Psalm Meditation 1352 ¶Seventh Sunday of Easter ¶May 17, 2026 ¶Psalm 68 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%2068&version=NRSVUE ¶The footnote for verse 11 jumped out at me today after seeing several posts of a related nature on the internet over the past few weeks. The text reads, “great is the company of those who bore the tidings:”. The footnote offers an alternate translation of, “company of the women” which piqued my interest. There are many instances of texts in which women and women’s voices have been muted or erased in Scripture. That ‘the company of the women’ has been changed to ‘those’ is intriguing. ¶In the next verse, the word women is included since it involves dividing spoil rather than bearing tidings of victory over enemy kings. For male translators, it seems to be fine for women to do tasks, even important tasks, as long as they don’t involve having information that men would not have without them. Fortunately, women are doing the scholarly work of finding the places in the Bible where women were originally prominent participants in salvation history and restoring them to their rightful place. ¶Some are scandalized that people are messing about with the sacred texts that we have become used to, without considering that those texts are more sacred when the participants of both/all genders are given their proper and original place in the story of the people of God. Uncomfortable as it may be for some of us, it is important to see that each of us has a place in the realm of God. ¶May 12, 2026 ¶LCM