Month: July 2013

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News/Politics 7-17-13

What’s interesting in the news today?

Open thread.

Fast and Furious today.

First up, Exit Sandman. 😦

And a classy display by both teams, waiting in the dugouts to give the greatest reliever ever his moment in the spotlight in his final All-Star appearance. He was also awarded the MVP for the game.

The American League defeated the National League 3-0.

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From Trust.org  “George Zimmerman’s chief defense lawyer on Monday called Florida prosecutors “a disgrace to my profession” for holding back evidence for months and pledged a new effort to impose sanctions against them.” 

A malicious prosecution suit is possibly in the works against the state and the hack/prosecutor Angela Corey as well.

The next bunch are protesters behaving badly.

From ABCLocal   “Police in Chester County, Pennsylvania are investigating an act of vandalism with racial overtones, possibly connected to the fallout from the verdict in the George Zimmerman murder trial.”

While the ABC story mentions the “Kill Zimmerman” graffiti, there were threats as well.

Reports of possible racially motivated attacks have come from several cities. An unbiased DoJ would pursue these as obvious hate crimes/civil rights violations. But we don’t have an unbiased DoJ, so don’t hold your breath.

From Wisn.com  “”This man was just walking through the park and they just all jumped on him and  they were just beating him and, like, ‘This is for Trayvon Martin,'” said  Tiffany Biles, who witnessed the attack.”

Similar reports have come from Mississippi, Oakland, and Baltimore as well.

The next one is just sad.

From ChicagoCBSLocal  ” A sign posted outside a south suburban church is generating a powerful debate over race in the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict. The marquee outside the First Baptist Church of University Park earlier this week read: “It Is Safe To Kill Black People In Amerikkka.””

Some in the media just continue to not see the obvious. Some just wanna express their white guilt or something.

From Mediaite  ““There’s a lot of white shame today,” said MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts on Sunday which his network rebroadcast on Tuesday. The anchor said on MSNBC that his white family and friends, as well as social media contacts, have expressed their shame over their race as it relates to the verdict in the trail of George Zimmerman. “If you’re an other,” Roberts warned, “Be worried.” “I’ve been getting this from family, loved ones, all the people in my life and through social media, and I’ll say it, honestly, there’s a lot of white shame today,” Roberts told MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry. “And while we look at lady justice and she’s supposed to be blind, it’s like, what are we saying about the life of this kid being disposable?”

Some are starting to come around though.

From HotAir  “Don’t take this excellent and self-effacing essay from Slate’s William Saletan as an endorsement of George Zimmerman’s actions.  Instead, it’s an indictment of the sensationalist media coverage that distorted or outright manufactured narratives in the case, and of the activists on all sides of the ledger who have exploited a tragedy for political gain.  Only after informing himself by watching the actual trial, evidence, and closing arguments did Saletan have his epiphany.

The whole piece from Slate is here. “You Are Not Trayvon Martin. His death wasn’t about race, guns, or your pet issue. It was about misjudgment and overreaction—exactly what we’re doing now to the verdict.

The last one on this topic is next.

From TheWashingtonPost  “I don’t like what George Zimmerman did, and I hate that Trayvon Martin is dead. But I also can understand why Zimmerman was suspicious and why he thought Martin was wearing a uniform we all recognize. I don’t know whether Zimmerman is a racist. But I’m tired of politicians and others who have donned hoodies in solidarity with Martin and who essentially suggest that, for recognizing the reality of urban crime in the United States, I am a racist. The hoodie blinds them as much as it did Zimmerman.

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Next up, some good news. 🙂

From TownHall  “NOVA Women’s Healthcare of Fairfax County was one of the largest and most frequented abortion clinics in the state of Virginia. It performed more abortions than any other provider in the Old Dominion in the last few years, including 3,066 in 2012 alone. But, thanks to new abortion regulations in the state and a denied permit, it has seen its last patient.”

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This next one, well…..  People in Glass Houses and all…..

From NBCWashington  “Last week, the Council approved a measure that would require Walmart and other large retailers doing business in the District to pay a “living wage” of $12.50 per hour.

But… uh oh. Hypocrisy alert. District government pays less than $12.50 per hour.”

DOH! 🙄

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Next up, Fuzzy Math.

