Sing It Again (with Additions)

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the music director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A [a]Maskil of Heman [b]the Ezrahite.  Psalm 88:1 (Hebrew) Music director – We investigated this unusual psalm about three years ago (perhaps you remember).  At the time I didn’t know the “frightening emotional darkness in [this] psalm that is absent…

Sing It Again

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the music director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A [a]Maskil of Heman [b]the Ezrahite.  Psalm 88:1 (Hebrew) Music director – Of course you know that many of the psalms (mizmôt) are really lyrics for songs.  No news there.  But some of these songs are particularly interesting—and troubling.  This…