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My comments on this chapter are in tribute to the late Professor Moshe Greenberg, whose incisive and insightful notes on this psalm (encapsulated in the accompanying chart) were published in <\/span>Eretz Yisrael<\/span><\/em> 14 (1978), 88-99.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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v<\/strong><\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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Psalms style<\/strong><\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0Usual Word pair<\/strong><\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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parallelism<\/strong><\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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Unusual combina-tion<\/strong><\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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Rare usage <\/strong><\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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Hapax<\/strong><\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/strong><\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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2<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05d7\u05dc\u05e5<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd: \u05d0\u05d9\u05e9<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05d7\u05dc\u05e5\/\/\u05e0\u05e6\u05e8<\/h6>\r\n
\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd \u05e8\u05e2: \u05d0\u05d9\u05e9 \u05d7\u05de\u05e1\u05d9\u05dd<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05dc\u05d3\u05d7\u05d5\u05ea \u05e4\u05e2\u05de\u05d9<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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Description of predicament<\/em><\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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3<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05ea\u05d5\u05e9\u05d1: \u05d2\u05e8<\/h6>\r\n
\u05e8\u05e2\u05d5\u05ea: \u05de\u05dc\u05d7\u05de\u05d5\u05ea<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05d9\u05d2\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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4<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05e9\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05de\u05d5<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05dc\u05e9\u05d5\u05df: \u05e9\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05dd<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05e0\u05d7\u05e9: \u05e2\u05db\u05e9\u05d5\u05d1<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05e2\u05db\u05e9\u05d5\u05d1<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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5<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05d3\u05d7\u05d4 \u05e4\u05e2\u05dd<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05e9\u05de\u05e8: \u05e0\u05e6\u05e8<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05e8\u05e9\u05e2: \u05d0\u05d9\u05e9 \u05d7\u05de\u05e1\u05d9\u05dd<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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6<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05d2\u05d0\u05d9\u05dd<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05d8\u05de\u05df \u05e4\u05d7: \u05e4\u05e8\u05e9 \u05e8\u05e9\u05ea: \u05e9\u05ea \u05de\u05d5\u05e7\u05e9<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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7<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05ea\u05d7\u05e0\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05e4\u05d7: \u05de\u05d5\u05e7\u05e9<\/h6>\r\n
\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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Prayer:<\/em><\/h6>\r\n
Preliminaries<\/em><\/h6>\r\n
Supplication<\/em><\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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8<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05e2\u05d6<\/h6>\r\n
\u05d9\u05e9\u05d5\u05e2\u05d4<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05e2\u05d6 \u05d9\u05e9\u05d5\u05e2\u05ea\u05d9<\/h6>\r\n
\u05e1\u05db\u05ea\u05d4 \u05dc\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9\u05d9<\/h6>\r\n
\u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05e0\u05e9\u05e7<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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9<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05e0\u05ea\u05df:\u05d4\u05e4\u05d9\u05e7<\/h6>\r\n
\u05de\u05d0\u05d5\u05d9: \u05d6\u05de\u05dd<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05ea\u05e4\u05e7<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05de\u05d0\u05d5\u05d9\u05d9<\/h6>\r\n
\u05d6\u05de\u05de\u05d5<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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10<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05e9\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05de\u05d5<\/h6>\r\n
\u05d9\u05db\u05e1\u05d9\u05d5\u05de\u05d5<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05d5 \u05de\u05d9 \u05e8\u05d0\u05e9<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05de\u05e1\u05d1\u05d9<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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Anticipation
\r\nof calamity<\/em><\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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11<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05d1\u05dc<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05d2\u05d7\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05d0\u05e9<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05d8\u05d5<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05de\u05d4\u05de\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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12<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05d1\u05dc<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05d0\u05d9\u05e9 \u05dc\u05e9\u05d5\u05df<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05d9\u05e6\u05d5\u05d3\u05e0\u05d5 \u05dc...<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05de\u05d3\u05d7\u05e4\u05ea<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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13<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05d3\u05d9\u05df: \u05de\u05e9\u05e4\u05d8<\/h6>\r\n
\u05e2\u05e0\u05d9: \u05d0\u05d1\u05d9\u05d5\u05df<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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Trust & gratitude<\/em><\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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14<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05d4\u05d5\u05d3\u05d4<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05e6\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7: \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u05d4\u05d5\u05d3\u05d4: \u05d9\u05e9\u05d1 \u05d0\u05ea \u05e4\u05e0\u05d9<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n
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\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

