In Remembrance

For You—whom You struck they pursued, and they recounted the pain of Your victims.  Psalm 69:27 [Hebrew Bible]  Robert Alter Recounted – Think about the implications here.  First, the “victims” are God’s victims.  God is the One who caused the initial pain.  And God is the One with whom you must deal.  The enemies are…

Us and Them

So that people may tell of the name of the Lord in Zion, and His praise in Jerusalem, when the peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.  Psalm 102:21-22  NASB So that people may tell of – Brevity.  That’s what’s happening here.  In Hebrew, לְסַפֵּר (le-saper).  One verb plus the conjunction.  And the verb is not conjugated.  It’s…