - | in which we identify God's judgement with the harvest of the earth |
68 | 2011.08.25 | captivity captive – riding the storm | in which we see God's determination to be present in his holy hill, to drive away wickedness, to capture captives, to receive gifts in spite of the jealousy of other hills |
69 | 2011.09.20 | sinking in overflowing floods in depth | in which the elect is sunk in a wine from the deep and there is no foothold |
70 | 2011.07.24 | hurry | in which we are asked to remember |
71 | 2011.09.12 | the declarations of youth and age | in which the poet sings of the one who desires for us to be one in him and he in us |
72 | 2011.07.24 | the needy the sun, moon, and Sheba | in which we see the full scope of the role of the Anointed |
73 | 2011.09.19 | how is the heart touched so | in which the poet identifies with both the beastly nature of wickedness and the bodily nature of the good |
74 | 2011.08.25 | senseless, the signs and the appointed place | in which the poet laments the destruction of the sanctuary and appeals to both creation and covenant for protection of the turtledove from the senseless and the adversary |
75 | 2011.07.26 | the horn | in which the red cup of judgment is drained to the dregs |
76 | 2011.09.01 | in which human heat as clothing is worn by God | |
77 | 2011.09.05 | remembering the wonderful prodigality | in which we prepare to remember |
78 | 2011.09.20 | commanding and guiding an imprisoned and provocative people | in which is presented the entire epic of Israel for our instruction |
79 | 2011.09.09 | the pouring out of Jerusalem | in which the home of Jacob is devoured |
80 | 2011.09.13 | the rooted vine in tears | in which is a prayer for the presence of salvation for the vine rooted in tears |
81 | 2011.09.13 | in which while recapitulating a determined hope we hear what the thunder said | |
82 | 2011.08.27 | judge in favour of the weak | in which the consequences of unjust judgement are spelled out |
83 | 2011.09.16 | no no no - not silence | in which the poet prays that the enemy in covenant against God might come to know God's name through their own disgrace and vexation |
84 | 2011.09.16 | the courts of יְהוָה | in which the poet meditates on finding a home |
85 | 2011.09.04 | in which the turning of God's people is considered | |
86 | 2011.09.08 | in which David makes an unexpected appearance | |
87 | 2011.07.25 | who was born here? | in which the citizens of the City of God are revealed |
88 | 2011.07.25 | in a pit, entombed | in which the elect is in a jam |
89 | 2011.09.14 | of anointed and sworn to build – creation not profaned | in which the poet laments the failure of the Davidic monarchy |
90 | 2011.08.25 | of transient change | in which Moses intercedes for the elect and for all |
91 | 2011.08.25 | in which we bidden exchange feathers for wrath in the shadow of the Sufficient | |
92 | 2011.08.16 | about luxuriant flourishing | in which the righteous is likened to a palm tree |
93 | 2011.08.15 | the rivers | in which crushing waves cannot drown the majesty on high |
94 | 2011.08.25 | how long vengeance - will the one who fashions also annihilate? | in which the one divided finds correction and consolation |
95 | 2011.08.25 | them! | in which it is revealed that there remains a rest for God |
96 | 2011.08.25 | the world | in which the invitation is given again to worship in the honour of holiness for the judgment of the world in righteousness |
97 | 2011.08.25 | in which the earth is invited to rejoice for the fire that is from within the presence and the many righteous to give thanks for the remembrance of holiness | |
98 | 2011.08.25 | on the harp | in which a new song is invited for the salvation seen to the ends of the earth |
99 | 2011.08.26 | in which we are in the presence of the holy | |
100 | 2011.08.27 | in which the invitation to thanksgiving continues | |
101 | 2011.08.24 | in which the poet records intent and the response is of destruction | |
102 | 2011.09.04 | of dried up herbage | in which the poet realizes dependence and the need for renewal |
103 | 2011.08.19 | nurturing compassion - as benefits the grasses' flush | in which the blessings are piled on plural to plurality and all the hosts are invited to bless in return |
104 | 2011.09.14 | drink from the upper rooms | in which we review the created order |
105 | 2011.08.31 | of Abraham and portents - borders | in which the promises and statutes are rehearsed from Abraham to Moses |
106 | 2011.09.14 | reeds - Moses in the breach - extermination, plague, and idols | in which an unknown individual makes a plea to be remembered when the people come into their acceptance |
107 | 2011.09.16 | the cry, distress - hunger, iron, waves, tempest and fruit | in which, having reviewed the testimony of Moses for the elect, the invitation to redemption is extended retroactively to the whole world |
108 | 2011.08.30 | in which we recall both the prepared heart and inscribed geography | |
109 | 2011.09.02 | the accuser, blot out, curse progeny to wandering | in which an individual suffers a severe curse as one who must come to judgment |
