{"id":2703,"date":"2023-12-13T23:41:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T23:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=2703"},"modified":"2023-12-13T23:43:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T23:43:46","slug":"evensong-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=2703","title":{"rendered":"EVENSONG 74"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1025\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231213_183353-1025x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231213_183353-1025x1024.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231213_183353-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231213_183353-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231213_183353-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231213_183353-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231213_183353-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is definitely a different writer from the one who pens the most annoying psalms \u2014 you know, the whiny ones that keep getting on my nerves and couldn\u2019t be much triter.<br><br>Again, Asaph gets the writing credit, and he shucks down the corn \u2014 as any poet worth their salt and full of pepper would do \u2014 with pointed words like you\u2019d see on Reddit.<br><br>Using references to many a natural wonder, Asaph asks YHWH why, if He\u2019s so all-fired powerful, YAH doesn\u2019t smack down bad people and cast all their lying asses asunder.<br><br>\u201cRemember,\u201d Asaph basically says, \u201cthey\u2019re the actual fools. They\u2019re the ones who don\u2019t believe in you and laugh behind your back. They\u2019re the ones who break all your rules.\u201d <br><br>And then Asaph calls YHWH out. \u201cArise, O God,\u201d he implores, \u201cplead Your own cause\u201d \u2014 that is, unless YAH just likes to pout or knows the comedic value of a well-timed pause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is definitely a different writer from the one who pens the most annoying psalms \u2014 you know, the whiny ones that keep getting on my nerves and couldn\u2019t be much triter. Again, Asaph gets the writing credit, and he shucks down the corn \u2014 as any poet worth their salt and full of pepper &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=2703\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EVENSONG 74<\/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-2703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703","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=2703"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2706,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703\/revisions\/2706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}