Here is its interpretation:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In describing his predicament (2-6), the author freely used words and expressions that are shared by Psalms, in general, and by individual prayer, in particular, even though he spiced his style slightly with rare words. We may presume that in so doing he expressed the experience of the predicament as shared by himself and other \u201cpoor and needy\u201d persons (13) like himself. Since he was not unique in his suffering, his feelings were expressed adequately in terms that are common to him and to others who suffer similarly. Perhaps, in the mutual experience of suffering there is even a measure of consolation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the preliminary prayer (7-9), the elements are nearly alike. However, if we look carefully, we find that the mundane is dominant in the introductions\u2014except for the experience of personal salvation with which the poet was tested previously. In the very petition, the singular elements stand out, perhaps in order to prevent a repetition of what was already said in the description of the predicament, and to give the power of novelty to his expression.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The singular elements multiply in addressing evil (10-12). Here, the picture is the opposite of the description of the predicament, and not for naught. The use of coarse forms, and rare and singular combinations, reflects an emotional power that requires fresh vocabulary that can be loaded with fresh baggage. A stimulus to seek out the uncommon was provided by the accumulation of expressions of ambush in the description of the predicament. In order to express \u201cmeasure for measure\u201d in a fresh language after such an accumulation, the poet was forced to embellish. In this portion, not only are there few repetitions of words that already appeared in the poem, but there is not even one recognized word-pair or parallelism. Waves of evil engulf the wicked and not one resembles the other.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The opposite is true of the last stanza, which expresses trust and gratitude (13-14). Here the poet made do entirely with the mundane; this is the sole portion that has not even one singular element. If, in the predicament, there was yet an attempt at some individuality, in the vision of salvation he immersed himself entirely in the community of the poor and righteous. His language was completely that of the community that prays and offers gratitude, and in so doing he expressed his feeling that his entire good fortune could come only amid the community of the redeemed.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Unique Words and Exceptional Insight","tile_main_caption":"The psalmist\u2019s language is that of the community, expressing the feeling that his entire good fortune could come only amid the community of the redeemed.","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":"","tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Writings","book":"Psalms","chapter":"140","chapter_main_number":"707","date":"20280515","wall_id":"707"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":3,"id":"90952","color":"#f6f5de","size":"1","name":"2021\/5781 Pesach Reader ","post_title":"2021\/5781 Pesach Reader","slug":"2021-5781-pesach-reader","old_id":"90952","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":38102,"post_title":"929-English","slug":"929-english","old_id":"38102","first_name":"","last_name":"929-English","description":"","short_description":"","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":38333,"alt":"","title":"\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","width":1513,"height":860,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-300x171.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":171,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-768x437.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":437,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-1024x582.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":582,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","1536x1536-width":1513,"1536x1536-height":860,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5.png","2048x2048-width":1513,"2048x2048-height":860,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-1200x682.png","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":682,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/\u05dc\u05d5\u05d2\u05d5-739x420.png","home_baner-width":739,"home_baner-height":420}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"705","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"brought to you by the 929 community","post_main_content_content":"

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A selection of essays and short posts on the Torah and Haftarah selections from the holiday, from your favorite 929 authors<\/p>\r\n

