“No man is an Iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine“
John Donne, Meditation XVII in Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
- First, thanks to the ones, both known and anonymous, who if they had not acted like Joseph’s brothers I might never have embarked on this journey through the Psalms.
- Thanks to Dr. Rob Price who first allowed me to investigate poetic responses to the Psalms.
- Thanks to Dr. Ken Way who helped to excite in me a love for the wisdom literature of Scripture and allowed great latitude for my research paper in his Old Testament class which was, to a certain degree, a formative influence on this current work.
- Thanks to Leroy Case and L.T. Newland for their friendship and encouraging feedback on the poetry with which I frequently filled their in-boxes.
- Thanks to Alexandra Repke and Elizabeth Emerson for their support and willingness to offer honest critiques.
- Thanks to Steve Baarendse, for a friendship that reaches back to college, the likes of which I wish everyone might experience and for his thoughtful comments on the prose portions of this book.
- And finally, a special thanks to Ami Wagner for her friendship and willingness to offer meaningful critiques, all of which have helped to make this book better than it would have been without her insight.