The Evil Men Do

Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me;
For I am afflicted and needy.
Preserve my soul, for I am a godly man;
O You my God, save Your servant who trusts in You.

Be gracious to me, O Lord,
For to You I cry all day long.
Make glad the soul of Your servant,
For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.
Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer;
And give heed to the voice of my supplications!

In the day of my trouble I shall call upon You,
For You will answer me.
There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord,
Nor are there any works like Yours.

All nations whom You have made shall come and worship
Before You, O Lord, and they shall glorify Your name.
For You are great and do wondrous deeds;
You alone are God.

Teach me Your way, O LORD;
I will walk in Your truth;
Unite my heart to fear Your name.

I will give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
And will glorify Your name forever.
For Your lovingkindness toward me is great,
And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

O God, arrogant men have risen up against me,
And a band of violent men have sought my life,
And they have not set You before them.
But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

Turn to me, and be gracious to me;
Oh grant Your strength to Your servant,
And save the son of Your handmaid.

Show me a sign for good,
That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,
Because You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

Christmas approaching, there are several woman on my mind. It's so terribly convenient to be free an clear of their inanity. Oftentimes over the years this feeling would come on: so I'd sing to myself, "Got a bunch of women on my mind; one wants to hold me, another wants to scold me, the rest want to punch me out." toward this too shall pass. No problem.

The problem last evening was whether or not to make another request of friendship with a couple of good old boys at church. (The Facebook thing.) I wasn't good enough or something previously. Though I've no idea of the suppositions people like them make, I do know they are parochial gossips. I did follow through with another request. (We'll see.) They're both involved in the selection of the musical program, which is awfully tedious and buggered by too much noise from the garage band they've got "leading" the choir. It's totally incongruent. Strikes me as some sort of coterie.

Long history myself in dealing with the boys, buggered or not. In fact, the more I think about it, the less I feel the love I felt for the French woman there - the women enable the old boys, don't they. She's been unresponsive and I get the impression she's a gossip too, or at least under its influence. There's a queer fellow adjacent to us in assembly; he and his matronly friend go at it regularly. Couldn't believe it when I heard her divulge of another fellow. Blimey, I had intimated some things to her, in confidence. The queers are just another twist on telegraph, telephone and tell a woman.

So it's ironic that the military goes queer presently. That will make it much more easy to remain pacifist. How dumb can they get? Pretty stupid. God save the Republic.