Habakkuk 3:17-19 paraphrase, by ESR
Though my body should not be healthy,
nor energy be in my cells,
the medicines and vitamins I take fail,
and the doctors keep finding more problems,
my friends be cut off from me,
and there be no one to relieve me of my tasks,
yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
God, the Lord, is my strength;
he makes me able to get out of bed in the morning;
He makes me think about good things,
like my servant-hearted husband and my toddler's cute laugh.
Okay, so this is a pretty loose paraphrase, but it is far more meaningful to me than the original, whose context is losing wealth in an agrarian society, not losing health in 21st-century US.
I've also been keeping good company with Job 38-42 and Psalm 13, among others.
nor energy be in my cells,
the medicines and vitamins I take fail,
and the doctors keep finding more problems,
my friends be cut off from me,
and there be no one to relieve me of my tasks,
yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
God, the Lord, is my strength;
he makes me able to get out of bed in the morning;
He makes me think about good things,
like my servant-hearted husband and my toddler's cute laugh.
Okay, so this is a pretty loose paraphrase, but it is far more meaningful to me than the original, whose context is losing wealth in an agrarian society, not losing health in 21st-century US.
I've also been keeping good company with Job 38-42 and Psalm 13, among others.

1 Comments:
I think that is a good paraphrase, Elisabeth. Oh, how I wish I could live closer to you to help you out. Please know that you are kept in my thoughts and prayers.
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