Stop here.

Selah appears seventy-one times in the psalms and three times in Habakkuk. Nobody is certain what it instructed the musicians to do. Some read it as a rest, some as a swell, some as a direction to the choir that stopped being copied down once everyone knew it.

The reading that survives is the simplest one: stop here, and weigh what was just said. It never falls in the middle of an argument. It falls after something has landed.

That is what these are for. 18 designs, each one a line and a mark, printed large enough to read from across a room and quiet enough that you would not be embarrassed wearing it to work.

four collections

Named for psalms that contain the word, and for the things the word gets used on.

• Refuge PS-046For the ground that does not move.
• Ascent PS-084For the long walk, in the same direction.
• Vigil PS-077For the hours that will not end.
• Banner PS-060For the things worth being seen carrying.

Who is behind this

One person. My name is Bryan, I am a Christian, and I run this store from my own desk — no company, no team, no investors. I chose the psalms, drew the marks, set the type, and I am the one who answers when you write. This is my attempt to build something honest with the words I believe, and to make a living doing it.

If something is wrong with your order, or you just want to say which line you wear, write to me at bryanramirez1220@gmail.com. You will get me, not a ticket.

How it is made

Nothing is printed before it is bought. An order goes to a press in the United States, is printed onto a blank they already hold, and ships from there — usually two to five business days at the press, then post. There is no warehouse, no minimum order, and nothing left over to discount at the end of a season.

The artwork is drawn here. The type is set in real fonts and turned into outlines, so the letters on the garment are the letters that were designed rather than a photograph of them. Every garment carries the verse itself on the back, under the mark — not a slogan cut from it.

About the translations

Every line of scripture on this site and on the garments comes from either the King James Version or the World English Bible. Both are in the public domain. Modern translations — the NIV, the ESV, and the rest — are copyrighted, and printing them on something sold requires a licence from the publisher. We would rather use words we are free to use than quietly borrow words we are not.

Where the King James obscures more than it carries, the World English Bible is used instead, and every quotation says which is which.