July 2, 2020 Daily Calligraphy Psalm 2

I had a teacher for quite a while (until the end of 7th grade) who did daily readings from the Bible, and once a week scripture class, which I both adored and hated. I adored it because she would also talk about the history and world (as she knew it, and she was actually pretty knowledgeable) about the world "back then" but I hated it because she would just read the one sentence that she had decided on that day, and go off on that. Which always managed to frustrate me because I was fine with the sermon on the one phrase, but I wanted to hear the context that phrase was in also. So I will be repeating previous phrases for a bit each day in the text on the computer so I, at least, can see the more of the whole. Today, I did Psalme 2, which brings us to a grand total of 2 psalmes written in a very poor hand, but wait until I get to the end of the book of psalmes! I bet I will be very good, or at least decent by then. 

1.The man is best, that hath not bent to wicked rede his are: nor led his life as sinners do, not sate in scorner's chair. 2. But in the law of God the Lord, doth let his whole delight, and in that law doth exercise him self both day and night.

By the way, that teacher also did the same thing with this video of Mortimer Adler and I thought I hated his philosophizing until I got to see him in person one time with my mom, and I was all amazed that he made sense and he was not agonizing at all. So... uhm, if you are a teacher, maybe keep in mind that some of us work better if we get to see more of the whole occasionally...

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Tomorrow's psalm. The (kinda) modern version is "2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord : and in his law will he exercise himself day and night." From (https://www.churchofengland.org/…/book-c…/psalter/psalms-1-5 and yes, I am choose the Church of England's translation on purpose). 

I think an transcription of what is printed on this page (from this source https://publicdomainreview.org/…/the-whole-booke-of-psalmes…) is

(2) But in the law of God the Lord, doth let his whole delight, and in that law doth exercise him self both day and night. 

Interesting how the change from whole delight to his delight happened. It even kinda changes the meaning somewhat. Like, in the older one, that is the only thing he should delight in, and in the more modern one, it is just a delight that he has. Also, in the older one, I think it is clearer that the law is god's. In the newer version, the antecedents get kinda confused, and if one chose to, one could assume that "his law" was the man, not God's. 

Just to have them together, 
(1)The man is best, that hath not bent to wicked rede his are: nor led his life as sinners do, not sate in scorner's chair. (2) But in the law of God the Lord, doth let his whole delight, and in that law doth exercise him self both day and night.