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Posted: Fri Nov 9th, 2007 01:54 am |
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Do you mind sharing which Psalm is your favorite and why?
I would pick Psalm 139. Its message helps me be honest before God. It reminds me that He already knows every thought and that I can't hide from Him.
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Posted: Fri Nov 9th, 2007 12:33 pm |
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Psalm 4...because it's an amazingly apt description of my personal conversion!
"When I call, answer me, O God of justice; from anguish you released me; have mercy and hear me!" and especially ""What can bring us happiness?" many say. Let the light of your face shine on us, O Lord. You have put into my heart a greater joy than they have from abundance of corn and new wine." And I am reminded that He will always take care of me "I will lie down in peace and sleep comes at once for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety."
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Posted: Fri Nov 9th, 2007 12:47 pm |
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That's a tough question! There are sections here and there throughout the Psalms that have brought me much hope and encouragement. But as a psalm of praise and worship, I like Psalm 103. It puts God in His place ... and us in ours.
How do you like the way the NAB translates Psalms? I'm not too crazy about it... Psalm 23? I hardly recognize it.
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"I praise you, for I am wondrously made. Wonderful are our works! My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret." Ps 139
"Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men." Ps 140
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Posted: Fri Nov 9th, 2007 12:48 pm |
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| For years I have loved Psalm 131. It always gives me strength and calm by letting me be small and insignificant, and letting God do the heavy work. I don't have to conquer the world or even understand it, I just have to trust in Him.
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Posted: Fri Nov 9th, 2007 01:01 pm |
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maryjean wrote:
Psalm 4...because it's an amazingly apt description of my personal conversion!
"When I call, answer me, O God of justice; from anguish you released me; have mercy and hear me!" and especially ""What can bring us happiness?" many say. Let the light of your face shine on us, O Lord. You have put into my heart a greater joy than they have from abundance of corn and new wine." And I am reminded that He will always take care of me "I will lie down in peace and sleep comes at once for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety."
Jean, someone else mentioned privately Psalm 77, for similar reasons.
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Posted: Fri Nov 9th, 2007 01:17 pm |
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JillD wrote:
How do you like the way the NAB translates Psalms? I'm not too crazy about it... Psalm 23? I hardly recognize it.
I like the Grail/ Gelineau translation much better.
Here's an url for a used book company in the UK.
The Psalms: A New Translation --Gelineau
I'll omit verse 6 in order to stop short of the 100 word limit:
The Psalms: A New Translation fontana books
The Lord is my shepherd;
there is nothing I shall want.
Fresh and green are the pastures
where he gives me repose.
Near restful waters he leads me,
to revive my drooping spirit.
He guides me along the right path;
he is true to his name.
If I should walk in the valley of darkness
no evil would I fear.
You are there with your crook and your staff;
with these you give me comfort.
You have prepared a banquet for me
in the sight of my foes.
My head you have anointed with oil;
my cup is overflowing.
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Posted: Fri Nov 9th, 2007 01:27 pm |
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Credo Catholic wrote:
For years I have loved Psalm 131. It always gives me strength and calm by letting me be small and insignificant, and letting God do the heavy work. I don't have to conquer the world or even understand it, I just have to trust in Him.
for Marsha--
The Psalms: A New Translation fontana books Grail/Gelineau
130
Song of serenity:
a pilgrimage song
O Lord, my heart is not proud
nor haughty my eyes.
I have not gone after things too great
nor marvels beyond me.
Truly I have set my soul
in silence and peace.
A weaned child on its mother's breast,
even so is my soul.
O Israel, hope in the Lord
both now and for ever.
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Posted: Fri Nov 9th, 2007 01:35 pm |
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Becky that's it. It's so reassuring, like being tucked into bed at night! But it's Psalm 131, not 130. At least in my Bibles. Thanks for printing it! 
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Intercessor wrote:
If I should walk in the valley of darkness
no evil would I fear.
Hmmm.... What happened to "the valley of the shadow of death"??
I really like my RSV-CE for Psalms:
"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil;
your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;
and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD for ever."
That's almost exactly how I remember learning it as a kid, 40+ years ago...
Here's the NAB. 'Don't like this version at all...
"Even when I walk through a dark valley, I fear no harm for you are at my side;
your rod and staff give me courage.
You set a table before me as my enemies watch;
You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Only goodness and love will pursue me all the days of my life;
I will dwell in the house of the LORD for years to come."
"Years to come"????? I prefer "for ever"!!!!!!!
