lds_scriptures_verses.verse_scripture

would be a pain in any language. Even if I wrote a wrapper for it (which I would) I would still have to keep in mind what I had aliased to what.

Might I suggest the following?

lds_scriptures_volumes => volumes
lds_scriptures_books => books
lds_scriptures_verses => verses

lds_scriptures_verses.verse_scripture => verses.vtext

(I’d rather just do text, but that’s a reserved word.)

Also, the following view in its various forms (long title lookup, short title lookup, lds_org lookup, etc.):

CREATE VIEW verse_lookup AS
SELECT vol.title, book.title, v.chapter, v.verse, v.verse_scripture
FROM lds_scriptures_volumes vol, lds_scriptures_books book, lds_scriptures_verses v
WHERE v.book = book.id
AND book.volume = vol.id