tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125095195593740972.post6469751811680657125..comments2009-01-02T11:31:31.400-08:00Comments on Truthful Oddities: How Great We Areerin.bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17788258382185078821noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125095195593740972.post-89502697072082596422009-01-02T11:31:00.000-08:002009-01-02T11:31:00.000-08:00You know, I was just thinking about this the other...You know, I was just thinking about this the other day. I remember going to some event called Focus once, and it struck me as weird that one line to a song, based on Psalm 51, was screwed up. It went, "Restore unto me the joy of my salvation."<BR/><BR/>The change of pronouns is no small matter. The original text is, "Restore unto me the joy of your salvation." As it says somewhere else in the Bible, "Salvation belongs to Yahweh." Salvation is the Lord's. <BR/><BR/>So when I was there, I sang, "Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation." I don't know whether anyone heard me.<BR/><BR/>At the time, I was trying to stand up, in a very small way, for textual accuracy. Now I see that something else was at work there. The praise chorus is really about those singing it, not the other way around. <BR/><BR/>And that's disturbing.barnesenglishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03739640643643638162noreply@blogger.com