Chag sameach - happy holiday!<\/a><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":90953,"alt":"","title":"pesach reader","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pesach-reader.png","width":391,"height":503,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pesach-reader-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pesach-reader-233x300.png","medium-width":233,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pesach-reader.png","medium_large-width":391,"medium_large-height":503,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pesach-reader.png","large-width":391,"large-height":503,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pesach-reader.png","1536x1536-width":391,"1536x1536-height":503,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pesach-reader.png","2048x2048-width":391,"2048x2048-height":503,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pesach-reader.png","post_full_size-width":391,"post_full_size-height":503,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pesach-reader-326x420.png","home_baner-width":326,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"A Collection of Reflections","tile_main_caption":"2021\/5781 Pesach Reader","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"brought to you by the 929 community","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":90953,"alt":"","title":"pesach reader","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pesach-reader.png","width":391,"height":503,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pesach-reader-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pesach-reader-233x300.png","medium-width":233,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pesach-reader.png","medium_large-width":391,"medium_large-height":503,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pesach-reader.png","large-width":391,"large-height":503,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pesach-reader.png","1536x1536-width":391,"1536x1536-height":503,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pesach-reader.png","2048x2048-width":391,"2048x2048-height":503,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pesach-reader.png","post_full_size-width":391,"post_full_size-height":503,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pesach-reader-326x420.png","home_baner-width":326,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Writings","book":"Psalms","chapter":"138","chapter_main_number":"705","date":"20280511","wall_id":"705"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":4,"id":"91239","color":"#f7f7f5","size":"1","name":"Those Who Dwell In Peace","post_title":"Those Who Dwell In Peace","slug":"those-who-dwell-in-peace","old_id":"91239","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":83630,"post_title":"Yoni Dolgin","slug":"yoni-dolgin","old_id":"83630","first_name":"Yoni ","last_name":"Dolgin ","description":"Yoni Dolgin runs a tech scouting and investment advisory in Tel Aviv. 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Shield me from
\r\nthe evil souls
\r\nwho lie in wait
\r\nto fight
\r\nlike snakes
\r\nwith pointed arrow
\r\nvenom tongues
\r\nand eyes wide open
\r\nsearching dirt
\r\nfor naked heels to strike
\r\nand I am barefoot
\r\nsidestepping the coils
\r\nmy gaze is down
\r\nmy thoughts aloft
\r\nYou are my only strength
\r\nLure them into
\r\npits of fire
\r\nfrom which they can\u2019t escape
\r\nso those whose eyes
\r\nlook up to You
\r\ncan walk the earth
\r\nand sing Your praise<\/p>\r\n

Excerpted from: Gaya Aranoff Bernstein,\u00a0Psalmsongs: A Gathering of Psalms<\/em>, (An Arthur Kurzweil Book, New York\/Jerusalem, 2013)<\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":80037,"alt":"","title":"psalmsongs4","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4.jpg","width":2894,"height":1928,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-1024x682.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":682,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1023,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1364,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-1200x799.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":799,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"929 Poetry Corner","tile_main_caption":"Psalmsongs 140","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Shield me from the evil souls who lie in wait","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":80037,"alt":"","title":"psalmsongs4","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4.jpg","width":2894,"height":1928,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-1024x682.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":682,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1023,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1364,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-1200x799.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":799,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalmsongs4-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Writings","book":"Psalms","chapter":"140","chapter_main_number":"707","date":"20280515","wall_id":"707"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":6,"id":"91131","color":"#f2e9df","size":"1","name":"The Fate Of Scheming Witnesses ","post_title":"The Fate Of Scheming Witnesses","slug":"the-fate-of-scheming-witnesses","old_id":"91131","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":62571,"post_title":"Yaakov Bieler","slug":"yaakov-bieler","old_id":"62571","first_name":"Yaakov ","last_name":"Bieler ","description":"Rabbi Yaakov Bieler has been involved in Jewish education and the synagogue Rabbinate in New York, NY and Silver Spring, MD since being ordained by Yeshiva University in 1974. 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In Psalm 140, the psalmist invokes three themes that have appeared previously throughout this biblical book:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    \r\n\t
  1. a) Evil-doers plotting against the righteous\u2014v. 2-6;<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. b) Appealing to God for protection from the designs of sinners\u2014v. 7-9, 13-14;<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. c)\u00a0 Calling down Divine punishments upon the transgressors\u2014v. 11-12.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    However, a verse describing such punishments is obscure and in need of explanation: \u201cMay the heads of those who beset me be covered with the mischief of their lips\u201d (verse 10).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Rabbi David Kimchi associates v. 10 specifically with Doeg HaEdomi (see I Samuel 22) an avowed opponent of David, and someone looking to win over King Saul by sharing incriminating information about his perceived nemesis.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    But the language at the end of the verse is also reminiscent of a feature of Jewish jurisprudence, i.e., \u201c<\/span>eidim zomemim<\/span><\/em>\u201d (lit. \u201cscheming witnesses\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Deuteronomy 19:16-9 states:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    16 If a man appears against another to testify maliciously and gives false testimony against him, 17 The two parties to the dispute shall appear before the LORD, before the priests or magistrates in authority at the time, 18 And the magistrates shall make a thorough investigation. If the man who testified is a false witness, if he has testified falsely against his fellow, 19 <\/span>You shall do to him as he schemed to do to his fellow\u2026\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n

