{"id":32423,"date":"2022-12-28T13:51:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T05:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www4.hkbts.edu.hk\/?p=32423"},"modified":"2024-01-31T12:38:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T04:38:59","slug":"a-psalm-for-nurturing-desires-the-shaping-of-desires-in-psalm-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hkbts.edu.hk\/en","title":{"rendered":"A Psalm for Nurturing Desires: The Shaping of Desires in Psalm 63"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>A Psalm for Nurturing Desires: The Shaping of Desires in Psalm 63<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#235ba8\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Simon Chi Chung CHEUNG<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Desires are essential to human nature. There is a longstanding tradition arguing that the formation of character cannot do without the shaping of a person&#039;s desires. Xunzi, a classic Chinese philosopher, refers to the molding of desires as \u201cnurturing\u201d (<em>yang<\/em>). This paper aims at reading Psalm 63 anew, exploring how it depicts and nurtures desires. Each stanza of the psalm, as argued here, is demarcated by desire-related themes at its two ends. Spatial movements in the psalm, contrary to previous suggestions, are not indicative of the psalm&#039;s life setting. They rather represent the psalmist&#039;s quest for God in whom the psalmist&#039;s desires can find full satisfaction. The pervasive use of the trope of food in this psalm is another means of nurturing desires, by showing how the psalmist desires what is right despite his physical and emotional yearnings. Finally, it will be shown that, according to the psalm, displaying the right moral qualities is a necessary concomitant of having the right desire<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Psalm for Nurturing Desires: The Shaping of Desires in Psalm 63 Simon Chi Chung CHEUNG Desires are essential to human nature. There is a longstanding tradition arguing that the formation of character cannot do without the shaping of a person&#039;s desires. nurtures desires. Each stanza of the psalm, as argued here, is demarcated by desire-related themes at its two ends. Spatial movements in the psalm, contrary to previous suggestions, are not indicative of the psalm&#039;s life setting. They rather represent the psalmist&#039;s quest for God in whom the psalmist&#039;s desires can find full satisfaction. 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