The Afterword

Tag: psalms

  • The Parade of Opinions – Psalm 8

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    David didn’t Google.No TikTok prophets, no expert panels—only a sky that hadn’t learned to sell itself,only darkness doing honest workso the lights could speak. “A time is coming…”St Anthony’s warning drifts through my centurywhen madness becomes normaland the not-mad are called mad. Who am I?What is my place in the world? Before that, another questionlike…

  • Known – Psalm 139

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    This is many people’s favourite psalm—and of course it is:psalms are basically songs,and songs are what we dowhen the facts aren’t enough. As a musician I’m more melody than lyric,because lyrics are hard.So I listen to Psalm 139 like a song,it was born out of anxiety.David was fleeing for his life—and yet he starts with…