{"id":86860,"date":"2021-01-18T17:05:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T15:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=86860"},"modified":"2021-01-19T15:41:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T13:41:36","slug":"from-your-lips-psalm-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/from-your-lips-psalm-91\/","title":{"rendered":"From Your Lips: Psalm 91"},"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":"86860","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":79754,"related_cahpter":"658","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Psalms: A Users Guide","content":"<p>Psalm 91:<\/p>\n<p><em>Author:<\/em><br \/>\nMoses&#8211;the leader of the Israelites and receiver of the Torah at Sinai, a shepherd chosen by God for his humility and loyalty to his sheep. The penultimate verse of the Torah describes him as the greatest prophet of all time.<\/p>\n<p><em>When and Why:<\/em><br \/>\nMoses wrote this psalm prophetically about the difficulties that Israel will face in exile. In it, he tells Israel to remain faithful that the ultimate redemption will eventually arrive.<\/p>\n<p><em>Genre:<\/em><br \/>\nPsalm of Individual Confidence&#8211;In this psalm, the worshipper expresses absolute certainty that his prayers will be heard.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chapter Summary:<\/em><br \/>\nMoses describes here the excellence of the Tzaddik (righteous individual) who trusts in God. He further depicts four levels of cleaving to God and of Divine Supervision. He also speaks out against plagues, and concludes with a song of thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>This psalm consists of sixteen verses, subdivided into two sections.<br \/>\nIn verses 1-8, the author proclaims that God will protect the one who trusts in Him. Accordingly, such an individual has no need to fear the darkness. He asserts, too, that God will destroy the wicked.<br \/>\nIn verses 9-16, he declares that God will send his angels to guard the Tzaddik on his path. One who believes in the Lord\u2019s protection, Moses assures the reader, will be awarded with long days and seeing true salvation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Shimush Tehillim&#8211;When to Say:<\/em><br \/>\nTo ward off evil spirits&#8211;Verse 3 states: \u201cFor He will save you from the snare trap, from destructive pestilence.\u201d<br \/>\nTo alleviate fear&#8211;Verse 5 states: \u201cYou will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Talmud on Tehillim:<\/em><br \/>\nVerse 6: \u201cThe pestilence that prowls in darkness, nor the deadly plague that ravages at noon.\u201d<br \/>\nThis verse speaks of the various demons which lurk at nighttime and at noontime. <br \/>\nThe Talmud, Pesachim 111b, informs us that it is important to know the difference between the various types of demons, in order to utilize the proper wording for an amulet used to ward off the evil spirits. (Such amulets, while not common in Ashkenazic circles, are still found in some Sefardic communities.)<br \/>\nVerse 10: \u201cNo evil shall befall you, and no plague shall come near your tent.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Talmud, Berachot 55b, deduces that \u201cNo harm will befall you\u201d refers to the rewards given to a righteous individual. A deserving person, suggests the Talmud, is shown good dreams, while a non-deserving person is shown bad dreams.<\/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.<\/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 91","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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