Bible Review

Awake, awake, clothe yourself with splendor.

O arm of the Lord!

Awake as in days of old,

As in former ages!

It was you that hacked Rahab in pieces,

That pierced the Dragon.

It was you that dried up the Sea,

God stands in the divine assembly;

among the divine beings He pronounces

judgment.

How long will you judge perversely,

showing favor to the wicked?

Judge the wretched and the orphan,

vindicate the lowly and the poor,

‘apiru (AH-pee-roo): a group of people outside the mainstream of Canaanite society in the 14th–13th centuries B.C.E., described in some ancient texts as mercenaries or outlaws; some scholars believe they were one of the components of the early Israelites.

apotheosis (ah-POTH-ee-oh-sis): the elevation of a mortal to the rank of a god; also, a glorified ideal.

When Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done and how he had put all the prophets of Ba’al to the sword, Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “Thus and more may the gods do if by this time tomorrow I have not made you like one of them.” Frightened, Elijah fled at once for his life….