{"id":2797,"date":"2024-01-19T22:53:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T22:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=2797"},"modified":"2024-01-19T22:53:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T22:53:30","slug":"evensong-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=2797","title":{"rendered":"EVENSONG 101"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PSX_20240119_174739-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PSX_20240119_174739-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PSX_20240119_174739-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PSX_20240119_174739-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PSX_20240119_174739.jpg 999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the psalm that evangelical supporters of their lying cult leader \u2014 also a rapist and crook \u2014 need to read. It\u2019s labeled \u201cA Psalm of David,\u201d but could easily be called \u201cA Psalm of Donald.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the voice of hypocritical David, the psalmist says, \u201cI will set nothing wicked before my eyes; \u2026 A perverse heart shall depart from me; \/ I will not know wickedness.\u201d The denials sound familiar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhoever secretly [or in Donald\u2019s case, publicly] slanders his neighbor,\u201d says David, \u201c[h]im I will destroy; \/ The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, \/ Him I will not endure.\u201d Oh, really.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, the psalmist claims, \u201cHe who works deceit shall not dwell within my house; \/ He who tells lies shall not continue in my presence.\u201d And David \u2014 like Donald \u2014 says he himself is \u201cperfect.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the psalm that evangelical supporters of their lying cult leader \u2014 also a rapist and crook \u2014 need to read. It\u2019s labeled \u201cA Psalm of David,\u201d but could easily be called \u201cA Psalm of Donald.\u201d In the voice of hypocritical David, the psalmist says, \u201cI will set nothing wicked before my eyes; \u2026 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=2797\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EVENSONG 101<\/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-2797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2797","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=2797"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2799,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2797\/revisions\/2799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}