Based on “Homeless Portraiture” by leroys at stock.XCHANG. HaShem (the Lord) is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul; He guideth me in straight paths for His name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; Thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of HaShem (the Lord) for ever.(Psalm 23: 1-6)
The lyrics are by Denis Johnson:
Christ by the dumpster
peeling and tossing your lottery tickets –
oh Nazarine drinking dust,
oh Christ rising and falling,
oh Jesus Christ giving us the finger
in “Christ au tombeau”,bless please the people in art galleries
lonely as a distant train. Bless now
the cancer of the bone, the last light making
beautiful the poisons in the sky –and the condemned man in his tuxedo dream,
his dreams of limousines and innocence,
take off your clothes and come to him in dreams,
stand on the fire escape naked and bless
with jazz like a rivulet of codeine
the laughter spilling from our broken necklaces.
You know, I’ve always liked that psalm. Strange isn’t it.
The video is really strange, but kinda catchy
I think it illustrates the problem of “Why does God let bad things happen to good people?” – Why is there so much pain in the world? What kind of blessing does God give to people who are sick with cancer? To the homeless?
Sometimes it’s not easy to reconcile the reality of our world with faith in a benevolent deity.