{"id":2912,"date":"2024-03-07T23:41:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T23:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=2912"},"modified":"2024-03-07T23:41:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T23:41:39","slug":"evensong-135","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=2912","title":{"rendered":"EVENSONG 135"},"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\/20230926_1155552-1025x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20230926_1155552-1025x1024.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20230926_1155552-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20230926_1155552-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20230926_1155552-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20230926_1155552-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20230926_1155552-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This first psalm after the 15 \u201cSongs of Ascents\u201d is a greatest hits compilation \u2014 a mashup of popular riffs from David\u2019s first 119 psalms.<br><br>There\u2019s \u201cthe Lord has chosen \u2026 Israel for His special treasure,\u201d and \u201cWhatever the Lord pleases He does, \/ In heaven and in earth.\u201d<br><br>Also, \u201cHe defeated many nations \/ And slew mighty kings,\u201d and \u201cThe idols of the nations are silver and gold, \/ The work of men\u2019s hands.\u201d<br><br>That\u2019s all well and good, but you\u2019ve got to admit that every other \u201cnation\u201d feels the same way, and that\u2019s why everyone is always at odds.<br><br>Give me a creator who truly loves his entire creation in all its flawed perfection; and give me a god \u2014 a universal spirit \u2014 of laws and order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This first psalm after the 15 \u201cSongs of Ascents\u201d is a greatest hits compilation \u2014 a mashup of popular riffs from David\u2019s first 119 psalms. There\u2019s \u201cthe Lord has chosen \u2026 Israel for His special treasure,\u201d and \u201cWhatever the Lord pleases He does, \/ In heaven and in earth.\u201d Also, \u201cHe defeated many nations \/ &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=2912\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EVENSONG 135<\/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-2912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2912","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=2912"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2915,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2912\/revisions\/2915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}