Comments on: “He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names”

By: diego

diego — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:03:19 +0000

i remember being surprised the first time i read Psalm 137 that the great Sublime song \”rivers of babylon\” was quoting scripture. it turns out that through all those years as a rebellious youth i was listening to the psalmist.

By: Harold Curtis

Harold Curtis — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:39:26 +0000

Sorry………. this is a threadjack…………………

President Gorden B. Hinckley passed away this evening, Sunday, at 7Pm MST. Cause of death was incident to age. He was 97 years old. Family was gathered around him……..

Deseret Morning News.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:32:41 +0000

President Hinckley has passed away….story developing

By: Zinka

Zinka — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:29:57 +0000

6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me

(Old Testament | Psalms 51:6 – 10)

By: Susan M

Susan M — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:39:34 +0000

Also:

Be still, and know that I am God.

By: Ardis Parshall

Ardis Parshall — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:35:58 +0000

I can believe that, Kevin and Ellis — still, there has to be *something* special about many of the verses chosen for musical settings. Weird Al Yankovich, and maybe Mozart, could set my shopping list to music quite cheerfully, but Handel could, I think, only have selected passages that were already remarkable … making them, in turn, even more memorable.

By: Ellis

Ellis — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:25:19 +0000

Ardis: If the basis for all musical appreciation is repetition, then they must be our favorites because they are set to music. Setting something to music makes it much easier to remember.

By: Kevin Barney

Kevin Barney — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:27:46 +0000

Ardis, the libretto for Messiah is indeed a big part of the reason I love Ps. 24, so I think modern music can be a big influence on our perceptions.

By: Jacob M

Jacob M — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:05:16 +0000

Kaimi,

Great post. I do need to look at the Psalms again.

I must point out, however, that it is not very pleasing to know that God takes no pleasure from my legs. That seems to be an observation shared by most single ladies that I know.

4 – On a more serious note, I will never forget Elder Eyring quoting the scripture in Psalm 9 during the general conference right after 9/11.

By: Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:06:33 +0000

One of my favorites is the 56th from mthe NRSV

“You have kept my tears in a bottle, are they not in your record?”

“In God whose name I praise, In the Lord whose name I praise. In God I trust. What can a mere mortal do to me?”