{"id":2588,"date":"2012-06-07T06:34:26","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T13:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tgdarkly.com\/blog\/?p=2463"},"modified":"2012-06-07T06:34:26","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T13:34:26","slug":"poem-the-psalmists-profession-of-uprightness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/2012\/06\/07\/poem-the-psalmists-profession-of-uprightness\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem:  The Psalmist&#039;s Profession of Uprightness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cNo one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.\u201d\u00a0 &#8211; Ps. 101:5<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The King enthroned: a glorious sight!<br \/>\nHe sparkles in his ermine robes, his garnet rings, his crown.<br \/>\nHis holds his staff erect, above the gathered crowd, a flash of gold,<br \/>\nthe sign life or death.<\/p>\n<p>His Court arrays in splendid form at his right hand.<br \/>\nTheir glistening silks flow toward the throne<br \/>\nand back again. Electric arcs of power trace their mouths, a low expectant hum.<br \/>\nThey smell of ozone and of smoke.<\/p>\n<p>The Guards, their bronze-tipped spears like stars,<br \/>\nform ranks behind the Court. Their breastplates sculpt the shape<br \/>\nof muscled beasts. Their faces, cut from stone, unflinching, stare toward the King,<br \/>\ndesiring his command.<\/p>\n<p>The Priests and Monks hold silence at the King\u2019s left hand,<br \/>\nin ruby cloaks or cassocks black as tar. They lightly sway and chant a hymn,<br \/>\ntheir song and incense sweetening the air. A sacrificial dove is held above the bowl,<br \/>\nits blood a recompense for sin.<\/p>\n<p>The Subjects wait before the throne. They kneel, abased, and kiss the cool grey floor,<br \/>\ntheir calloused palms turned up in prayer. They wear their finest farmer\u2019s wool,<br \/>\nrough garments for this place, and offer bowls of figs and grapes, and bread,<br \/>\nand honeycombs.<\/p>\n<p>The King, his arms held wide, arises from his throne,<br \/>\nthe purple lining of his robes like wings unfolding in the Sun. His eye<br \/>\nsurveys the multitudes who gather at his word. The Earth falls still. Now he will speak,<br \/>\nand all will hear the voice of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNo one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.\u201d\u00a0 &#8211; Ps. 101:5 The King enthroned: a glorious sight! He sparkles in his ermine robes, his garnet rings, his crown. His holds his staff erect, above the gathered crowd, a flash of gold, the sign life or death. His Court arrays [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30,74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","category-spirit"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p824rZ-FK","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidopderbeck.com\/tgdarkly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}