William L. Holladay > Quotes

“This one quotation could really serve as the emblem of this chapter: an artisan, who was touched by a neighbor, by a printed Bible in French, and above all by the Psalms.”
― William L. Holladay, The Psalms Through Three Thousand Years: Prayerbook of a Cloud of Witnesses

“The laments comprise more than one-third of the Psalms, yet they are strikingly underused in our worship.”
― William L. Holladay, The Psalms Through Three Thousand Years: Prayerbook of a Cloud of Witnesses

“Rabbi Hananiah ben Teradion [who was killed in the Bar-Kokhba revolt in 135 C.E.] said: If two sit together and no words of the Law [are spoken] between them, there is the seat of the scoffers, as it is written, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers [Ps. 1:1]. But if two sit together and words of the Law [are spoken] between them, the Shekinah [Divine Presence] rests between them, as it is written, Then those who revered the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord took note and listened, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who revered the Lord and thought on his name [Mal. 3:16].72”
― William L. Holladay, The Psalms Through Three Thousand Years: Prayerbook of a Cloud of Witnesses

“Translating is not an art that everyone can practice. It requires a right pious, faithful, diligent, God-fearing, experienced, practical heart."23”
― William L. Holladay, The Psalms Through Three Thousand Years: Prayerbook of a Cloud of Witnesses