Saturday, August 8, 2015

Celebrate

Jennifer and Justin in Paris



Assembly
for
Freedom
自由のために組み立てます
Jiyū no tame ni kumitatemasu

from Ps.111


Hooray Yah!


I will give thanks for our freedom
in the congregation of faith.


The works of providence are great for people!
They are studied by all who delight in them.


Assembly has to be democratic, republican and majestic
for fairness to endure as justice in society.


The greatness of the organization will be remembered
for graciousness and compassion.

Food is given out of respect for needs.
This covenant remembers that ability is developed
with functional capacity.


People have been shown the power of work.
Organization for the management of resources
defines government anywhere in the world.


Faithfulness with freedom and justice
are the products of moral law
in an open society.


The commandment against killing
is the foundation for morality.

Truth is built with equity
on this ground.


Redemption is granted to those
who observe this rule of law.


Respect for knowledge is the beginning of wisdom.
Those who act accordingly have understanding.

The house of praise is built with gratitude
for the sun’s rays and the darkness of days.


111 Confitebor tibi

1 Hallelujah!
I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, *
in the assembly of the upright, in the congregation.

2 Great are the deeds of the Lord! *
they are studied by all who delight in them.

3 His work is full of majesty and splendor, *
and his righteousness endures forever.

4 He makes his marvelous works to be remembered; *
the Lord is gracious and full of compassion.

5 He gives food to those who fear him; *
he is ever mindful of his covenant.

6 He has shown his people the power of his works *
in giving them the lands of the nations.

7 The works of his hands are faithfulness and justice; *
all his commandments are sure.

8 They stand fast for ever and ever, *
because they are done in truth and equity.

9 He sent redemption to his people;
he commanded his covenant forever; *
holy and awesome is his Name.
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; *
those who act accordingly have a good understanding;
his praise endures forever.

Saturday, August 1, 2015

Have

Katie


Have
Mercy
慈悲を持っていま
Jihi o motte imasu
from Ps.51

Have mercy on me according to your love.
Grant me enough to live with your compassion.       

Wash me from the wickedness of violence and cruelty.
Cleanse me from the evil of tyranny and terrorism.

Allow me the freedom to think, learn, speak, write, organize,
assemble, petition, work, play and worship for happiness.

Give me the right to vote to support due process in law
for justice. Protect my right to defense.

Education is my best asset;
reform for government my greatest goal.

I know my transgressions. The memory of error
helps me to find a better way than war;
a better way than what was wrong
with what I was doing before
the last test.

Autocratic authority by plutocratic rule
is not the path to redemption; building
an economy for the people is.



51 Miserere mei, Deus

1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving-kindness; *
in your great compassion blot out my offenses.

2 Wash me through and through from my wickedness *
and cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I know my transgressions, *
and my sin is ever before me.
.
4 Against you only have I sinned *
and done what is evil in your sight.

5 And so you are justified when you speak *
and upright in your judgment.

6 Indeed, I have been wicked from my birth, *
a sinner from my mother's womb.

7 For behold, you look for truth deep within me, *
and will make me understand wisdom secretly.

8 Purge me from my sin, and I shall be pure; *
wash me, and I shall be clean indeed.

9 Make me hear of joy and gladness, *
that the body you have broken may rejoice.

10 Hide your face from my sins *
and blot out all my iniquities.
11 Create in me a clean heart, O God, *
and renew a right spirit within me.

12 Cast me not away from your presence *
and take not your holy Spirit from me.

13 Give me the joy of your saving help again *
and sustain me with your bountiful Spirit.

Saturday, July 25, 2015

Endow



Shailene Woodley as Tris Prior
Theo James as Four Eaten

Endow
Organization
組織を付
Soshiki o fuyo
from Ps.14

If the greatest possible being
exists in the mind, then an even greater being
must be possible; one whom exists in the mind
and in reality.


Greatness in being does not lie in the destruction
of others.  Greatness is defined by regard for
rights. It is by respect for others that one earns esteem
for his or her own freedom.


Freedom is granted by the grace of the entire body
within the boundaries of law. Law protects
the body from physical harm. It does not recognize
a right to kill based on membership in a group.


Groups that organize to serve the body
without the expectation of making money
as profit, earn exemption from tax.


When money is made beyond endowment
the group is to be taxed accordingly.


See the great joy of those who lead
by their service to others. Their aim
is to relieve suffering for the afflicted.
Love is their refuge.


Let endowment be learned and earned
with respect for the right to life. Morality
is not defined by the benefit of a single group.
It is formed by the welfare for all.



14 Dixit insipiens

1 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." *
All are corrupt and commit abominable acts;
there is none who does any good.

2 The Lord looks down from heaven upon us all, *
to see if there is any who is wise,
if there is one who seeks after God.

3 Every one has proved faithless;
all alike have turned bad; *
there is none who does good; no, not one.

4 Have they no knowledge, all those evildoers *
who eat up my people like bread
and do not call upon the Lord?

5 See how they tremble with fear, *
because God is in the company of the righteous.

6 Their aim is to confound the plans of the afflicted, *
but the Lord is their refuge.
7 Oh, that Israel's deliverance would come out of Zion! *
when the Lord restores the fortunes of his people,
Jacob will rejoice and Israel be glad.