“So I Idren, I sistren / Which way will we choose / We better hurry, oh hurry, oh hurry, woe now / ’Cause we’ve got no time to lose.”429 This urgency intensifies toward realized eschatology in the song’s final verse:… — Dean MacNeil Copy Share Image
“Psalm 127 is the eighth of fifteen Psalms entitled, “Songs of Ascents,” which are discussed in greater detail below under “Africa Unite.” A key… — Dean MacNeil Copy Share Image
“Continuing the plea for unity that began in the first line of the song, the first verse begins with a quotation of Ps 133:1… — Dean MacNeil Copy Share Image
“So I Idren, I sistren / Which way will we choose / We better hurry, oh hurry, oh hurry, woe now / ’Cause we’ve… — Dean MacNeil Copy Share Image
“[I]f you know what life is worth / You would look for yours on earth.”266” — Dean MacNeil Copy Share Image
“Proverbs 3:16 states, “Length of days is in [wisdom’s] right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour” (KJV). Yet Marley does not… — Dean MacNeil Copy Share Image
“the second verse, Marley tells of the role of wisdom in salvation: Which man can save his brother’s soul? Oh man, it’s just self-control… — Dean MacNeil Copy Share Image
“The goal of wisdom is the good life, here and now.”265 Marley similarly emphasizes a this-worldly life of joy: “[I]f you know what life… — Dean MacNeil Copy Share Image
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![“Proverbs 3:16 states, “Length of days is in [wisdom’s] right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour” (KJV). Yet Marley does not interpret the riches of wisdom as earthly riches. When asked, “Are you a rich man? Do you have a lot of possessions?” he responded, in typical Marley fashion, with…” quote by Dean MacNeil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4de/dean-macneil-49792_left-hand_proverbs-3-16-states-length-of-days-is-i_2465762.jpg)
![“The goal of wisdom is the good life, here and now.”265 Marley similarly emphasizes a this-worldly life of joy: “[I]f you know what life is worth / You would look for yours on earth.”266 Marley does not want people to have to wait until the afterlife to live. He states, “I want people to live big…” quote by Dean MacNeil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f2f/dean-macneil-49792_goals_the-goal-of-wisdom-is-the-good-life-here_3048760.jpg)