I also read this as an implicit warning that you don’t really want major deities paying too much attention you. It works out poorly.

That is my favorite verse -

Ecclesiastes 5:2 - “Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.”

That’s King James - other versions start with “do not be quick to speak to God”

The wedding space has been strange for a long time. 20 years ago, I picked up the wrong book and was told that 18 months prior I should "be honest" "take a look in the mirror" and "decide what plastic surgery I needed." I found my red line and it freed me up to plan my party for my people.

I usually get two answers on the walls: 1) Spanish/north African enclosed garden style and 2) windbreaks, which are key in a windy desert environment.

China does not need to limit themselves to a tariff response. They can stop buying, or worse, start selling US treasuries.

The version I recall ended: “but it raineth mostly on the just, for the unjust hath the just’s umbrella.”