Psalm 118: Don’t let your right hand know what your left hand is jerking.
Psalms Part 118 of 150
1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
Didn’t, isn’t and won’t.
2 Let Israel now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
Saying it doesn’t make it true.
3 Let the house of Aaron now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
Ditto.
4 Now let those who fear Yahweh say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
5 Out of my distress, I called on Yah.
Yah answered me with freedom.
You have freedom? Really?
6 Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
You really need to ask that?
7 Yahweh is on my side among those who help me.
Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.
Having Gawd on your side hasn’t always been a good thing. Read the damn book.
8 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh,
than to put confidence in man.
Man is real. Gawd is not. So the claim doesn’t stand.
9 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh,
than to put confidence in princes.
That just may be true. There have been many bad princes, but still, at least they were real and could be fought and beaten.
10 All the nations surrounded me,
but in Yahweh’s name, I cut them off.
YOU cut them off. That wasn’t Gawd.
11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me.
In Yahweh’s name I indeed cut them off.
Hack and slash seems to be a recurring theme in the bible.
12 They surrounded me like bees.
They are quenched like the burning thorns.
In Yahweh’s name I cut them off.
How? As I said earlier, just saying it doesn’t make it true.
13 You pushed me back hard, to make me fall,
but Yahweh helped me.
How?
14 Yah is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation.
15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous.
“The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
16 The right hand of Yahweh is exalted!
The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!”
I can only guess what he does with his left hand.
17 I will not die, but live,
and declare Yah’s works.
Won’t die? Where are you now? Dead dude. Give it up. (Here I am talking to the dead!)
18 Yah has punished me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness.
I will enter into them.
I will give thanks to Yah.
For what?
20 This is the gate of Yahweh;
the righteous will enter into it.
If he was punishing you, you can’t claim righteousness.
21 I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me,
and have become my salvation.
22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.
And the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round…
23 This is Yahweh’s doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
A delusion in your mind.
24 This is the day that Yahweh has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it!
25 Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh!
Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now.
Work hard, save and do it for yourself. It feels better. Unless of course you’re a lazy delusional bastard.
26 Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name!
Said the Priest to the Altar Boy!
We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house.
27 Yahweh is God, and he has given us light.
Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
You would only need to bind a sacrifice if said sacrifice was trying to get away. In that case you are talking of killing a living being. That’s not nice. It’s just not right.
28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you.
You are my God, I will exalt you.
29 Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
Again, NOT!!!
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