comfort

I have been listening non-stop this week to a remarkable album (Theology) by Sinead O'Connor. I would not have expected her to come out with an album jam-packed with Scripture, but she has. Lots of laments, which as I wrote to a friend the other day is I guess is very Irish but also very Biblical-- and this week, it has been what I have needed. Also lots of Psalms, which as life has gotten a little rough (more about that another time) have once again been a lifeline and an amazing comfort.

If I were more tech-savvy I would know how to put in a link to the song that I am currently playing on repeat, but I don't know how to do this (and it would probably be a copyright infringement), so I would just encourage anyone, whether you think you like Sinead O'Connor or not, to get this album, because it is fantastic.

Well, here are the words to the song (Whomsoever Dwells)-- Sinead's take on Psalm 91. (J's favorite "translation" is her rendering of Psalm 32:2-3 as "Sing to Jah with your guitar/
Turn up yer bass amp/Whack it up all the way to 'save him")

Whomsoever dwells
In the shelter
Of the most high
Lives under the protection of the Shaddai
I say of my lord
That he is my fortress
That he is my own love
In whom I trust
That he will save u
From the fowler's trap
And he will save U
From any Babylon crap
And he will lift U
All up in his wings
And you'll find refuge
Oh underneath those things
And his truth will be your
Shield and rampart
So u need not fear
What comes looking for U in the dark
And U need not fear
What comes looking for U in the day
And U need not fear
What takes everybody else away
Ten thousand may fall at your side
Ten thousand at your right
But it can’t come near U
’Cos you're dealing with the most high
And he will send his angels to mind U
And they will lift u all up so that U
Won’t strike your foot against no stone