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"Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men." Ps 140
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Posted: Fri Nov 9th, 2007 01:47 pm |
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Marsha,
The numbering of the Psalms depends on whether one is working
from the Greek or from the Hebrew. (Didn't know that until I saw it
in the introduction to the Grail Psalms.  )
The Twenty-third Psalm is listed as 22 in the Grail/Gelineau.
"Your" Psalm is listed as 130.
Even the numbers on the Ten Commandments are different in the
Catholic faith. Lots of changes for us Baptist gals. Last edited on Mon Nov 12th, 2007 03:09 am by Intercessor
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Posted: Fri Nov 9th, 2007 01:53 pm |
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Intercessor wrote: Lots of changes for us Baptist gals.
You said it!
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JillD wrote:
Here's the NAB. 'Don't like this version at all...
"Even when I walk through a dark valley, I fear no harm for you are at my side;
your rod and staff give me courage.
You set a table before me as my enemies watch;
You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Only goodness and love will pursue me all the days of my life;
I will dwell in the house of the LORD for years to come."
"Years to come"????? I prefer "for ever"!!!!!!!
 Yeah, Jill, I was pretty sure that "years to come" business would get you!
Guess it beats "for a pretty good while." 
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Posted: Fri Nov 9th, 2007 02:30 pm |
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| I heard a protestant lady say once that, as part of her Bible reading she reads a chapter of proverbs each day, according to the day of the month. She said during months that have a 31st day, she both looks forward to and dreads reading about the ideal woman!
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Posted: Fri Nov 9th, 2007 02:44 pm |
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Marsha, regarding Proverbs 31, Baptist girls growing up in the GAs (Girls' Auxiliary) had to memorize that chapter. Parts of it are still with me fifty years later.
I am blessed to hear priests chanting the Psalms on a daily basis. LOTH
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Psalm 51, because it is about David's profound repentance for His sins, and how gracious God is, to have mercy on him and on all of us. The language and Hebrew poetry (esp. 51:7, 51:10, and 51:17) is superb. Here it is (RSV):
[0] To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
[1] Have mercy on me, O God,
according to thy steadfast love;
according to thy abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
[2] Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin!
[3] For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
[4] Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,
and done that which is evil in thy sight,
so that thou art justified in thy sentence
and blameless in thy judgment.
[5] Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
[6] Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward being;
therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
[7] Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
[8] Fill me with joy and gladness;
let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice.
[9] Hide thy face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.
[10] Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and put a new and right spirit within me.
[11] Cast me not away from thy presence,
and take not thy holy Spirit from me.
[12] Restore to me the joy of thy salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.
[13] Then I will teach transgressors thy ways,
and sinners will return to thee.
[14] Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,
thou God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing aloud of thy deliverance.
[15] O Lord, open thou my lips,
and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
[16] For thou hast no delight in sacrifice;
were I to give a burnt offering, thou wouldst not be pleased.
[17] The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
[18] Do good to Zion in thy good pleasure;
rebuild the walls of Jerusalem,
[19] then wilt thou delight in right sacrifices,
in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings;
then bulls will be offered on thy altar.Last edited on Fri Nov 9th, 2007 05:48 pm by Dave Armstrong
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Posted: Fri Nov 9th, 2007 07:26 pm |
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Dave, verses 10-12 and 17 of Psalm 51 are precious to me.
There are some wonderful pieces of choral music based on
those verses.
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Posted: Fri Nov 9th, 2007 08:11 pm |
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Intercessor wrote: Marsha, regarding Proverbs 31, Baptist girls growing up in the GAs (Girls' Auxiliary) had to memorize that chapter. Parts of it are still with me fifty years later.
I am blessed to hear priests chanting the Psalms on a daily basis. LOTH
I didn't do much with GAs growing up. I think it might have been because my mother worked and I couldn't get to the meetings, I'm not sure. But I did go to Camp Marietta once with them.
What I do remember from young Baptist days was the Bible drills during Training Union on Sunday nights! Standing at attention, the verse being called out, and the first one to find it read it aloud. Those were good times. I still remember being taught that Psalms is smack in the middle of every Bible, if you open it evenly in the middle you'll be in Psalms. Well it's not quite true of my Catholic Bible, but it's close!
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Marsha, ah I too recall those dreaded Bible drills. I just couldn't find anything. I had a friend who always won.
Becky, we called GA's Girls in Action. And I don't remember ever really being expoesd to any part of Proverbs, until as an adult and mother attending "Growing Kids God's Way," which referred to several passages in Proverbs.
Becky and Jill, thanks for the translations of the 23rd Psalm. Even though they are nice translations they still don't have the poetic beauty of the King James version that I memorized many, many years ago.
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Psalm 63
O God, you are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you,
my body longs for you,
in a dry and weary land
where there is no water.
