http://www.reliefjournal.com/2010/02/04/the-psalms-as-poetry/ Christian writing unbound. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:03:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.reliefjournal.com/2010/02/04/the-psalms-as-poetry/#comment-518 Leslie Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:00:52 +0000 http://www.reliefjournal.com/?p=595#comment-518 I'm excited to look up Psalm 77 and read it for myself. I've always, okay not always, but for a while now, loved and tried to replicate in my own work the Hebrew parallelism of the Psalms. "The waters...were afraid;the depths...trembled." Often, I've looked for Truth and beauty everywhere but Scripture. I think writers who are Christian may have a tendency to gravitate toward books by, say, Anne Lamont and Donald Miller because we can recognize the authors as ourselves: similar, creative beings searching, but like Dana we should also be able to connect to the Psalmists. Could "Has His mercy ceased forever?" be sung or cried out without the voice or the body breaking? If we believe that Scripture is True, how much more so we should prize its beauty and be inspired by it. Thanks for the lesson, Heather. poor Thomas Kinkade.(http://www.crivoice.org/parallel.html for a brief lesson on parallelism in the OT) I’m excited to look up Psalm 77 and read it for myself. I’ve always, okay not always, but for a while now, loved and tried to replicate in my own work the Hebrew parallelism of the Psalms. “The waters…were afraid;the depths…trembled.” Often, I’ve looked for Truth and beauty everywhere but Scripture. I think writers who are Christian may have a tendency to gravitate toward books by, say, Anne Lamont and Donald Miller because we can recognize the authors as ourselves: similar, creative beings searching, but like Dana we should also be able to connect to the Psalmists. Could “Has His mercy ceased forever?” be sung or cried out without the voice or the body breaking? If we believe that Scripture is True, how much more so we should prize its beauty and be inspired by it. Thanks for the lesson, Heather.
poor Thomas Kinkade.(http://www.crivoice.org/parallel.html for a brief lesson on parallelism in the OT)

]]> http://www.reliefjournal.com/2010/02/04/the-psalms-as-poetry/#comment-512 Dana Yost Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:39:05 +0000 http://www.reliefjournal.com/?p=595#comment-512 A year or two ago, I purchased a copy of the new translation of the Psalms by Robert Alter, who took a careful, scholarly approach to the original Hebrew and really stuck to the original's intent. The result was a translation that is grittier, more earthy — feels as if it truly was lifted out of the age in which the book was written. I really connected to that translation, felt closer to, as you said, the truth and to the Psalm writers, who themselves seemed to feel such a close tie to God. A year or two ago, I purchased a copy of the new translation of the Psalms by Robert Alter, who took a careful, scholarly approach to the original Hebrew and really stuck to the original’s intent. The result was a translation that is grittier, more earthy — feels as if it truly was lifted out of the age in which the book was written. I really connected to that translation, felt closer to, as you said, the truth and to the Psalm writers, who themselves seemed to feel such a close tie to God.

]]> http://www.reliefjournal.com/2010/02/04/the-psalms-as-poetry/#comment-511 Dana Yost Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:35:19 +0000 http://www.reliefjournal.com/?p=595#comment-511 A year or two ago, I bought a copy of the new translation of the Psalms by Robert Alter, who took a careful, scholarly approach to the original Hebrew -- and really stuck to the original wording's intent. The result was a gritty, earthier version of the Psalms that I really connected with. Reading them, in this version, it seemed, made me feel closer to the truth, and to the writers of the Psalms who obviously felt a very personal tie to God. A year or two ago, I bought a copy of the new translation of the Psalms by Robert Alter, who took a careful, scholarly approach to the original Hebrew — and really stuck to the original wording’s intent. The result was a gritty, earthier version of the Psalms that I really connected with. Reading them, in this version, it seemed, made me feel closer to the truth, and to the writers of the Psalms who obviously felt a very personal tie to God.

]]> http://www.reliefjournal.com/2010/02/04/the-psalms-as-poetry/#comment-505 David Holper Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:58:39 +0000 http://www.reliefjournal.com/?p=595#comment-505 Just went to a workshop with Ray McGinnis, and he was inspiring in leading a workshop to write psalms, to read them, and to open ourselves to the Holy Spirit. Your blog rings so true in light of that experience. Just went to a workshop with Ray McGinnis, and he was inspiring in leading a workshop to write psalms, to read them, and to open ourselves to the Holy Spirit. Your blog rings so true in light of that experience.

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