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Автор: Herbert O'Driscoll
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      Finer Than gold

      Sweeter Than honey

      is a Path Book

       offering practical spirituality

       to enrich everyday living

      “Your word is a lamp to my feet

       and a light to my path.”

      Psalm 119:105

      Finer Than gold

      Sweeter Than honey

      The Psalms for Our Living

      herbert O’Driscoll

      ABC Publishing, Anglican Book Centre

       General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada

       80 Hayden Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M4Y 3G2

       [email protected]

      www.abcpublishing.com www.pathbooks.com

      Reflections on the Psalms of David copyright © 2006

      by Herbert O’Driscoll

      Suggestions for Reflection and Prayer copyright © 2006

      by Robert Maclennan

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher.

      Quotations from the Book of Psalms are from The Book of Alternative Services, copyright 1985 by the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada.

      Cover illustration : “King David the Psalmist,” The British Library

      Text set in Garamond, Optima, and Iona

      Cover and text design by Jane Thornton

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      O’Driscoll, Herbert, 1928-

      Finer than gold, sweeter than honey : the Psalms for our living / Herbert O’Driscoll.

      ISBN 1-55126-449-8

      1. Bible. O.T. Psalms—Meditations. I. Title.

      BS1430.54.O37 2006 223’.206 C2005-906932-5

      Printed in Canada

      for Paula

       with love

       in our fiftieth year

      The judgements of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

       More to be desired are they than gold,

       more than much fine gold,

       sweeter far than honey, than honey in the comb.

       — Psalm 19:9-10

      Contents

       Psalm 33