The Adjustment Bureau

The LORD is my light and my rescue.  Whom shall I fear?  Psalm 27:1  Robert Alter Rescue – I checked twenty-seven English Bible translations of Psalm 27:1.  Every one of them translated these words as “the Lord is my light and my salvation.”  In fact, I doubt you’ve ever heard it any other way.  The…

Double Down

YHWH, in Your strength the king rejoices and in Your deliverance how he rejoices greatly!  Psalm 21:2 (Hebrew text, my translation) Strength / Deliverance – It’s Oz, but there’s no wizard.  It’s deliverance but there’s no background music.  Of course, you have to be “old” to understand these allusions.  I won’t apologize for that.  Age…