{"id":2666,"date":"2023-11-28T03:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T03:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=2666"},"modified":"2023-11-28T03:00:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T03:00:09","slug":"evensong-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=2666","title":{"rendered":"EVENSONG 62"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PSX_20231127_215832-668x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PSX_20231127_215832-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PSX_20231127_215832-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PSX_20231127_215832-768x1176.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PSX_20231127_215832-1003x1536.jpg 1003w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PSX_20231127_215832-1337x2048.jpg 1337w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PSX_20231127_215832.jpg 1395w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, there are two sides to every story, but as I read these psalms I am surprised that so many deal with a corrupt, lying leader \u2014 you know, someone like a Trump or a Netanyahu nowadays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So why don\u2019t true believers in \u201cGod\u2019s word\u201d now oppose lying autocrats and thieves of freedom? \u201cThey delight in lies,\u201d this psalmist says. \u201cThey bless with their mouth, \/ But they curse inwardly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an oft-quoted psalm. \u201cHe (YHWH) only is my rock and my salvation; \/ He is my defense; \/ I shall not be moved,\u201d the poet says twice. That last line even appears in a famous protest song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if we \u201cwait silently for God alone\u201d to save us \u2014 that is, if nobody fights back or speaks out \u2014 then who will ever be moved enough to protect our freedoms before the prison door slams shut?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, there are two sides to every story, but as I read these psalms I am surprised that so many deal with a corrupt, lying leader \u2014 you know, someone like a Trump or a Netanyahu nowadays. So why don\u2019t true believers in \u201cGod\u2019s word\u201d now oppose lying autocrats and thieves of freedom? \u201cThey delight &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=2666\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EVENSONG 62<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2667,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666\/revisions\/2667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}