From CNSNews  “Thus, over the past 56 days, the net value of U.S. Treasury  Securities circulating in the public has increased by $51.586 billion  ($629,099,000,000 minus $577,513,000,000). How could the value of extant U.S. Treasury Securities increase by  $51.586 billion during a 56-day period when the federal government’s  debt subject to the legal limit set by Congress has remained constant at  $16,699,396,000,000.00—just $25 million below the legal limit?”

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Problems with ObamaCare? Really? Well this is the first I’ve heard of it. 🙄

From TheHill  “White House press secretary Jay Carney on Tuesday dismissed  reports that some employers were hiring more part-time employees because of the  president’s signature healthcare law.

“The data reflects that there is not support for the proposition  that businesses are not hiring full-time employees because of the Affordable  Care Act,” Carney told reporters.

According  to The  Wall Street Journal, employers have added more part-time  employees — about 93,000 a month — in 2013 than full-time workers — averaging  about 22,000 per month. That’s a reversal from 2012, when employers hired 31,000  part-time workers and 171,000 full-time ones per month.”

DOH!  That’s called “Message Fail” kids. 😉

And on a related note……  From TheWashingtonExaminer  “Despite the administration’s controversial decision to delay forcing companies to join Obamacare for a year, three-quarters of small businesses are still making plans to duck the costly law by firing workers, reducing hours of full-time staff, or shift many to part-time, according to a sobering survey released by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

“Small businesses expect the requirement to negatively impact their employees. Twenty-seven percent say they will cut hours to reduce full-time employees, 24 percent will reduce hiring, and 23 percent plan to replace full-time employees with part-time workers to avoid triggering the mandate,” said the Chamber business survey provided to Secrets.”

Summer of Recovery? Anyone? Biden?

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Our Daily Thread 7-16-13

Good Morning!

On this day in 1790 the District of Columbia, or Washington, DC, was established as the permanent seat of the United States Government.

In 1862 David G. Farragut became the first rear-admiral in the U.S. Navy.

In 1912 Bradley A. Fiske patented the airplane torpedo.

In 1926 the first underwater color photographs appeared in “National Geographic” magazine.

In 1935 Oklahoma City became the first city in the U.S. to make use of parking meters.

In 1945 the United States detonated the first atomic bomb in a test at Alamogordo, NM.

In 1951 J.D. Salinger’s novel “The Catcher in the Rye” was first published.

In 1957 Marine Major John Glenn set a transcontinental speed record when he flew a jet from California to New York. It took 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds.

In 1969 Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, FL, and began the first manned mission to land on the moon.

And in 1973 Alexander P. Butterfield informed the Senate committee investigating the Watergate affair of the existence of recorded tapes.  

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Quote of the Day

“Every once in a while, someone will mail me a single popcorn kernel that didn’t pop. I’ll get out a fresh kernel, tape it to a piece of paper and mail it back to them.”  🙂

Orville Redenbacher

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Today is Ginger Rogers’ birthday.

It’s also Stewart Copeland’s birthday. He’s the drummer.

And it was on this day in 1981 that Harry Chapin was killed in an auto accident on the way to a benefit concert. 🙂

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Anyone have a QoD for us today?

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Prayer Requests 7-16-13

Who can we pray for today?

Psalm 119:123-138

123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.

124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

126 It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law.

127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.

135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.

136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

137 Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.

138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.

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News/Politics 7-16-13

What’s interesting out there today?

The Zimmerman acquittal continues to lead. It’s playing out much the way you would expect. The baiters gotta bait, the biased media has to show their bias, and the truth isn’t really a concern. The mob rules.

From the head of the NAACP, via TheOrlandoSentinel

“In remarks to reporters after his speech, Jealous, a father of two, said the George Zimmerman acquittal brought him to tears.

“When I heard that….the first thing I did was walk over to my son’s crib and lift him up, and I listened to him breathe,” Jealous recalled.

“And then I began to cry,” he said. “No one can explain to me how, if this young boy [Trayvon Martin] was white, somebody wouldn’t be in prison right now.””

He then goes on to call it a modern day lynching. Somebody’s being lynched, but it’s not who he thinks it is.

Next up, don’t anger the mob. And with a CONTENT WARNING!!! for language. From TheDailyCaller

“Christian Hartsock, a conservative journalist and filmmaker, says he was  assaulted and beaten down to the ground by a mob with repeated strikes to the  face while reporting at a Trayvon Martin rally in downtown Oakland Sunday  night.