    While v. 16 and 18 above appear to speak of all \u201cfalse witnesses,\u201d Makot 5b specifically applies this punishment to the instance of the witness not being able to ascertain what happened, because at that time, other witnesses attest that he had been in another place. For this reason, all testimony in Jewish trials must be subject to judicial cross-examination, and are required to include mention of the time and place of the infraction, so that all witnesses be potentially susceptible to being condemned as \u201c<\/span>eidim zomemim<\/span><\/em>.\u201d In effect, when an \u201c<\/span>eid zomeim<\/span><\/em>\u201d finally receives this type of punishment, \u201chis head becomes covered with the mischief of his lips.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Doeg may have been a false witness, but certainly not a \u201cscheming\u201d one. He was an eye-witness to David\u2019s discussion with the priest Achimelech, although he inaccurately reported what transpired.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    However, the verse in Psalms resonates more broadly with the reader, in my opinion, if it invokes the standard of overall honesty, rather than a single incident in David\u2019s personal history. It may very well be that all false witnesses are deserving of severe punishments since they are undermining confidence in the judicial system; however, Jewish law is also well-aware that false accusations can often be made against testimony that one doesn\u2019t agree with, and that an objective standard must be invoked if in addition to dismissing the testimony as false, punishments are to be given to the witness by a this-worldly court. 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    \"Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent men, who devise evil things in their heart; every day they stir up wars. They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent's; viper's venom in under their lips. Selah. (Psalm 140:2-4)<\/p>\r\n


    \r\nO Lord of light, the moment we awake
    \r\nWe run to open shutters, as we wait
    \r\nTo see the coming dawn eliminate
    \r\nThe darkness of our night. But no \u2014 the break
    \r\nOf day is but a tiny, shallow lake
    \r\nOf light that seas of blackness inundate
    \r\nAnd overwhelm; no sunrays terminate
    \r\nThe shadow of the evil-doers's snake.<\/p>\r\n

    When will illumination come? Our eyes
    \r\nPerceive no stars or comets in the sky,
    \r\nWhile here on earth, we're blinded by the night.
    \r\nThe snake has spread its venom with its lies
    \r\nThat in the shadows, all God's candles die.
    \r\nO when will You proclaim, \"Let there be light!\"<\/p>\r\n

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    The word lawless (<\/span>ch-m-s<\/span><\/i>) appears three times in this psalm as King David asks God to save him from lawless men. This root appears sparingly in the Torah before appearing ubiquitously throughout the prophets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    What is interesting is that in the Torah it used to describe a wide range of individuals. The generation of the flood is damned for having filled the world with lawlessness (Genesis 6:11-13). This type of lawlessness is never defined. We do not know from text if the people were violent or if they were thieves. It simply was a general state of being that so irked God that he was determined to flood the inhabited world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The remaining use of the term does not provide further insight into the meaning. Jacob warns that Shimon and Levi are brothers in lawlessness (Genesis 49:5) referencing their previous rampage through the city of Shechem. Clearly this reference is to violence.\u00a0 However,\u00a0 Exodus 23:1 and Deuteronomy 19:16 warn the Israelites not to act as false witnesses thereby causes lawlessness to reign. This use seems more like untrustworthy and cheating behavior.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    So what is the lawlessness? Perhaps it is a subjective term that refers to actions that are anathema to the one who uses them.\u00a0 Bearing false witness is wrong because the false witness lies and cheats the target of his false statements. This type of lawlessness bastardized the judicial process creating a sense of lawlessness. To Jacob, the violent actions of Levi and Shimon sullied his name in Canaan, and was against everything he believed in. For him, this lawlessness was irredeemable. That is why the lawlessness of the generation of the flood is undefined. It leaves open to one's imagination to determine what could those people have done to so anger God that he would wipe out the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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    Psalm 140:<\/p>\r\n

