Word: psalms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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REAGAN'S CONVERSION was a pleasant surprise for those who wish to limit the availability of guns. For hardcore NRA members, it was nothing less than a betrayal. One of the latter suffered a disappointment of Biblical proportions, quoting to The New York Times the 146th Psalm on the unreliability of "princes." Another expressed his sense of abandonment thusly: "He's just another politician after all...there was a feelingthat he was a cut above the average politician...
...While AALARM members were busy learning in the presence of religion and morality, they obviously neglected to consult the source itself. The Crimson's trusty copy of the Bible (King James Edition) indicates that the "What is man" quote can actually be found in Psalm 8, Verse 4. Despite the egregious (and highly ironic) error, rumor has it that the original author otherwise appreciates AALARM's work and will not be pressing charges...
...words of comfort. Some come from tentmates, some from letters, some from the radio muttering at cotside 24 hours a day. There are favorite songs, including one that is making the rounds of tents and bunkers in northern Saudi Arabia. It is a verse for a soldier, the 91st Psalm...
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Also eliminated are some phrases that sound especially odd to modern ears, such as "I will accept no bull from your house" (referring to animal sacrifice in Psalm 50) and "once I was stoned" (St. Paul in II Corinthians 11, speaking of his stoning). Gone as well are some tongue twisters ("you who hew" in Isaiah 22) and ambiguities, like Zechariah 3's "Joshua was standing before the angel, clothed in filthy garments." (Joshua's garb was filthy, not the angel's.) The poetic exclamation "behold" has given way to the prosaic "look." Sex is bluntly called "intercourse...