“I have interviews and I have footage of [Trayvon protestors] chanting ‘no  justice, no peace—%$&# &%$ pigs in your sleep,’” Hartsock told The Daily Caller.  “One of them was an elementary schooler chanting with his mom.”

Of course elected officials like Holder and Rangel are getting in on the act. From Mediaite

“Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) told MSNBC’s Martin Bashir on Monday that the outcome of the trial of George Zimmerman would have been different had the defendant been black and not Hispanic. If that were the case, Rangel said, the question would be whether the arresting officers would have “beat him to death” before putting him in handcuffs on the spot.”

Like I said, baiters gotta bait. Here’s more from the head of the CBC. From HuffPo

“Congressional Black Caucus chair Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) issued harsh words over the verdict in the George Zimmerman case, arguing that a “young black boy” was put on trial rather than the man who killed him.

“Mr. Zimmerman was found not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, he was not found innocent. All of the facts I think that I know, that I’m aware of, is that there was a young man walking in his neighborhood, walking to his house unarmed, and someone decided that he looked suspicious,” Fudge said during an appearance on MSNBC.”

Wait, what?

Just a quick check of the definition shows that she’s misinformed.

in·no·cent
(n-snt)

2.

a. Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless: was innocent of all charges.
b. Within, allowed by, or sanctioned by the law; lawful.
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Now that we’re done with the drama queens and assorted agenda driven fanatics, let’s try a little truth, which none of the above are even mentioning since it doesn’t fit their agendas. The jury is beginning to speak. From CNN

“One of the jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman of killing Florida teen Trayvon Martin said she believed Martin threw the first punch in their confrontation and that Zimmerman probably feared for his life before shooting Martin. The juror spoke to CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” on Monday.

The juror also said she believed Zimmerman’s “heart was in the right place” the night he killed Martin, but didn’t use “good judgment” in confronting him.”

It was always self-defense. He’s not the monster they’ve made him out to be. Neither was Trayvon, but denying that his actions didn’t contribute to his death is dishonest.

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And in other news…….  A trial that should be receiving way more airtime, yet oddly isn’t. Gee, I wonder why?…. 🙄

Nope, no bias here, move along…. From HotAir

“These tweets from Karen Townsend and Elizabeth Scalia reminded me that we have at least one trial in progress in the United States that the media has failed to sensationalize. It has issues of terrorism, betrayal, mass murder, and religious extremism within it, so why do we hear so little about … Nidal Hasan?”

“That prompted me to do a little research into the Fort Hood shooting court-martial to see how much coverage it has received so far.  The answer is … not much.  The pre-trial voir dire has entered its second week, but the only news outlet interested at this point is the Associated Press.  The three updates today I did manage to find all came from the AP:”

Shhhhhhh… It’s a secret……

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Which brings me to this next one. Isn’t it time to stop with the charades and insistence of neutrality and just have them state the obvious and confirm what we already know? From TheGuardian/UK

“Are mainstream journalists dedicated to journalism? This may seem like a strange question, especially since I’m a journalist myself, though independent and not tied to a corporate news organisation.

We are bombarded with details that claim to inform us about the world. From war and peace to politics and global affairs, reporters produce content that is consumed by the vast majority of the population. There are claims of holding power to account, questioning how governments, officials and businesses make decisions that affect us all. In reality, corporate and political interests too often influence what we see and hear.

Of course, profound failures regularly occur – not least during the global financial crisis, when most business reporters were far too close to bankers causing the lying and deceit. Or in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq war, when too few in the media questioned the bogus rationale by the Bush administration and its allies about Saddam Hussein’s supposed WMD threat. More recently, many in the Washington media elite rallied around Barack Obama and his defence of mass surveillance after the explosive revelations of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

But the media has singularly failed in holding itself to account. We, as journalists, should disclose for whom we vote and any other political affiliations that may affect our reporting. It’s the least we can do to restore trust in an industry that regularly receives low marks by its readers. A 2011 study by Edelman Public Relations found only 33% of the Australian public trusted the press, compared to an average of 49% globally. A 2013 study by Transparency International finds Australians rank political parties and the media as the most corrupt institutions in the state.”

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Yes Please! 🙂

From TheWashingtonExaminer

“The New York Times polling analyst Nate Silver believes that Republicans may have a shot at retaking the Senate.