    Author:<\/em>
    \r\nKing David--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.<\/p>\r\n

    When and Why:<\/em>
    \r\nDavid wrote this psalm when Doeg the Edomite and the people of Zif pretended to ally with him, but then betrayed him to Saul.<\/p>\r\n

    Genre:<\/em>
    \r\nPsalm of Individual Lament--This psalm was written from the perspective of the individual worshipper, who cries out to God in his time of need. It is characterized as an address to God involving a complaint, followed by a request and ending with an expression of trust.<\/p>\r\n

    Chapter Summary:<\/em>
    \r\nKing David entreats God to rescue him from his evil pursuers and to exact vengeance upon them for His sake. This psalm is viewed by some as an allusion to the affliction of the Jewish people in exile.<\/p>\r\n

    This psalm consists of fourteen verses, subdivided into two parts. The first verse serves as a heading.
    \r\nIn verses 2-9, King David prays for deliverance from the evil designs of the wicked.
    \r\nIn verses 10-14, he contrasts the fate of the wicked with the fate of the righteous. The wicked will face destruction, he boldly declares, and the righteous will be rewarded with salvation.<\/p>\r\n

    Introductory Words:<\/em>
    \r\n\u05dc\u05de\u05e0\u05e6\u05d7--Lemnatsei\u2019ach--To the Conductor
    \r\n\u05de\u05d6\u05de\u05d5\u05e8--Mizmor--Musical Accompaniment<\/p>\r\n

    Technical Terminology: <\/em>
    \r\n\u05e1\u05dc\u05d4--Selah--While its meaning is unclear, the most familiar opinion is that it is a musical notation, instructing the Levitical orchestra to pause its singing and playing of instruments. Alternatively, \u201cSelah\u201d may mean \u201ceverlasting.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

    Shimush Tehillim--When to Say:<\/em>
    \r\nTo remove hatred between husband and wife--Verse 9 states: \u201cGrant not, Adonoy, the desires of the wicked; let not his aspiration succeed so that they exalt themselves.<\/p>\r\n

    Excerpted from <\/span>From Your Lips To God\u2019s Ears<\/span><\/em>, by Reuben Ebrahimoff.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":79908,"alt":"","title":"psalms - rebrahimoff","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalms-rebrahimoff.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}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Psalms: A Users Guide","tile_main_caption":"From Your Lips: Psalm 140","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"A concise survey of the psalm's structure and content","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":79908,"alt":"","title":"psalms - rebrahimoff","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/psalms-rebrahimoff.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}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Writings","book":"Psalms","chapter":"140","chapter_main_number":"707","date":"20280515","wall_id":"707"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":10,"id":"91117","color":"#f7e9e9","size":"1","name":"Let Them Not Rise! 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    140:9 \u201cDo not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked, do not fulfill his devising. They would rise. selah.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

    At this point, continuing to the end of verse 12, the text shows numerous signs of mangling in scribal transmission. Attempts to reconstruct it have not been notably successful, though one might adopt the proposal of adding the negative \u2018al<\/em>, yielding, \u201cLet them not rise.\u201d \u201cThey would rise\u201d (a single word in Hebrew) does not make evident sense in context, and the doubts about its textual authenticity are compounded by the fact that as one word with one accented syllable it does not scan and could not constitute a verset.<\/p>\r\n

    From: Robert Alter, The Hebrew Bible<\/em>, vol. 3: Writings, W. W. Norton & Co., 2019, ad loc. 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    1. Snakes and spiders<\/em>. Evil speech is like venom: \u201cThey sharpen their tongues like serpents; spiders\u2019 poison is on their lips. Selah\u201d (verse 4).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    2. How to entrap<\/em>. In verse 6, there is a range of images from the world of hunting and setting traps: \u201cArrogant men laid traps with ropes for me; they spread out a net along the way; they set snares for me.Selah.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
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