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Memorizeth thy Scripture

An odd thing around the dinner table this evening. We got onto the subject of the 23rd Psalm, and we began to quote it from memory — my wife, my kids, and I. Can you believe they all began to laugh at me when I started using words like “restoreth” and “yea” and “thy”? I can’t help it if I learned the Psalm that long ago, can I? Can anyone else relate?

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6 Responses to “Memorizeth thy Scripture”

  1. Barb Says:

    I didn’t think I would…but then as I began I found my self saying, “He leadeth me…oops.” I guess it is just an expression of our ages huh?

  2. Mary Says:

    I can relate…and I must admit that even though I prefer other versions – any other version – to KJV for study, reading, etc., I love the way the Psalms sound in KJ English.

  3. bonnie Says:

    I’m so at home with the KJV that I want to change your post title to “Thou shalt memorize thy scripture.” Somehow memorizeth doesn’t seem to be the correct verb form there. Better yet, “Thou shalt remember the words which thy fathers hath taught thee.”
    My 15 year-old son quotes the 23rd Psalm the way he learned it when he was about 3 or 4 years old – with all the thou’s and thy’s. (I’m not “KJV only,” but it’s what I use.)
    Anyway, it’s great that your kids have learned the Psalm.

  4. Jeff McQ Says:

    Q: “Does anyone else relate?”
    A: “Yeth”.

  5. Dan Smith Says:

    Oh yeah man! I am so KJV that when I preach, I almost have to force myself to use other versions. And even then, I often quote out of KJV by accident.

    And to be fair, there is something beautiful about those words, dating us though they may.

  6. brad/futuristguy Says:

    Whadda year! In a year where half of my time was eaten by illness, yours was one of the few blog voices I tried to read on any kind of regular basis. I appreciate what you have contributed to the ongoing attempts to blog the journey of whatever it is that we are calling the movement(s) whose waves we’ve been riding. Thanks for your efforts … and I’m looking forward to your thoughts on virtual community in this new year.

    This comment was originally posted on Subversive Influence

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