God's Song

Imagine Gods book of poetry the Psalms written as poems that rhyme that have a variety of metrical patterns that remain true to meaning of Scripture that help us hear Gods voice in a new way. Jehovah Thou searchest me deeply;My nature dost Thou understand;Whenever I sit Thou ponderest it;Whenever I rise Thou dost realizeMy thoughts and the deeds I have planned. Psalm 139. Jehovahs mine my Shepherd divine;No want will He fail to surpass;He makes me dine be filled and reclineIn pastures of tender young grass.Psalm 23. The panting hart seeks most and firstFor water-brooks to quench its thirstLest it should die;So pants my soul O God for TheeWho art the God of life to me:Let me draw nigh!Psalm 42. I have been teaching the Psalms for more than thirty years and yet as I read through these poems I found myself repeatedly stopping to reflect on things I had never considered before and being blessed by that exercise.Dr. David Howard Professor of Old Testament Bethel Seminary St. Paul MN