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lightin the dark,port in the storm,water in the desert.'  \nLEWIS LAPHAM  \nDon Watson is the author of many books,including Recollections of a Bleeding Heart,Death Sentence,Watson's Dictionary of WeaselWords,Caledonia Australis,American Journeys,The Bush and most recently There It Is Again.  \n# Little Books on Big Themes\n\nFleur Anderson On SleepKatharine Murphy On DisruptionSarah Ferguson On MotherNikki Gemmell OnQuiet  \nBlanche d’Alpuget On Lust G LongingLeigh Sales On DoubtGermaine Greer On RageBarrie Kosky On EcstasyDavid Malouf On ExperienceMalcolm Knox On ObsessionGay Bilson On DigestionAnne Summers On LuckRobert Dessaix On HumbugJulian Burnside On PrivilegeElisabeth Wynhausen On ResilienceSusan Johnson On Beauty  \n# DonWatson\n\nIndignation  \nMELBOURNEUNIVERSITYPRESS  \nMELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS  \nAn imprintofMelbourne University PublishingLimitedLevel1,715 Swanston Street,Carlton,Victoria 3053,Australiamup-contact@unimelb.edu.auwww.mup.com.au  \nfy回  \nFirst published 2008  \nText ODon Watson,2008,2018This edition published 2018  \nDesign and typography O Melbourne University Publishing Limited,2008,2018  \nThis book is copyright.Apart from any use permitted under the CopyrightAct 1968 and subsequent amendments,no part may be reproduced,storedin a retrieval system or transmitted by any means or process whatsoeverwithout the prior written permission of the publishers.  \nEvery attemp has been made to locate the copyright holders for materialquoted in this book.Any person or organisation that may have beenoverlooked or misatributed may contact the publisher.  \nText design by Alice Graphics  \nCover design by Nada Backovic DesignAuthor photograph by Susan Gordon BrownTypeset by TypeskillPrinted in Australia by McPherson's Printing Group  \nA catalogue record for thisbook is available from theNational Library of Australia  \n9780522873771(paperback)9780522873788(ebook)  \nTt begins with the tease at the heart ofLexistence.We are solipsists by nature:the world,as the philosopher said,is myworld.But there's a catch.Only the partof the world that I can understand is myworld,and even then it's mine only so far asI can express my understanding.The limitsof my language are the limits of my world.Thus existence asserts my sublime personaldominion and my insect-like irrelevance atthe same time.The Lord gives and the Lord  \nDON WATSON  \ntakes away.Why—unless I am sedated ornaturally insensible—would I not be indig-nant?And God saw that it was good?Goodfor Him maybe.  \nBut not good enough.Never good enough.Whatever else we may lack in comparison,when we are indignant we may be likened toour Maker.'Behold,the name of the LORDcometh from far,burning with His anger,andthe burden thereof is heavy:His lips are fullof indignation,and His tongue is a devour-ing fire.'Long before the Lord cometh toIsaiah He came upon Adam and Eve:andwhat was His judgement on their original sinif not the original fit of righteous indigna-tion?And what also if not a fantastically ego-tistical self-indulgence and a model for everytyrant since?  \nON INDIGNATION  \nThe Lord's pride was hurt.He felt Hischildren's dalliance as an attack on His Self.Today we would cry out:'This is not aboutYou!'  \nOur history is alleged to begin with a boutof indignation,and according to the proph-ets and the Book of Revelation it will endin the same way:in the 'day of indignation’,as the King James Version and Americanevangelicals put it.'Behold,I shall makethee know what shall be in the last end of theindignation:for at the time appointed the endshall be.'  \nIndignation is the ground bass of the OldTestament:God's indignation,the indigna-tion of the wicked and the indignation of thegood,the indignation of God's people onHis behalf and on their own.Revelation says  \nDON WATSON  \nsinners shall drink at 'the cup ofHis indigna-tion’,which is to say,one presumes,they willdrink fire 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