110 | 2011.08.31 | in which the king as priest drinks from the torrent in the way | |
111 | 2011.09.16 | Verily his righteousness stands in perpetuity | in which the poet plays the first of two praises reflecting the redemption of the elect people |
112 | 2011.08.31 | in which the poet plays the second of two praises reflecting the redemption of the prepared heart | |
113 | 2011.08.31 | to live with the nobility | in which the protagonists, the poor and needy, are made to sit with princes |
114 | 2011.09.19 | lambkin and little hills skipping | in which the process of the redemptive birthing of the earth is recalled |
115 | 2011.07.22 | trust and blessing | in which all are included in the blessing |
116 | 2011.09.07 | now please | in which the individual celebrates the cup of salvation |
117 | 2011.09.01 | in which all are again included | |
118 | 2011.09.01 | the circumcision | in which the elect is refused but becomes the headstone |
119 | 2011.09.21 | I note the pathway to the extraordinary space | in which the poet expresses his adoration for and cleaves to all the aspects of the instruction that are available to humanity |
120 | 2011.09.02 | the first of the ascending steps to the Holy - woe to me for I live a charade | |
121 | 2011.09.19 | no snoozing | the second of the ascending steps to the Holy - keeping |
122 | 2011.09.16 | the third of the ascending steps to the Holy - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem | |
123 | 2011.08.31 | of contempt | the 4th of the ascending steps to the Holy - eyes |
124 | 2011.08.31 | unless ... then - we escape the snare | the 5th of the ascending steps to the Holy - escape |
125 | 2011.09.16 | the 6th of the ascending steps to the Holy - mountains | |
126 | 2011.09.16 | the 7th of the ascending steps to the Holy - joy | |
127 | 2011.08.23 | in vain | the middle of the ascending steps to the Holy - building the house |
128 | 2011.07.21 | the 9th of the ascending steps to the Holy - children | |
129 | 2011.07.25 | the 10th of the ascending steps to the Holy - troubled from youth | |
130 | 2011.08.31 | the 11th of the ascending steps to the Holy - forgiveness | |
131 | 2011.08.31 | the 12th of the ascending steps to the Holy - weaned | |
132 | 2011.09.19 | rest, Mighty One, priest | the 13th of the ascending steps to the Holy - the rest of יְהוָה |
133 | 2011.07.20 | the 14th of the ascending steps to the Holy - unity running down as oil, as dew | |
134 | 2011.07.21 | the 15th of the ascending steps to the Holy - blessing on the verge | |
135 | 2011.09.03 | in the courts of יְהוָה sing a psalm to his name for pleasure | |
136 | 2011.09.16 | in parts | in which we praise for creation and redemption for his mercy endures for ever |
137 | 2011.09.03 | Babel, expose | in which remembering is expressed from many voices |
138 | 2011.09.06 | in which all give thanks for the completion of the work of יְהוָה for the sake of the elect | |
139 | 2011.09.19 | from you examine me | in which the elect knows the reserving of יְהוָה even through death and awakening |
140 | 2011.09.07 | violence | in which fragility and the need for protection are not forgotten |
141 | 2011.09.07 | traps | in which the elect realizes culpability even when traps are set |
142 | 2011.09.07 | appeal | in which prayer continues |
143 | 2011.09.03 | in which the poet continues prayer and looks for an end to enemies through God's loving kindness recognizing that no one is justified in God's presence | |
144 | 2011.09.08 | set me free with a bolt of lightning | in which the poet prays for both individual and people, a fullness of creation |
145 | 2011.09.08 | in which the poet with an army of kaf's sounds the completion of the Psalter and its universality | |
146 | 2011.09.03 | The first of the final Hallels - freedom, sight, consolation, love, preservation, restoration, subversion | |
147 | 2011.09.08 | favour | The second of the final Hallels - the word runs swiftly |
148 | 2011.09.02 | The third of the final Hallels - the praise of all creation | |
149 | 2011.09.08 | The 4th of the final Hallels in which the חֲסִידִים bind the kings | |
150 | 2011.07.27 | cymbals | The final Hallel, the praise of all that breathes |
For there is a language of flowers
for flowers are peculiarly, the poetry of Christ (Christopher Smart)
א ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט י כ ל מ נ ס ע פ צ ק ר ש ת
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011
The whole story
What John Hobbins calls my magnificent obsession continues. Here's the latest 'summary' with all the posts on the psalms. Now I need to start thinking how to tell the story - who are the characters, what is the plot, purpose, what is the impact, the setting, etc. Still wondering how to do this without writing a traditional commentary and yet another new translation. The date is the date I last changed the text of the translation. I have made other changes like adding notes or adjusting roots or prosodic form, but I didn't include those in the list.
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