#Psalmtweet #Psalter 25:20 Acrostic 2

 I wonder if on this pass, I should restore soul to my translation. The possible glosses for npw are many and the whole idea of soul is a misconstruction of the reality in which we live - a very real and tangible space-time chunk built from a billion decisions, linked to both past and future, and replete with the self, integrity, physical being, both individual and corporate that we are, and permeated with the Hidden Reality that insists we learn the difference between good and evil and have the courage to turn away from the evil that is so readily to hand. You need help turning? Sing the Psalms.

The second acrostic in Book 1 (psalms 1-41), the shin verse

שָׁמְרָ֣ה נַ֭פְשִׁי וְהַצִּילֵ֑נִי אַל־אֵ֝ב֗וֹשׁ כִּֽי־חָסִ֥יתִי בָֽךְ		20 ש Shelter my self and deliver me. Let me not be ashamed for I take refuge in you.
c womrh npwi vhxilni al-abow ci-ksiti bç	9 7	wmr\h npw\i vh/xl\ni al a/bvw ci ks\iti b\c

This acrostic celebrates the prior psalm, 24, (as do all acrostics).

No access or involvement with evil? The prophets would not agree.

Micah 7:2 - a reflection of a few psalms we have already seen

אָבַ֤ד חָסִיד֙ מִן־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְיָשָׁ֥ר בָּאָדָ֖ם אָ֑יִן כֻּלָּם֙ לְדָמִ֣ים יֶאֱרֹ֔בוּ אִ֥ישׁ אֶת־אָחִ֖יהוּ יָצ֥וּדוּ חֵֽרֶם		2 Perished is the merciful from the earth. And of the upright within humanity, there is none. All of them are bloodied. Each lies in wait for its kin, hunts to utter destruction.
b abd ksid mn-harx viwr badm ain culm ldmim iarobu aiw at-akihu ixudu krm	16 19	abd ksid mn h/arx v/iwr b/adm ain cl\m l/dmm i/arb\v aiw at ak\ihv i/xvd\v krm