{"id":2898,"date":"2024-03-01T01:02:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T01:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=2898"},"modified":"2024-03-01T01:02:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T01:02:53","slug":"evensong-130","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=2898","title":{"rendered":"EVENSONG 130"},"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\/2024\/03\/PSX_20240228_115841-1025x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PSX_20240228_115841-1025x1024.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PSX_20240228_115841-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PSX_20240228_115841-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PSX_20240228_115841-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PSX_20240228_115841-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PSX_20240228_115841-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This psalm sounds more like an actual song than all the others I\u2019ve read so far. The lines pop and are pithy, poetic and repetitive.<br><br>\u201cI wait for the Lord,\u201d the psalmist writes, \u201cmy soul waits, \/ And in His word I do hope.\u201d I bet my bottom dollar that line\u2019s in a hymnal.<br><br>But what do those lyrics mean? Why is the psalmist waiting for his lord? And what soul-stirring action is this lord expected to take?<br><br>In response, allow me to parse verse 3: If bad behavior \u2014 however it\u2019s defined \u2014 were always punished, no one would be spared.<br><br>Then, verse 4: But \u2014 as we all know \u2014 innocent people are often punished, and \u201csinners\u201d are often rewarded for their worst \u201csins.\u201d<br><br>So, the way I see it, this poor psalmist is like us all \u2014 saints and sinners alike. He\u2019s waiting for the fickle finger of fate to fall on him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This psalm sounds more like an actual song than all the others I\u2019ve read so far. The lines pop and are pithy, poetic and repetitive. \u201cI wait for the Lord,\u201d the psalmist writes, \u201cmy soul waits, \/ And in His word I do hope.\u201d I bet my bottom dollar that line\u2019s in a hymnal. But &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=2898\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EVENSONG 130<\/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-2898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2898","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=2898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2899,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2898\/revisions\/2899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}