Scattered Psalms: I (Handiwork/Glory)

Jacqueline Osherow

1999

To the Conductor: A song of David.
The heavens declare the glory of God,
the firmament tells His handiwork.
Day on day utters speech,
night on night announces knowledge.
There is no speech and there are no words
without hearing their voice.
—Psalm 19:1–4
Dare I begin: a song of Jacqueline?
But what, from my heart of hearts, do I say?
Not that…
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Creator Bio

Jacqueline Osherow

b. 1956

Jacqueline Osherow grew up in Philadelphia and is a professor of English at the University of Utah. The themes of her writing often concern the Holocaust and the role of witnesses. She has received the Witter Bynner Prize, fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and the John Masefield Memorial Award.

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