His Mercy Endureth For Ever
In a recent podcast , Dr. John White spoke about the psalms, and highlighted this: “I like what the ancient Jewish tradition says at the center of the psalter is 78:38. In the middle verse, arguably people say this is the center. If you go right to the center of the whole book of Psalms, it says this in verse 38.” That verse reads this way: “But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.” Dr. White continued, “But he, God, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity. So mercy is literally in the middle of the book. And that shouldn't surprise us as Latter-day Saints, but you see, even though that doesn't function technically as a chiasmus, but we see in Alma 36, listeners will know John Welch. He's well known for this observation, that we see at the center, this phrase by Alma, Oh, Jesus, thou son of God, have mercy on me. So in both testaments of Christ, ...