Great King Rat

Make models of the 

tumors and of the rats 

that are destroying the country, 

and give glory to Israel’s god. 

Perhaps he will lift his hand 

 from you 

and your gods 

and your land.

~ 1 Samuel 6

Keep Under Cover

Today you are driving me from the land, 

and I will be hidden from your presence; 

I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, 

and whoever finds me will kill me...

~  Genesis 4

Father And Son

I will proclaim the Lord’s decree: 

He said to me, 

“You are my son;

 today I have become your father."

 ~ Psalm 2

Masters Of War

Isaiah 17

 A prophecy against Damascus

Woe to the many nations that rage—
    they rage like the raging sea!
Woe to the peoples who roar—
    they roar like the roaring of great waters!

 

Over Under Sideways Down

Choose some wise, understanding 

and respected men 

from each of your tribes, 

and I will set them over you...

~ Deuteronomy 1

The Great Cock & Seagull Race

Photo by PBird

Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground 
all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky.
 He brought them to the man 
to see what he would name them; 
 and whatever the man called each living creature, 
that was its name.
~ Genesis 2

Everyday I Write The Book

At that time Michael, 

the great prince 

who protects your people, 

will arise. 

There will be a time of distress 

such as has not happened 

from the beginning of nations

until then.

 But at that time your people

everyone whose name 

is found written in the book

will be delivered.

~ Daniel 12

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