Bang Bang

Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy;  

shoot your arrows and rout them.

~ Psalm 144

A Simple Twist of Fate

 Fate, 1920 Alphonse Maria Mucha

The wise have eyes in their heads, 

while the fool walks in the darkness; 

but I came to realize 

that the same fate overtakes them both.

~  Ecclesiastes 2

Hymne à L'Amour

 Let him lead me to the banquet hall, 

and let his banner over me be love.

~Song of Songs 2

Then I'll Be Tired Of You

You have granted him his heart’s desire...

~ Psalm 21

Salome

21 Finally the opportune time came. 

On his birthday Herod gave a banquet 

for his high officials and military commanders 

and the leading men of Galilee. 

22 When the daughter of Herodias 

came in and danced, 

she pleased Herod and his dinner guests.

The king said to the girl, 

“Ask me for anything you want,

and I’ll give it to you.”

 23 And he promised her with an oath, 

“Whatever you ask I will give you, 

up to half my kingdom.”

24 She went out and said to her mother, 

“What shall I ask for?”

“The head of John the Baptist,”

 she answered.

25 At once the girl hurried in to the king with the request: 

“I want you to give me right now 

the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

26 The king was greatly distressed,

 but because of his oaths and his dinner guests,

 he did not want to refuse her. 

27 So he immediately sent an executioner 

with orders to bring John’s head. 

The man went, beheaded John in the prison, 

28 and brought back his head on a platter. 

He presented it to the girl, 

and she gave it to her mother.

~Mark 6:21-29

Streets Of London

 The highways are deserted, 

no travelers are on the roads. 

The treaty is broken, 

its witnesses are despised, 

no one is respected.

~  Isaiah 33

Une Nuit A Paris

“I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

~ Exodus 2

Not The Girl You Think You Are

 Jesus said to them, 

“Why are you bothering this woman? 

She has done a beautiful thing to me.

~  Matthew 26

Amen Corner

“Cursed is anyone 

who withholds justice

 from the foreigner,

 the fatherless 

or the widow.” 

Then all the people shall say,

 “Amen!”

~  Deuteronomy 27

Two Ton Feather

 He will cover you with his feathers, 

and under his wings you will find refuge;

 his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

~ Psalm 91

 

A Fish On Land

The fish in the Nile died, 

and the river smelled so bad 

that the Egyptians 

could not drink its water. 

Blood was everywhere in Egypt

~ Exodus 7

Smiling Faces

I hate and detest falsehood 

but I love your law.

~  Psalm 119

Hard Headed Woman

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; 

but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

~  Proverbs 31

 

 

You Know I'm No Good

Though my father and mother forsake me, 

the Lord will receive me.

~  Psalm 27

 

London Calling

Does he not regard us as foreigners?

~  Genesis 31