{"id":81143,"date":"2020-10-07T17:04:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T14:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=81143"},"modified":"2020-10-07T17:07:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T14:07:27","slug":"from-your-lips-psalm-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/from-your-lips-psalm-23\/","title":{"rendered":"From Your Lips: Psalm 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"81143","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":79754,"related_cahpter":"590","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Psalms: A Users Guide","content":"<p>Psalm 23:<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Author:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">King David&#8211;the second king of Israel and father of the Davidic royal and messianic dynasty. David composed over seventy of the 150 psalms of Sefer Tehillim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When and Why:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David wrote this psalm when he was fleeing from Saul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Genre:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psalm of Individual Confidence-In this psalm, the worshiper expresses absolute certainty that his prayers will be heard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chapter Summary:<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">King David composed this psalm to praise God for His supervision and guidance, and to beseech him for the future. He asks that he always be joyous, content with his portion, and lack nothing in the World to Come.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This psalm consists of a mere six verses.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verse 1 opens with a dedication, after which the chapter is subdivided into two parts.\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In verse 1-4, King David compares himself to a lamb and likens God to a shepherd.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In verses 5 and 6, he compares himself to a guest in the house of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shimush Tehillim-When to Say<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To request positive and pleasant dreams: Verse 4 states: \u201cThough I walk in the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me.\u201d The Talmud informs us that sleep is equal to 1\/60th of death.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To rise to greatness: Verse 5 states: \u201cYou anointed my head with oil.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interesting Facts:-<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most popular and well known psalm.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Where in the Siddur<\/em>:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recited as part of the funeral service. It has become particularly associated with funeral liturgy in the English-speaking world, and films with funeral scenes often depict a graveside recitation of the psalm.\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recited in some congregations after the Amidah of Kabbalat Shabbat (Friday night service).<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often sung at <em>Se\u2019udah Sh\u2019lishit&#8211;<\/em>the Third Meal of Shabbat, usually eaten towards the end of the day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excerpted from <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From Your Lips To God\u2019s Ears<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by Reuben Ebrahimoff available on Amazon.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":79908,"id":79908,"title":"psalms - rebrahimoff","filename":"psalms-rebrahimoff.png","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalms-rebrahimoff.png","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/from-your-lips-psalm-1\/psalms-rebrahimoff\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"psalms-rebrahimoff","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":79907,"date":"2020-09-13 11:12:51","modified":"2020-09-13 11:13:06","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalms-rebrahimoff-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalms-rebrahimoff-300x300.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalms-rebrahimoff-768x768.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalms-rebrahimoff.png","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalms-rebrahimoff.png","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalms-rebrahimoff.png","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalms-rebrahimoff.png","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalms-rebrahimoff-420x420.png","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"Psalms: A Users Guide","main_caption":"From Your Lips: Psalm 23","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"A concise survey of the psalm's structure and content","preview_embedded":"","preview_image":{"ID":79908,"id":79908,"title":"psalms - 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