EVENSONG 111

This psalm reminds me of the child’s mealtime prayer that begins, “God is great; God is good.”

But the writer takes nine verses to say basically that — that YHWH is better than sliced bread.

In the tenth and last verse the psalmist says, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”

So, in other words, if we’re smart, we just keep our mouths shut and do whatever YHWH says.

But our cussed conundrum is interpreting His commandments and losing nothing in translation.