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Psalms 11 (KJV)
2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily* shoot at the upright in heart.
3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
It has been my practice to post on the Anniversary of the 11 September Attacks (eg, here, here, here ). This year my offering is Psalm 11 set out above in its Kong James English version.
The Statement of President Biden on this Anniversary follows below. Mr. Biden chose to focus on the biblical imagery of the crucible. The allusion evokes Proverbs 27:21-22 ("The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise. 22 Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him."). One looks to what came; the other, perhaps, to what may come.
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Anniversary of September 11
Today, our nation comes together to renew our sacred vow: Never Forget.
Never
forget each of the 2,977 precious lives stolen from us when terrorists
attacked our nation. Never forget their families who still bear the
grief from that searing September morning. Never forget the heroic
citizens and survivors who rushed to help their fellow Americans. And
never forget that when faced with evil—and an enemy that sought to tear
us apart—we endured.
In the crucible of September 11 and the days
that followed, we showed what Americans are made of. Firefighters and
police officers running into the inferno of jet fuel and debris at
Ground Zero. Civilians and service members at the Pentagon rushing into
the fiery breach to rescue their colleagues. The heroes of Flight 93,
who confronted terror with absolute courage and undoubtedly saved more
American lives. Neighbors who showed up for neighbors to grieve and to
rebuild. And hundreds of thousands of women and men whose hands went
up—ready to serve our country.
On this day 23 years ago,
terrorists believed they could break our will and bring us to our knees.
They were wrong. They will always be wrong. In the darkest of hours, we
found light. And in the face of fear, we came together—to defend our
country, and to help one another. That is why terrorists targeted us in
the first place: our freedom, our democracy, our unity.
They
failed. But we must remain vigilant. Today, our longest war is finally
over. But our commitment to preventing another attack on our people
never will be. We will continue to disrupt terrorist networks wherever
we find them. And we will continue to deliver justice to terrorists who
plot against America—just as we did with Osama bin Laden in 2011 and
Ayman al-Zawahiri in 2022.
And above all, we will continue to
remember: we are the United States of America. We endure. We overcome.
And there is nothing beyond our capacity when we do it together. May God
bless our fallen and their families. May God protect our troops and
first responders. And may God bless the United States of America.
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