History Lesson

Psalm 78 is, I believe, the third longest psalm. It ' s also one of three so-called " long history " psalms. It basically recounts events from Exodus and Numbers, in chronologically confused order, and then skips ahead to touch on the establishment of the reign of David. The listing of the plagues of Egypt does not exactly correspond to the canonical version of Exodus we have today -- there are no caterpillars or frost in Exodus. This may just be a fanciful addition, or it may be that it draws on a lost version of the story. Once again, keep in mind that there were no printing presses and any document would have existed in various versions. Otherwise, what is most noteworthy about this is that it accuses the tribe of Ephraim of cowardice and then goes out of its way to point out that the kingship went to a descendant of Judah, which would seem to be the central intention of the piece.  BTW, just to finish the story, Aaliyah Edwards did not play in the Big East final game. Nevertheless, with just 7 players dressed, UCONN crushed Georgetown. It was no contest from the beginning. We ' ll see if they get a number 2 seed in the NCAA tournament, but it doesn ' t much matter. They ' ll have to beat a top team to get to the round of 8, and then we ' ll see what happens.78 Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;    incline your ears to the words of my mouth!2 I will open my mouth in a parable;    I will utter dark sayings from...
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