The Storm God

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

May their table before them become a trap, and their allies a snare.  May their eyes grow too dark to see, make their loins perpetually shake.  Pour out upon them Your wrath, and Your blazing fury overtake them.  Psalm 69:23-25 [Hebrew Bible]  Robert Alter Wrath – Here are your choices: wrath, fury, indignation, anger, judgment,…

The Un-reason

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Because of Your indignation and Your wrath; for You have lifted me up and thrown me away.  Psalm 102:10  NASB Indignation – I’m guessing that if I asked you for a definition of indignation, you’d stumble a bit.  It’s not a commonly used word.  We have some inkling of its meaning, but not precisely. If we…