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Re: The Brick Testament - David's Psalm of Victory
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lugnet.build.ancient
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Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:09:51 GMT
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Kyle Beatty wrote:
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That is the best yet. Thanks a million for that.
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Hi, Kyle. Thanks! Glad there’s still reason to get excited about The Brick
Testament six years into the project. I mean, I’m always still excited about
it, but it’s nice to know some others are too.
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“I grind them as fine as the dust of the ground.” Oh, mercy.
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...or utter lack of mercy, I suppose.
“Grind” is not the word universally used for this verse in English translations
of the Bible, but it is used by a number of English translators (NLT, NET, MSG,
CEV) and certainly does lend itself to a vivid visual depiction like the one
I’ve crafted. But to be fair, an actual grinder may not be what the psalmist
had in mind here. Other English translations use “beat” or “pulverize” as the
action David takes causing his enemies to end up like dust:
“I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth” (NIV)
“Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth” (NASB)
“Then I beat them small as the dust of the earth” (AMP)
“I beat them fine like the dust of the earth” (NRSV)
“And I beat them as dust of the earth” (YLT)
“And I did beat them small as the dust of the earth” (DARBY)
“Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth” (KJV)
“I pulverize them like dust of the earth” (HCSB)
My original idea was to show David beating an enemy into “dust” with a more
traditional striking or bludgeoning instrument. But seriously, how long would
it take to bludgeon a person into “dust”? I figured King David would have other
pressing matters to attend to, and would therefore opt for the more efficient
system of human pulverization that a large grinder would provide.
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The coffee break is priceless.
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Obviously, that one’s entirely my own artistic license. I have no actual idea
how the psalmist envisioned Yahweh keeping himself occupied while ignoring the
desperate pleas for help of people being tortured to death.
-Brendan
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