God be merciful unto us, and bless us;
and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
That thy way may be known upon earth,
thy saving health among all nations.
Psalm 67: 1 – 2


God be merciful unto us, and bless us;
and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
That thy way may be known upon earth,
thy saving health among all nations.
Psalm 67: 1 – 2
There are words and phrases from our Psalms series that stay with me, and that I hope to include in new poems, with references.
Mercy – “for his mercy endureth for ever”
Lovingkindness – “Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning”
before dawn
bird songs
in the yard
through an open
kitchen window
and I remember
to hear His
lovingkindness
inthe morning
and I pray
may there be
mercy, love, and
kindness
in my heart
all day
Ellen Grace Olinger
From The Psalms 2020 Series
Psalm 3 post – March 19, 2020
I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
Psalm 3: 4
Image: William Morris Full-Color Patterns and Designs, courtesy of Dover Publications.
Psalm 48 post – April 15, 2020
For this God is our God for ever and ever . . .
From Psalm 48: 14
Psalm 94 post – May 25, 2020
In the multitude
of my thoughts within me
thy comforts delight my soul.
Psalm 94: 19
Psalm 126 post – June 29, 2020
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Psalm 126: 5
The image is from Japanese Border Designs, courtesy of The Dover Design Sampler, from Dover Publications.
Psalm 142 post – July 16, 2020
I cried unto the LORD with my voice;
with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
Psalm 142: 1
As you can see, for this collage I selected a post from each month for the series (March 2020 – July 2020). The collages are another way to review and perhaps introduce the Psalms to new readers. Always new.
2020 Blog Collage Posts
The Psalms 2020 Series: Blog Collage One
The Psalms 2020 Series: Blog Collage Two
Blog Collage Three: Garden Photos
Blog Collage Four: Iris Inspiration
Blog Collage Five: Art and History
Blog Collage Seven: Designs and Found Art
Thank you and take good care.
The Psalms Series: March 2020 Index is a new Page.
The Pages and Archives are filed under MENU.
Creative Update: Our 2020 series from The Psalms is my post from October 3, 2020. I decided to create an Index Page for each month of our series.
I will let you know in a post when the next Index Page is published.
praying the Psalms
sun reaches the chair
where I read
God be merciful unto us, and bless us;
and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
That thy way may be known upon earth,
thy saving health among all nations.
Psalm 67: 1 – 2
From the post for April 30, 2020
While I work on an index for our series from the Psalms this year, it occurred to me that highlighting the Months for the series in the Archives might be helpful. The Archives are filed under MENU.
I am grateful for all the artists who add so much color and beauty to the posts. The idea for the series is simple: a short selection from each Psalm and a picture. There are some other posts as well.
Vocabluary List 1 is a post from July 29, 2020.
“There are words and phrases from our Psalms series that stay with me, and that I hope to include in new poems, with references.”
Vocabulary List 2 is a post from August 7, 2020.