Justify ...
osea 4:12 New English Translation (NET Bible)
12 They consult their wooden idols,
and their diviner’s staff answers with an oracle.
The wind of prostitution blows them astray;
they commit spiritual adultery against their God.
Magic seems a word that brings out the mysterious
It also deems to bring out a kind of innocence
But that cannot be as this is kind of hideous
That is based on darkness being led by “providence”
Local saturation blazing in the sunlight
Most what is advertised is not worth the keeping
Always scandalized by progressive human nature
That never gets past depravity’s constant weeping
Attention is mostly given to the noisiest of all
Screaming and so drowning out the soft voice of despair
Glorified sensitivity plastered on the wall
To give life a label somehow showing seemingly what’s fair
No one seems to be able to escape this torment called tradition
All is justified through accomplishments we can’t pay
We all can outthink and outsmart the feeble competition
As in the “truth”, we hide from ourselves and the light of day
Jan Wienen
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