glory in the world. Why did God give the commandments to the people he delivered? To gain their obedience so as to be able to reward them in return? The commandments themselves are rewards, given not for God’s sake but for the sake of people’s well-being (see Deut. 10:13). In Amadeus, Salieri ends up a bitter old man, angry at God, angry at the world, angry at himself—to the point of attempting to take his own life. The entire course of his life rested on the deal he thought he’d made with God. God