Today's Bibliomancy for David Letterman

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:

he was a very great man.

SA2 19:33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.

SA2 19:34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

SA2 19:35 I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

SA2 19:36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

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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:

time, saying the same words.

MAT 26:45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

MAT 26:46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.

MAT 26:47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

MAT 26:48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.

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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:

MAR 5:14 And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.

MAR 5:15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

MAR 5:16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.

MAR 5:17 And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.

MAR 5:18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.

MAR 5:19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to

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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:

hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

PSA 48:9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

PSA 48:10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

PSA 48:11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

PSA 48:12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

PSA 48:13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

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