{"id":3292,"date":"2012-04-20T11:15:28","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T17:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=3292"},"modified":"2012-04-20T11:15:28","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T17:15:28","slug":"sunday-preview-may-god-bless-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/sunday-preview-may-god-bless-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Preview: May God Bless Us!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Sunday, we will return to our series,\u00c2\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/messages\/By_Series\/Psalms:Pour_Out_Your_Heart_to_Him\/\">Pour Out Your Heart to Him: A Study Through The Psalms<\/a>,<\/em> with a sermon by Ryan from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esvbible.org\/search\/psalm+67\/\">Psalm 67<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the translation of Hebrew poetry, we do lose some of its original beauty. For example, if we were to translate an English poem with a memorable rhyming scheme, that would be lost in\u00c2\u00a0translation, since words that rhyme don&#8217;t translate to words that rhyme.<\/p>\n<p>As you look forward to Sunday morning, read and pray this version of Psalm 67, adapted for meter and rhyme:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>God be merciful and bless us;<br \/>\nshine upon us with your face,<br \/>\nThat the earth may know your actions<br \/>\nand all lands your saving grace.<\/p>\n<p>O God, may the people praise you;<br \/>\nmay all the people sing your praise.<br \/>\nFor you judge the nations justly,<br \/>\nruling over every race.<\/p>\n<p>May they sing with joy and gladness;<br \/>\nmay they all rejoice as one.<br \/>\nO God, may the peoples praise you<br \/>\nas they all unite in song.<\/p>\n<p>Then the land will yield its harvest;<br \/>\nGod will pour his gifts abroad.<br \/>\nGod, our God, will surely bless us;<br \/>\nAll the earth will fear our God.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; From\u00c2\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crownandcovenant.com\/Sing_Psalms_New_Met_p\/cm142.htm\">Sing Psalms: New Metrical Versions of the Book of Psalms<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0(Free Church of Scotland, 2003).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Sunday, we will return to our series,\u00c2\u00a0Pour Out Your Heart to Him: A Study Through The Psalms,&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/sunday-preview-may-god-bless-us\/\">Continue Reading &rsaquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3292"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3296,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3292\/revisions\/3296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}