Sometimes lines of the Bible will strike me as odd, or flat-out antithetical to what I imagine God was trying to say. Psalm 145:22 (NAS) recently realized itself as one these: My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, and all the flesh will bless his holy Name for ever and ever (various other translations say “my flesh”).

I’m okay with the first part, but the second part jolts me to question the Psalmist’s theology, and sobriety. “David, I think you mixed-up your thoughts here, bud. You’re right-on with “speaking God’s praises and blessing His holy Name for ever and ever,” but then you throw-in this flesh part. Flesh can’t bless anything but itself. It defines the “bad, ugly, fallen, sinful, wretched man am I” category. And it hates God and is rightfully opposed to blessing. Right?”

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