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In a consequential speech, what U.S. president quoted Psalm 19—“The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether”—to justify awful battlefield losses?
He also alluded to Psalm 90:10, which says, ”The days of our years are threescore years and ten.”
And by the way, did you know that the translation of one of the commonest words in the Book of Psalms—selah—was lost to time?
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The word appears 71 times across 39 of the 150 psalms, especially in ones written by David. Because the psalms were originally accompanied by instruments, scholars’ best guess is that selah was some sort of musical marking. Various suggestions for the specific instruction have been put forth, including to get louder, to take a pause, or to continue without pausing.
Or, considering David was such a fan, possibly: Insert sick harp solo here?
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