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Sunday, July 1. 2007

From today's Lectionary: "You show me the path of life."

Psalm 16:1-11

1Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
2I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”
3As for the holy ones in the land, they are the noble, in whom is all my delight.
4Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names upon my lips.
5The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
6The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; I have a goodly heritage.
7I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.
8I keep the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; my body also rests secure.
10For you do not give me up to Sheol, or let your faithful one see the Pit.
11You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

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As always, a lovely Psalm of great depth. But the English (sic) translation--which one is it? May they never write another word!! How utterly awful.
#1 John Hetman on 2007-07-01 09:21 (Reply)
John,

I agree! I read examples of five (new) translations of the Bible that are currently in use. The article did a graph of various verses and how each bible translated them. Blasphemy is a strong word, but with some of the translations, that word popped up. What an insult.

I thought about "Beowulf" which I taught for twenty years. In the beginning, it was the original translation with the beautiful alliterative language. Difficult for the kids, but once they got into it, easy. By the time I left teaching, Beowulf made up five pages in our text book. (I'm glad I left.)
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#2 Phoenix on 2007-07-01 10:58 (Reply)
PHX: You should see (hear) what the Episcopalians are trying to do to "The Lord's Prayer". It makes me want to cry!
#3 apple pie on 2007-07-01 18:39 (Reply)
AP,

I saw it! That IS blasphemy. It made my skin crawl.

What is wrong with people? Some things should be sancrosanct from the 'progressive' movement, and the Bible is one of them.
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#4 Phoenix on 2007-07-01 21:50 (Reply)

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