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:

CH1 24:10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

CH1 24:11 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah,

CH1 24:12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

CH1 24:13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

CH1 24:14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

CH1 24:15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,

CH1 24:16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,

CH1 24:17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,

CH1 24:18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.

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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:

hope is in the LORD his God:

PSA 146:6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

PSA 146:7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

PSA 146:8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

PSA 146:9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

PSA 146:10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.

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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:

ISA 1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

ISA 1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

ISA 1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

ISA 1:5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

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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:

stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.

JOS 8:19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.

JOS 8:20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.

JOS 8:21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

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