"Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD..." is Psalm 19:14 in the Bible.

!00% in agreement with below...in fact going to join in...cos I can and nobody can see me

I'm singing out loud! Perfect song for a sunny Oregon Friday!

Hmm...this song is perfectly in synch with me, who just quit a job I can't stand.
Help me, I can't stop bobbing my head.
 

I really apreciate hearing the original!
 And even though, I obviously have the Boney M version engraved in my brain, this one has genuine musical qualities of its own.
P.S. My 2 cents on reggae as a genre: I'm sure others have stated the same: I'm not excited by reggae... but I worship Marley.

 fuzzy wrote: 
I wish they'd carry neither of them :-)

 Isobel wrote: 
I'm geographically a bit further from Jamaica, but I share with you an irrational irritation when it comes to reggae. A rationalization. I think reggae is a truly boring, overly self-similar, sluggish genre.

Then again, when you said "everything", did you mean an "everything" that includes commercial rap, hiphop, RnB, urban, or whatever that garbage is called nowadays? No? Thought so ;-)

... I sometimes fear I am a musical racist. Then, I quickly play some Youssou N'Dour :-) 

Why do I hate reggae so much? I love every other sort of music; African, Brazilian, rock, folk, country, blues, well, everything. But reggae, for some reason, makes me want to pull my hair out. I realize this makes me a freak. I also hate football. And I live in Alabama. I probably need help.

 bachbeet wrote: 

 Luthien wrote: 
Geographically, Jamaica and the Caribbean are within North America.  This is the best version of this tune - to me, that is.

Me too!  Reminds me of growing up in the islands, I think my parents listened to the LP daily!

fuzzy wrote: 

singing aardvark song in Australia??

 bachbeet wrote: 
and the Caribbean and Latin America (esp since this is is a Jamaican, not American group...).

I love this! I live across the street from the lead singer's widow. Great people. Great island. Great music.

 fredriley wrote: 
Great song, and same for me - the Boney M cover gets the edge.

I remember as a kid in the early '80s listening to Casey Kasem saying that these were the oldest song lyrics ever recorded in pop music.  Not sure if that record still stands, but it seems that it would be tough to top... 

 tutakea wrote: 
Sigh.Decades later, the crack babies have had babies.

It may be taken from the Bible but it's about the slaves taken from Africa to America.

 shoes wrote:
 
Amen.

Talking of Boney M (earlier) the male singer died recently...sad 

 tutakea wrote: 
Oh dear - what a pity - it's such a beautiful lyric - taken from the Bible

 tutakea wrote: 
it's not supposed to be funny.  
it's about being an exile, which must be an awful experience, and sadly an experience that many people live through today.  Timeless song.
 

 fast_eddie wrote: 
jesus, don't be that guy then

I always hate being this guy, but I like the Sublime cover much better

 tutakea wrote: 
plus 20 here, so we balance to 10 apiece, as it should be

wtf man

Well then, everyone has their own opinion and mine is: this is a SOLID 9!

it´s not even funny, it´s just plain crap... minus 10, if this were available

 spindrift wrote: 
Me too - some very moving biblical lyrics!