Greek 23 - A Psalm of David

As a student of New Testament Greek, I found this Psalm of David (Black) very relevant and timely. If you've spent any time studying this language then this will resonate within you. Two parts of this Psalm really hit home with me: the scourge of participles, and the comfort of appendices and charts.

Greek 23

A Psalm of David (Black)

My textbook is my guide, I am never in need.

It makes me learn the conjugations.

It leads me beside the declensions.

It restores my confidence in grammar.

It guides me along the paths of exegesis

For its publisher's sake.

Even though I face the scourge of participles

I will fear no evil,

For you are with me.

Your appendices and charts,

They comfort me.

You prepare an answer for me in the presence of my teachers.

You anoint my mind with wisdom.

My soul bursts with pleasure.

Surely my textbook will follow me

All the days of my life,

And I will remain a Greek student forever.