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I'm an old testament guy but this is one of my favorite translations. mega-woke boomer presbyterian vibes which if you open your heart is actually a kind of dope thing to be. great almost Twain'y American'y pop-song sentences. Here's Psalm 26 in The Message and the KJV for comparison:
The Message
Clear my name, God;
I’ve kept an honest shop.
I’ve thrown in my lot with you, God, and
I’m not budging.
2 Examine me, God, from head to foot,
order your battery of tests.
Make sure I’m fit
inside and out
3 So I never lose
sight of your love,
But keep in step with you,
never missing a beat.
4-5 I don’t hang out with tricksters,
I don’t pal around with thugs;
I hate that pack of gangsters,
I don’t deal with double-dealers.
6-7 I scrub my hands with purest soap,
then join hands with the others in the great circle,
dancing around your altar, God,
Singing God-songs at the top of my lungs,
telling God-stories.
8-10 God, I love living with you;
your house glows with your glory.
When it’s time for spring cleaning,
don’t sweep me out with the quacks and crooks,
Men with bags of dirty tricks,
women with purses stuffed with bribe-money.
11-12 You know I’ve been aboveboard with you;
now be aboveboard with me.
I’m on the level with you, God;
I bless you every chance I get.
KJV
Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide.
2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:
7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the Lord.
Jan 24, 2024
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he was trying on a pair of tennis shoes.
he had barely tied the laces when he saw me, a bible salesman of 22.
i had experience in selling the Good Word
but i hadn’t opened up the book.
he leaned over to my bag
and smiled as he looked.
“i said some crazy things, you know…
even though it’s still all true.
i wanted conversation,
just to talk,
just to see,
just to be.
i wanted conversation cause i really wanted you.”
taken back, i stumbled.
i had never met this man.
but his eyes were deep and kind
like he’d known me beforehand.
“could you spot me for a dollar?”
he said, wiggling his toes.
i pulled out my leather wallet, flipped it open under my nose.
the green was crisp and fresh
but i hid it from his view
“i haven’t got one, my dear man”
he looked at it, then me, then YOU.
“i know you aren’t lying,
but what you say just isn’t true.
you haven’t got a care, a soul, or a good attitude.
i have need and you have plenty.
but you just won’t spare a few?
but it’s no big problem anyway,
i know your point of view.
i lived it and i’ve loved it
and i’ve lead it straight to you.
but i hope that i can leave it
without leaving you.”
he skipped away with his new find
to an aisle out of view.
i set my bible down
because it became too heavy.
Feb 14, 2025
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Repeating “Lord Jesus have mercy on me” incessantly to yourself thousands of times a day for weeks, months, years on end until it becomes an automatic process like blinking or breathing or the beating of your heart. Your life becomes prayer, you walk with God & become a blessing on this earth.
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For I am a miserable sinner.
Aug 8, 2024
It still rings true. You are very special. The rest of the poem was about how much God loves all of us yada yada yada but my angsty secular younger self did not like that and disposed of it with the help of scissors.
Feb 18, 2024
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it's like a river flowing in the opposite of the culture. it's very important to participate in the counterculture and participate in public because the culture is a toilet but the counterculture is pure and true. anything can be the counterculture if it's countercultural. i believe the fast casual bowl restaurant to be one of our greatest countercultural institutions today simply for the fact that so many of our countercultural warriors are eating fast casual grain or salad bowls in order to fuel up for their day jobs.
Dec 19, 2023