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Have you ever wondered why David\u2019s single most memorable victory (over Goliath) is not commemorated in Psalms?<\/p>\r\n

While the Masoretic text of Tehillim has only 150 chapters, the Septuagint (Greek) version has 151, the last one bearing the superscription: \u201cThis psalm is ascribed to David as his own composition (though it is outside the number), after he had fought in single combat with Goliath.\u201d Here is its translation from the Greek, and, alongside it, a reconstruction of the presumed Hebrew original by Avraham Kahana: HaSefarim HaChitzonim<\/em> I (Jerusalem, 1970), 429-430.<\/p>\r\n

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This might have remained nothing more than a curiosity were it not for the Dead Sea Psalms Scroll (Q 11a), which contains the following passage. [Note that the Tetragrammaton, the four-letter name of God, is written in the paleo-Hebrew script (k\u2019tav `ivri<\/em>) rather than the usual square script (k\u2019tav \u2018ashuri<\/em>). Some scholars consider this evidence that this scroll was intended for liturgical use.]<\/p>\r\n

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Two things are particularly noteworthy. First, see how closely Kahana\u2019s retroversion (Greek back into Hebrew) matches the Dead Sea psalm and appreciate his ability to approximate the tone and texture of a biblical (or, in any case, Second Temple) poem. Second, and more significantly, see how the absence of the encounter with Goliath in the traditional text of Psalms so bothered some people in the Second Temple era that when they prepared their own\u2014albeit sectarian\u2014text they did not consider it complete without its representation. This, as much as any normative evidence, bears eloquent testimony to the esteem in which the Book of Psalms was held, as well as indicating that even at this relatively early point in Jewish history the book was already serving a liturgical function.<\/p>\r\n

Indeed, the early Karaites, themselves sectarians (whose affinity to the Dead Sea Scrolls is examined, inter alia, by Naftali Weider: The Judean Scrolls and Karaism<\/em>), limited their liturgy to the Book of Psalms, accounting, in large measure, for the emphasis placed by Se`adyah Gaon, their outstanding nemesis , on the book\u2019s prophetic and Davidic authorship, as explained in our introduction to Psalms.<\/a><\/p>\r\n

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Daniel Bomberg was a Christian publisher from Antwerp who is best known for printing Hebrew texts. He established the first Hebrew printing press in Venice, where, in 1517, he published his first rabbinic Bible\u2014a Bible with rabbinic commentaries printed around the biblical text. It was criticized, however, for containing numerous errors. In response, Bomberg hired Jacob ben \u1e24ayyim, a Jewish scholar of the Masorah, to edit a second rabbinic Bible, represented here. This edition is known as a\u00a0Miqra\u2019ot Gedolot<\/em>\u00a0(Large Scriptures) originally because of the large size of the folio. However, since the late 19th century, this term has come to encompass all rabbinic Bibles. Due to the efforts of Jacob ben \u1e24ayyim this edition became the first printed version of the Hebrew Bible to contain the entire Masorah along with the Tanakh, