Psalm 46

Today is the 23rd of April, 2019.  It is the 403-year anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, who passed away on April 23, 1616.

But 23 plus 23 equals 46, and Shakespeare was 46 years old in the year 1611, the year that the King James translation of the Bible was published.  Some hypothesize that Shakespeare may have helped with some of the writing, at least possibly the Book of Psalms.

He may even have left a subtle clue about his authorship in the book, a secret signature if you will.  If the 46-year-old playwright translated any of the Psalms, it stands to reason that were he to leave a clue about his involvement, it would have been in the 46th Psalm, the Psalm of his age.  If you look up The Book of Psalms, Chapter 46 (XLVI), the 46th word from the beginning is "shake," as in "though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof," and the 46th word from the ending is "spear," as in "he breaketh the bow and cutteth the spear in sunder."

Coincidence?  Maybe.  But isn't it more likely that the 46th word in and the 46th word before the end were put into the 46th Psalm by a 46-year-old poet and playwright?  Wouldn't it stand to reason that King James would ask the preeminent writer of his time, who just so happened to be under his command, to polish up the translation a little bit? It would be more shocking if the King hadn't asked the Bard of Avon to take a swing at it.  And don't you think that the Bard, when told his involvement would have to be kept anonymous, thought to himself, "Well, then, I'll find a way to get my name in there somehow"?

The fun part is we'll never know.  But Psalm 46 just became so much more interesting.

Also, speaking of mountains shaking and cutting spears asunder and all, Bran Stark is the Night King (maybe).  And Arya's going to kill him with her new dragonglass spear (why not?).