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
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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