Sara's Psalm Speaks to the Desires of Her Heart

I met Sara on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36th_Street_%28BMT_Fourth_Avenue_Line%29">36th Street subway platform</a> in Brooklyn last month during the late afternoon rush hour commute.<br /><br />What can I say? I'm a sucker for words and this tattoo looked poetic:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUgyirXhbchTUoQh9VilY70YdSC1g1sZrJzzXwqZShedxL29Kn9QLhnu-zWtVV_v2FEr2xURYxa72PQRivSkzsmmaFai4WyNdJFin84_KrOWSaBXCm-w9IdnXIXwHlaSPZy33Ro-3/s1600/Psalm+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUgyirXhbchTUoQh9VilY70YdSC1g1sZrJzzXwqZShedxL29Kn9QLhnu-zWtVV_v2FEr2xURYxa72PQRivSkzsmmaFai4WyNdJFin84_KrOWSaBXCm-w9IdnXIXwHlaSPZy33Ro-3/s640/Psalm+wm.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />Sara filled me in. She has three tattoos and this passage "spoke to her". She wanted something religious for her 30th birthday.<br /><br />This is an excerpt (verse 4) from Psalm 37 in the Bible.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLiDknAe1IKkJDWuI8yByB6q34fiblHtdtGoaITWMF0nR5NndtjrRbEQFCC7mueWsl8p-ZL1pFD_Dxoj0XqykoYtcdclE-8M9Y9FWbPj6v7hmerOTmYTDTWTPh_dbBUEwgwgqr2kT/s1600/Psalm+Detail+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLiDknAe1IKkJDWuI8yByB6q34fiblHtdtGoaITWMF0nR5NndtjrRbEQFCC7mueWsl8p-ZL1pFD_Dxoj0XqykoYtcdclE-8M9Y9FWbPj6v7hmerOTmYTDTWTPh_dbBUEwgwgqr2kT/s400/Psalm+Detail+wm.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br />The verse reads "Delight thyself also in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart" [King James Version]. Sara changed the <i>thee </i>and <i>thine </i>to read <i>me </i>and <i>my</i>, respectively, making the verse more personal.<br /><br />This was tattooed by <a href="http://www.brooklyninktattoo.com/alex_tattoos.html">Alex Franklin</a> at <a href="http://www.brooklyninktattoo.com/">Brooklyn Ink</a> in Bay Ridge. Work from Brooklyn Ink (and much from Alex) can be seen on this Tattoosday label <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Brooklyn%20Ink">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Sara for sharing her source of inspiration with us here on Tattoosday!

Sara's Psalm Speaks to the Desires of Her Heart

I met Sara on the 36th Street subway platform in Brooklyn last month during the late afternoon rush hour commute. What can I say? I'm a...

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