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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The Relevancy of Scripture

This is the morning psalm reading of today's daily lectionary. Draw your own conclusions. The translation is from Peterson's The Message


Psalm 12
A David psalm
1Quick, God, I need your helping hand!
The last decent person just went down,
All the friends I depended on gone.
2Everyone talks in lie language;
Lies slide off their oily lips.
They doubletalk with forked tongues.
3Slice their lips off their faces! Pull
The braggart tongues from their mouths!
4I’m tired of hearing, “We can talk anyone into anything!
Our lips manage the world.”
5Into the hovels of the poor,
Into the dark streets where the homeless groan, God speaks:
“I’ve had enough; I’m on my way
To heal the ache in the heart of the wretched.”
6God’s words are pure words,
Pure silver words refined seven times
In the fires of his word-kiln,
Pure on earth as well as in heaven.
7God, keep us safe from their lies,
From the wicked who stalk us with lies,
8From the wicked who collect honors
For their wonderful lies.

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