-
With a Whisper
This sonnet founds its start with Psalm 119:113-128 epecially verse 114 which reads, “You are my hiding place and my shield.” The image of the Lord as a hiding place immediately drew me to the accounts of Moses and Elijah at Horeb. I was drawn further into 1 Kings 19…
-
I Hold My Life
Translators do curious things. One of those is the translation of Psalm 119:109 which is usually rendered something like what the ESV renders, “I hold my life in my hand continually”. I am nowhere near familiar enough with Hebrew to understand the reasoning behind this translation, however, I have reason…
-
Could Your Word?
This sonnet is next in a series based on Psalm 119. The sections of Psalm 119 stand alone as individual meditations. Even though the sections are distinct, many themes repeat and are re-voiced throughout. The Psalmist makes use of a metaphor which captured my imagination. Speaking of the personal impact…
-
I Walked for Him
This poem is based on Psalm 199:65-80, and is next in the series The Disciple’s Alphabet. In the poem I imagine the psalmist reflecting on their previous suffering and how that affliction was employed to teach and sanctify. The psalmist speaks of the insolent and their scoffing of whom the…
-
What I Hold
This poem is based on Psalm 119:49-64 in which I came to imagine its expression through the account of Jacob wrestling with the Angel of the Lord at Peniel in Genesis 32. The artwork is Rembrandt’s painting of the same event which I find intriguing. The angel is not struggling,…
Backward Mutters 