is that they address really the whole spectrum of human emotion, from intense despair and feelings of abandonment by God, feelings of betrayal by humankind, fear of mortality, to great joy and jubilance.
(reading from translation of Psalm 23): "And when I walk through the valley overshadowed by death, I will fear no harm, for you are with me."
In translating Psalm 23, I was very aware that it is the psalm that people are most familiar with, and so I wrestled with it.
from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly: A Poet on the Psalms
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