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Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32 RCL Context
The storm story in the Gospel is a powerful one, and it's powerfully supported by the other two Hebrew Bible texts.
In the Psalm, the imagery of the sea storm is violent. The crew "reels and staggers like drunkards." A Pentecost holdover?
But the storm subsides, to a whisper, no less. Not quite the "dead calm" given in the Gospel. Why the difference?
The storm story in the Gospel is a powerful one, and it's powerfully supported by the other two Hebrew Bible texts.
In the Psalm, the imagery of the sea storm is violent. The crew "reels and staggers like drunkards." A Pentecost holdover?
But the storm subsides, to a whisper, no less. Not quite the "dead calm" given in the Gospel. Why the difference?
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