Monday, December 15, 2008

Psalm 67

The chorus is not a chorus but an inclusio. Jerome suggests that the produce of the earth, the second Adam, is the way that is known and the shining of his countenance and the 'him' that is to be feared throughout the earth. The structure is plausible and shown here (perhaps an extreme of circles but worth a look). There is an image of every psalm in the portrait, some more fully worked out than others. They were my first draft (2006-2007). This psalm continues the harvest metaphor refreshed again in Psalm 72, the last of Book II.

For the leader
On strings
A Psalm
A Song
God will have mercy on us and will bless us
He will make his countenance shine on us
Selah
Let your way be known on earth
your salvation to all nations

Make the peoples praise you O God
Make all the peoples praise you

Make the tribes glad and sing for joy
for he will judge the peoples with equity
and the tribes of the earth he will rule
Selah
Make the peoples praise you O God
Make all the peoples praise you

Earth has brought forth her produce
God our God shall bless us
God shall bless us
and him will fear all the extremities of the earth

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