Today's Bibliomancy for Nick Cave

The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from King James Bible:

talketh of judgment.

PSA 37:31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

PSA 37:32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

PSA 37:33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

PSA 37:34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

PSA 37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

PSA 37:36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him,

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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King James Bible:

their God.

EXO 29:46 And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God.

EXO 30:1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.

EXO 30:2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.

EXO 30:3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt

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The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from King James Bible:

that offereth it.

LEV 7:10 And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another.

LEV 7:11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD.

LEV 7:12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.

LEV 7:13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.

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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from King James Bible:

sight shall no man living be justified.

PSA 143:3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

PSA 143:4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

PSA 143:5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

PSA 143:6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

PSA 143:7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy

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