“A race-by-race analysis of the Senate, in fact, suggests that Republicans might now be close to even-money to win control of the chamber after next year’s elections,” Silver writes on his “Five Thirty Eight” blog. “Our best guess, after assigning probabilities of the likelihood of a G.O.P. pickup in each state, is that Republicans will end up with somewhere between 50 and 51 Senate seats after 2014, putting them right on the threshold of a majority.””

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If you’re a Republican, you resign in shame, if you’re a Democrat, sex scandals are resume’ enhancers. From HotAir

“Confession: It used to bug me when conservatives would dump on my hometown. I understood it wasn’t personal — red-state voters will obviously disdain a deep blue city. And there’s no disputing, whatever your feelings about NYC, that Bloomberg’s a cretin and the Yankees are evil. But still, you can’t listen to people dumping on the place where you grew up and not wince. It hits you where you live. Literally.

That’s how I felt. Until I saw this, and now, suddenly, I get it. I can finally watch “Cloverfield” and enjoy it without misgivings.”

“Strong support among black voters propels former Congressman Anthony Weiner to the top of the heap in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor and gives former Gov. Eliot Spitzer a 48 – 33 percent lead over Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer in the Democratic primary race for city comptroller, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today…”

Hey NY, you do realize that even California is laughing at you, right? I need a facepalm smiley.

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Our Daily Thread 7-15-13

Good Morning!

On this day in 1099 Jerusalem fell to the Crusaders.

In 1789 the electors of Paris set up a “Commune” to live without the authority of the government. The very first Hippies? 😯

In 1870 Georgia became the last of the Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.

In 1876 George Washington Bradley of St. Louis pitched the first no-hitter in baseball in a 2-0 win over Hartford.

In 1922 the duck-billed platypus arrived in America from Australia, and was exhibited at the Bronx Zoo in New York City.

In 1958 five thousand U.S. Marines landed in Beirut, Lebanon.

In 1968 ABC-TV premiered “One Life to Live”.

And in 1973 Nolan Ryan became the first pitcher in two decades to win two no-hitters in a season.

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Quote of the Day

“News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising.”

Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe

Now that’s a name. 🙂

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That’s almost as cool a name as this one. 🙂

Next up, well I did mention platypus’……… 🙂

And for birthday musicians today, Mr. Joe Satriani. Consider this your wake-up call. 🙂 Flying in a Blue Dream, live.

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Anyone have a QoD for us?

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Prayer Requests 7-15-13

Who has a request or praise to share today?

Psalm 119:101-117

101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word.

108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments.

109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.

113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

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News/Politics 7-15-13

What’s interesting in the news today?

Of course the George Zimmerman acquittal continues to dominate the news. 

If you missed the press conference from his attorneys, here it is. Note the 7:40 to 8:10 mark where they discuss the malpractice from the media in this case. It’s worth a watch.

Meanwhile, that behavior from certain media outlets and race-baiters continues.

See, this is the type of coverage you’re getting sued over. From TheWaPo

“Last night’s not-guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial will enable the neighborhood-watch volunteer to resume his case against NBC News for the mis-editing of his widely distributed call to police. Back in December, Zimmerman sued NBC Universal Media for defamation over the botched editing, which depicted him as a hardened racial profiler.”

Funny, while I watched MSNBC Saturday night, I don’t recall anyone disclosing the lawsuit against them while they were busy again disparaging Zimmerman. I wonder why? 🙄

The President has also chimed in again with yet another opinion.  He wants to use it to push his anti-gun crusade. From CNN

“”I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son. And as we do, we should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to widen the circle of compassion and understanding in our own communities.

“We should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on a daily basis,” Obama said.”

“Obama said in closing his statement that Americans asking “ourselves, as individuals and as a society, how we can prevent future tragedies like this” is one way “to honor Trayvon Martin.””

That last part bothers me. Honor him for what exactly? I’m not being harsh, I just don’t see what was honorable about his behavior, which led to his death.

So as you would expect, every Democrat and his brother want a civil rights investigation. They couldn’t get him here, so now they will try even more politicized charges. From BuzzFeed

“Federal prosecutors are pressing forward with their investigation into the killing of Trayvon Martin following the acquittal of the man who shot him, George Zimmerman, on state charges, a spokesperson for the Justice Department said Sunday.

“Experienced federal prosecutors will determine whether the evidence reveals a prosecutable violation of any of the limited federal criminal civil rights statutes within our jurisdiction, and whether federal prosecution is appropriate in accordance with the Department’s policy governing successive federal prosecution following a state trial,” Dena W. Iverson, a Justice spokesperson, said in a statement.”

