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Thread #108330 Message #2253568
Posted By: Kent Davis
04-Feb-08 - 06:20 PM
Thread Name: Songs rejoicing in justice
Subject: RE: Songs rejoicing in justice
Thanks for those. Here are three more I've thought of:
"The Six King's Daughters" (Child #4) tells of a serial killer who is himself killed, drowned by the young lady whom he intended to make his seventh victim. thread.cfm?threadid=22848
"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" uses the memorable "grapes of wrath" allusion from Revelation 14:18-20 to describe the anticipated defeat of the Confederacy. (I'm NOT speculating about whether God was pleased to be described, in the song, as stomping the blood out of the Confederates. I'm just pointing out that this is the original meaning.) @displaysong.cfm?SongID=528
"The Song of Hannah" I Samuel 2:1-10 Hannah was the mother of Samuel. Here are verses 8,9:
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD's; upon them he has set the world.
He will guard the feet of his saints, but the wicked will be silenced in darkness. It is not by strength that one prevails;