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Post by B on Dec 14, 2011 21:24:21 GMT -5
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Post by seasaltcaramel on Dec 15, 2011 6:58:09 GMT -5
i sent in masshealth registration information and decided to read a psalm over it. I chose psalm 87 (88) lament and prayer for affliction. I thought it was strange when i looked it up elsewhere and found it was psalm 88 - psalm 87 is interesting though. 1 a psalm of the sons of core. A song. His foundations upon the holy mountains 2 the lord loves: the gates of sion, more than any dwelling of jacob. 3 glorious things are said of you, O city of god! It seems fragmented and i will present psalm 88 to show how unusual the first and second verses are in comparison. But the last verse is truly interesting. Psalm 87:7: "and all shall sing, in their festive dance: "my home is within you." "the kingdom of heaven is within you" wait, thats the song on the 13th floor elevators first album. Powell st. X wrote it originally. "Psalm 88 A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to mahalath leannoth. A maskil[c] of Heman the Ezrahite. 1 LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you. 2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry. 3 I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death. 4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength. 5 I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care. 6 You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. 7 Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.[d] 8 You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape; 9 my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you. 10 Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you? 11 Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction[e]? 12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion? 13 But I cry to you for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you. 14 Why, LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me? 15 From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair. 16 Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me. 17 All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me. 18 You have taken from me friend and neighbor— darkness is my closest friend.
Footnotes: a. Psalm 88:1 In Hebrew texts 88:1-18 is numbered 88:2-19. b. Psalm 88:1 Title: Possibly a tune, “The Suffering of Affliction” c. Psalm 88:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term d. Psalm 88:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 10. e. Psalm 88:11 Hebrew Abaddon"
this is an alternate translation of verses 16-19:
16 i am afflicted and in agony from my youth; i am dazed with the burden of your dead. 17 your furies have swept over me, your terrors have cut me off; 18 they encompass me like water all the day; on all sides they close in upon me. 19 companion and neighbor you have taken away from me: my only friend is darkness.
I mentioned how "psalm 87's" opening verses were strange - ian awkward translation. Compare that with final verses of 88 and the difference in the translation.
81:11 (abaddon verse): will you work wonders for the dead? Will the shades arise to give you thanks?
81:7 (engulfed in waves verse): you have plunged me into the bottom of the pit, into the dark abyss.
81:16-18: 16 i am afflicted and in agony from my youth; i am dazed by the burden of your dread. 17 your furies have swept over me, your terrors cut me off; 18 they encompass me like water all day; on all sides they close in upon me.
I can easily imagine an astronaut 5000 years ago leaving a record in hebrew for some reason, not knowing it very well, as he is attacked by mysterious and evil insects while in deep space trucking manna. It relates to the idea the bible could survive after the migration into space, and after the earth's destruction, and will take on a new meaning. In that science fiction reality.
I also read a sliver of "moonchild". Hermetics.com has the text version divided into chapters. A summary will give you a good idea of what takes place, like the atmosphere of the story, but i will tell you what sticks out in my mind.
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Post by iameye on Dec 15, 2011 9:40:36 GMT -5
i sent in masshealth registration information and decided to read a psalm over it. I chose psalm 87 (88) lament and prayer for affliction. I thought it was strange when i looked it up elsewhere and found it was psalm 88 - psalm 87 is interesting though. 1 a psalm of the sons of core. A song. His foundations upon the holy mountains 2 the lord loves: the gates of sion, more than any dwelling of jacob. 3 glorious things are said of you, O city of god! It seems fragmented and i will present psalm 88 to show how unusual the first and second verses are in comparison. But the last verse is truly interesting. Psalm 87:7: "and all shall sing, in their festive dance: "my home is within you."
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Post by iameye on Dec 15, 2011 9:59:59 GMT -5
to the door! lol
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Post by iameye on Dec 15, 2011 23:25:25 GMT -5
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Post by iameye on Dec 15, 2011 23:27:35 GMT -5
what's the topic?
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Post by iameye on Dec 15, 2011 23:43:36 GMT -5
oh, yeah, this. this is great! DR SPOCK SAYS: XMAS EVE what better tiime? earthquake? ;ol
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Post by iameye on Dec 15, 2011 23:47:43 GMT -5
New men of knowledge, I wonder who they are?
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Post by iameye on Dec 15, 2011 23:55:20 GMT -5
Nice on the Holiday avatar, B.
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Post by iameye on Dec 16, 2011 0:19:05 GMT -5
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Post by iameye on Dec 16, 2011 0:34:36 GMT -5
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Post by B on Dec 16, 2011 6:56:07 GMT -5
Nice on the Holiday avatar, B. I thought you might like it. ;D
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Post by iameye on Dec 16, 2011 9:21:40 GMT -5
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Post by iameye on Dec 16, 2011 9:38:50 GMT -5
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Post by B on Dec 17, 2011 17:17:49 GMT -5
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Post by iameye on Dec 17, 2011 23:47:47 GMT -5
Don't cry, B. It looks like fun! right?
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Post by iameye on Dec 18, 2011 8:31:41 GMT -5
from the tour archives JUL 20 2008 Quebec Plains of Abraham lol we don't care what flag you're waving
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Post by iameye on Dec 18, 2011 19:33:55 GMT -5
lol right this way
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Post by iameye on Dec 18, 2011 20:11:25 GMT -5
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Post by iameye on Dec 18, 2011 21:44:47 GMT -5
Oh don't you want to be fair? When you went away In the twilight It was alright It was alright Alright
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Post by iameye on Dec 18, 2011 22:39:07 GMT -5
A highway will be there, a roadway, And it will be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it, But it will be for him who walks that way, And fools will not wander on it. No lion will be there, Nor will any vicious beast go up on it; These will not be found there. But the redeemed will walk there, And the ransomed of the LORD will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall protect a warrior.
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Post by B on Dec 19, 2011 19:44:31 GMT -5
things just seem a bit different this year UFO in White House Xmas card: Not a hoax and proof of cover-up www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKduo4OdTso And why is the lady in the fireplace wearing a grail on her head?
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Post by iameye on Dec 19, 2011 22:40:15 GMT -5
things just seem a bit different this year UFO in White House Xmas card: Not a hoax and proof of cover-up www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKduo4OdTso And why is the lady in the fireplace wearing a grail on her head?I'm sure you've seen the answer to this quite recently, Letter B.
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Post by iameye on Dec 20, 2011 8:31:15 GMT -5
;D
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Post by iameye on Dec 22, 2011 8:48:34 GMT -5
Gone away is the bluebird
Here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song, as we go along. Walkin' in a winter wonderland.
;D
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