Sublime

In the words of Bill Gross, who runs the world’s largest bond fund at the Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO), ‘bond markets have power because they’re the fundamental base for all markets. The cost of credit, the interest rate [on a benchmark bond], ultimately determines the value of stocks, homes, all asset classes.’

YHWH wants their allegiance in action and in thought; this is the primary theme of Deuteronomy.

Psalm 6, David seems to fear that his sin and eventual death will separate him from God.