Psalmprovisation 147

Psalm 147 is the appointed Psalm for the second Sunday after Christmas (RCL).

Once again the piece is reflective of my own unique take on the Psalms - That the poetry presents a decidedly human take on the nature of divinity - in some cases a god drawn in the image of poet and his contemporaneous culture.

We see at the onset a decidedly hopeful, benevelent and almost universal 'take' on the nature of the Deity, however as the Psalm progresses, this image of G-d gives way to one that more and more nationalistically focused.

A recurrent motive of 6 repeated notes (played on the piano, in octaves) represents the human nature of the Psalm's perspective. (6=the human number)