We read biblical poems with the further conviction that each poem is a word from God, which leads us to expect that the poem will discuss or suggest some aspect of God and his relationship with what he has made, is redeeming, and sustains, and which we will want therefore to hear and understand. And this makes us even more diligent students of the text. The poetic function of language suggests that noticing the details of the poet’s language ought to strengthen our ability to appreciate the fruit