Those who can hardly stand the syntax and rhythmic schemes of
the English usage in our Constitution will not find any
magnificence or beauty in the Elizabethan phrases of the Bible’s
King James Version. Not to worry – other versions are readily
available to elucidate and amplify; there is hope for those
whose cognizance has been slighted. King James says “O ye sons
of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? How long will
ye love vanity, and seek after leasing?” (Ps 4: 2) The hurried
generation doesn’t employ, nor is familiar with terms like
‘leasing.’ Visions of new car leases or Fifth Avenue apartments
that rent for five million dollars or more per year are not the
subject spoken to in the King’s most regal version of writ.
Let’s use a simpler version, broken down for the hurried minds
and the erudite of the day. Here is a chance for those fully
endowed with acquired knowledge, but who remain unable to engage
the ancient, revered yet fully preserved mechanism by which to
use knowledge correctly, comm