“Civil rights leaders” are too. From TheMiamiHerald

““If the state jury had been persuaded beyond a reasonable doubt that Zimmerman caused bodily harm to Trayvon Martin because of Martin’s race, it would have almost certainly convicted Zimmerman of second-degree murder, which requires proof of ‘ill-will’ or ‘malice,’” said Scott Srebnick, a prominent federal criminal defense attorney in Miami. “So, to bring a federal civil-rights prosecution against Zimmerman, the attorney general would essentially be second-guessing the state jury’s verdict as opposed to vindicating a different or broader federal interest.”

Srebnick added: “I find it doubtful that the attorney general will pursue a prosecution on a civil rights theory simply out of displeasure with the state jury’s verdict.”

But there might be a problem with that, although I doubt it stops them. See, the FBI has already investigated this too, and found that race was not a factor.  From McClatchy

“After interviewing nearly three dozen people in the George Zimmerman murder case, the FBI found no evidence that racial bias was a motivating factor in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, records released Thursday show.”

“The Duval County State Attorney released another collection of evidence in the Zimmerman murder case Thursday, including reports from FBI agents who investigated whether any racial bias was involved in Trayvon’s Feb. 26 killing.”

“Federal agents interviewed Zimmerman’s neighbors and co-workers, but none said Zimmerman had expressed racial animus at any time prior to the Feb. 26 shooting of Martin, a black teen, in a confrontation at a Sanford housing complex. As Sanford police investigated the circumstances of Martin’s death, the FBI opened a parallel probe to determine if Martin’s civil rights had been violated.”

The Sanford police also found the same and said race wasn’t a factor. So how exactly is there a civil rights, or hate crime issue?

Meanwhile, the protests and rallies continue. From NBCNews

“Trayvon Martin supporters, many dressed in hoodies, are demonstrating their anger at the acquittal of George Zimmerman through mostly peaceful protests from coast to coast.”

More here on some protesters not being peaceful and orderly. From WeaselZippers

“Trayvon Martin Protesters Shut Down LA Freeway, Throwing Bottles – Update: LAPD Firing Rubber Bullets…”

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And here’s a couple of others you might find interesting. This one, Pravda’s got nothin’ on us. 😉 From TheCable/ForeignPolicy.com

“For decades, a so-called anti-propaganda law prevented the U.S. government’s mammoth broadcasting arm from delivering programming to American audiences. But on July 2, that came silently to an end with the implementation of a new reform passed in January. The result: an unleashing of thousands of hours per week of government-funded radio and TV programs for domestic U.S. consumption in a reform initially criticized as a green light for U.S. domestic propaganda efforts. So what just happened?”

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And always remember, things could be worse. 😯 From TheTelegraphUK

“A Brazilian man died after a cow fell through his roof on top of him as he was in bed.”

“The cow is believed to have escaped from a nearby farm and climbed onto the roof of the couple’s house, which backs onto a steep hill on Wednesday night.

The corrugated roof immediately gave way and the one-and-a-half-ton animal fell eight feet onto Mr de Souza’s side of the bed.”

“His wife, and the cow, both reportedly escaped unharmed.”

😯

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Our Daily Thread 7-13-13

Good Morning!

Happy Saturday! 🙂

On this day in 1585 a group of 108 English colonists, led by Sir Richard  Grenville, reached Roanoke Island, NC.

In 1754 at the beginning of the French and Indian War, George Washington surrendered Fort Necessity in southwestern Pennsylvania to the French.

In 1832 Henry Schoolcraft discovered the source of the Mississippi River in Minnesota.

In 1863 opponents of the Civil War draft began three days of rioting in New York City, which resulted in more than 1,000 casualties.

In 1972 Carroll Rosenbloom (owner of the Baltimore Colts) and Robert Irsay (owner of the Los Angeles Rams) traded teams.

And in 1982 the All-Star Game was played outside the United States for the first time. They played in Montreal, Canada.

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Quote of the Day

“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”

Thomas Paine

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This song was released today in 1959.

This one was released today in 1968.

And on this day in 1984 Philippe Wynne, former lead singer of this band, died on stage of a heart attack in Oakland, CA.

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Anyone have a QoD for us?

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Prayer Requests 7-13-13

Who has a request or praise to share today?

Psalm 119:82-94

82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?

85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.

87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

89 For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.

90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.

92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.

94 I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts.