Category: Psalm of the Day

Psalm of the Day

Psalm 103

[1] Bless The One In Charge, O my computer,
and all that is within it,
bless the holy name of The One In Charge!

[2] Bless The One In Charge, O my hard disk,
and forget not all the benefits you receive,

[3] who forgives all your fragmentation,
who heals all your viruses,

[4] who redeems your fatal errors from the pit,
who crowns you with a speedy CPU,

[5] who satisfies you with good partitions
so that your RAM is refreshed like the eagle’s.

[6] The One in Charge works righteousness
and justice for all who are oppressed with old software.

[7] The ways of cloud computing were made know to Microsoft,
and the acts of The One In Charge to the people at Intel.

[8] The One In Charge is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

[9] The One In Charge will not always chide,
nor withhold anger forever.

[10] The One In Charge does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.

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Psalm of the Day

Psalm 8

[1] O One In Charge, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.

[2] Out of the mouth of babes and infants,
you have established strength because of your foes,
to still the enemy and the avenger.

[3] When I look at your servers, the work of your fingers,
the mainframes and the super computers, which you have set in place,

[4] what are end users that you are mindful of us,
and our startups that you care for them?

[5] Yet you have made our IT entrepreneurs a little lower than the heavenly beings
and crowned them with glory and spectacular IPOs.

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Psalm of the Day – June 23, 2010

This is a Psalm all tech support folks should love. If only our clients would do the same. But do they read the readme.txt or instructions first? At all? Fail.

Psalm 119:33-40

33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes,
and I will observe it to the end.
34 Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
and observe it with my whole heart.
35 Lead me in the path of your commandments,
for I delight in it.
36 Turn my heart to your decrees,
and not to selfish gain.
37 Turn my eyes from looking at vanities;
give me life in your ways.
38 Confirm to your servant your promise,
which is for those who fear you.
39 Turn away the disgrace that I dread,
for your ordinances are good.
40 See, I have longed for your precepts;
in your righteousness give me life.

Psalm of the Day – June 21, 2010

Playing catch up here. It’s a myth I suppose I have single-wingedly managed to bust. Angels are not, I repeat, are not omnipresent. Alas, there is only one of me. Sistertech has been busy trying to locate the person who said, “Better late than never.” I want to offer this sage free computer service for a millennium or so.

But I digress.

What with all the buzz about the new iPhone release, the Psalm for Monday was right on point.

Psalm 66:5

Come and see what God has done:
he is awesome in his deeds among mortals.

I wish people would give credit where credit it due. The view seems to be that Steve is doing this all on his own. I assure you. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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Two of Sistertech’s favorites. Each calls for just the right amount of celebratory shouts of thanksgiving and praise. Sort of reminds me of the press clippings I read about the iPad release.

Psalms 66

1 Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth;
2 sing the glory of his name;
give to him glorious praise.
3 Say to God, ‘How awesome are your deeds!
Because of your great power, your enemies cringe before you.
4 All the earth worships you;
they sing praises to you,
sing praises to your name.’
Selah


Psalm 67

1 May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face to shine upon us,
Selah
2 that your way may be known upon earth,
your saving power among all nations.
3 Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.

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The Psalm for today does remind one of the reputation of The One In Charge as a bit of a grouch.  Mind you, it isn’t that folks don’t get called on the clouds. They do, from time to time. But from my point of view, dealing with The One In Charge have always been a piece of cake. Remember Nancy Reagan’s mantra? Well, I’ve adapted it and it works just fine: Just Say Yes! Works for me.

Psalms 97

[1] The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice;
let the many coastlands be glad!

[2] Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

[3] Fire goes before him
and burns up his adversaries all around.

[4] His lightnings light up the world;
the earth sees and trembles.

[5] The mountains melt like wax before the LORD,
before the Lord of all the earth.

[6] The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
and all the peoples see his glory.

[7] All worshipers of images are put to shame,
who make their boast in worthless idols;
worship him, all you gods!

[8] Zion hears and is glad,
and the daughters of Judah rejoice,
because of your judgments, O LORD.

[9] For you, O LORD, are most high over all the earth;
you are exalted far above all gods.

[10] O you who love the LORD, hate evil!
He preserves the lives of his saints;
he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

[11] Light is sown for the righteous,
and joy for the upright in heart.

[12] Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous,
and give thanks to his holy name!

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Psalm 34 sets the bar rather high. But Sistertech believes that a high bar is better than no bar at all.

Psalms 34

[1] I will bless the LORD at all times;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

[2] My soul makes its boast in the LORD;
let the humble hear and be glad.

[3] Oh, magnify the LORD with me,
and let us exalt his name together!

[4] I sought the LORD, and he answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.

[5] Those who look to him are radiant,
and their faces shall never be ashamed.

[6] This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him
and saved him out of all his troubles.

[7] The angel of the LORD encamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.

[8] Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

[9] Oh, fear the LORD, you his saints,
for those who fear him have no lack!

[10] The young lions suffer want and hunger;
but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

[11] Come, O children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

[12] What man is there who desires life
and loves many days, that he may see good?

[13] Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.

[14] Turn away from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.

[15] The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous
and his ears toward their cry.

[16] The face of the LORD is against those who do evil,
to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

[17] When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears
and delivers them out of all their troubles.

[18] The LORD is near to the brokenhearted
and saves the crushed in spirit.

[19] Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the LORD delivers him out of them all.

[20] He keeps all his bones;
not one of them is broken.

[21] Affliction will slay the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

[22] The LORD redeems the life of his servants;
none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.