Psalm 143:5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all your works; I muse on the work of your hands.… : — The same thing will appeal differently to different people according to capacity, sensibility, experience. One may look on a flower with the eye of a florist, another of a market gardener, another of a botanist, another of an artist. William Blake saw angels amid the swaying corn or nestling in a tree. A scene which is dull and uninteresting to the listless eye may be transformed by a touch of creative and interpretative imagination; as James Swetham says, "Gerhard Dew threw a glory over our very pickled cabbage." Culture and restraint. (Hugh Black.) Parallel Verses KJV: I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.WEB: I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands. |
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