I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.
Because you are my help,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.
My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.
They who seek my life will be destroyed;
they will go down to the depths of the earth.
They will be given over to the sword
and become food for jackals.
But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by God's name will praise him,
while the mouths of liars will be silenced. (NIV)
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Beth, Girls in Action was a more recent organization than Girls Auxiliary.
In the Girls Auxiliary one faced a series of steps:
Maiden, Lady-in-Waiting, Princess, Queen, Queen-with-Scepter.
Each rank required extensive memorization of Scripture, knowledge of Christian doctrines, familiarity with Baptist missions activities, and Southern Baptist organization. Ladies from the church were brought in to examine candidates and determine whether they had completed all requirements. I believe Proverbs 31 was part of the Princess step, but it could have been the Queen step.
Upon reaching the Queen rank, a girl had a Sunday night coronation, walking down the church aisle in a white dress, very much like a bride. The presentation from the church congregation included a "crown" and a white Bible. It was quite an accomplishment (of many years' faithful preparation) to reach the rank of Queen. Yes, I made it; but my minister father accepted a call to another church, and we moved before my coronation date. Missed my own coronation!  They mailed me the Bible. Such was the lot of a preacher's kid.
O God, you are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you,
my body longs for you,
in a dry and weary land
where there is no water. Psalm 63 NIV
Robert, that first portion of your favorite psalm sounds so very Catholic,
doesn't it? I am falling in love with Scripture all over again as a Catholic.
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It's difficult to choose a favorite, but I hold Ps.133 near and dear. The Lord quickened me to write music to this one in 1991, and I always wondered why. (It's a pretty good song, even if I say it myself). I used the song to pray for what I thought was the church - the various Evangelical groups around the country - thinking this was a prayer for unity of Christian brothers and sisters. The more I prayed this Psalm, the more I watched groups break up rather than unite. In fact I saw no unification.
I eventually lost heart on the unification thing . .. and the song fell off to the side. When I started looking into the RCC, this Psalm didn't seem to mean much - I couldn't apply it to anything in particular.
At the Chrism mass 2 days before I joined the Catholic Church in 2006, I felt doubts surfacing and I heard myself thinking "just what do you think you're doing?!?!?". And then, I turned the page in the program for the mass, and there was Ps. 133 -- for the unity of the priests. In a very united church.
"How good and pleasant it is when the brethren dwell together in unity. . ."
Perhaps i'd been given this Psalm to cling to until this moment 15 years later, after a long search for God's True Church. Hearing "my" psalm recited at that mass, just as the doubts were piling in, certainly was a relief and the point of cementing me into the church. I think most here know the blessing of such a moment.
(I'm thinking of offering the song to the diocese . . . I may re-write it for chorus or something so it can be used for the Chrism Mass some year. )
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| Bonnie, thanks for sharing how important Psalm 133 has been in your journey.
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"...sounds so very Catholic, doesn't it?"
Its part of the daily Office, and evan after a hundred times it still feels like I'm reciting it for the first time.
Your should hear it chanted in German or Latin!
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Funny that this topic should come up... Just a few evenings ago I was struck rather deeply by one of the Psalms in Evening prayer. I can't remember which Psalm number it is, but here are the words:
Turn your ear, O Lord, and give answer
for I am poor and needy.
Preserve my life, for I am faithful:
save the servant who trusts in you.
You are my God; have mercy on me, Lord,
for I cry to you all day long.
Give joy to your servant, O Lord,
for to you I lift up my soul.
O Lord, you are good and forgiving,
full of love to all who call.
Give heed, O Lord, to my prayer
and attend to the sound of my voice.
In the day of distress I will call
and surely you will reply.
Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord;
nor work to compare with yours.
All the nations shall come to adore you
and glorify your name, O Lord:
for you are great and do marvelllous deeds,
you who alone are God.
Show me, Lord, your way
so that I may walk in your truth.
Guide my heart to fear your name.
I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart
and glorify your name for ever;
for your love to me has been great:
you have saved me from the depths of the grave.
The proud have risen against me;
ruthless men seek my life:
to you they pay no heed.
But you, God of mercy and compassion,
slow to anger, O Lord,
abounding in love and truth,
turn and take pity on me.
O give your strength to your servant
and save your handmaid's son.
Show me a sign of your favor
that my foes may see to their shame
that you console me and give me your help.
I don't know why, but this particular psalm seems to me to be the perfect prayer. I really connect to it.
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I believe, Lord, help my unbelief.
Jesus, I trust in You!
There's not a lot of job security for us after death. I suppose that's one advantage of being a philosopher. - Peter Kreeft
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