such an occasion. Some things are too important to permit any ambiguity. The Psalmist sees salvation in this light: ‘I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and salvation. I do not conceal your love and your truth from the great assembly’ (Ps. 40:10). God in his gracious self-disclosure does the same: ‘I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I have not said to Jacob’s descendants, “Seek me in vain.” I, the Lord, speak the truth; I declare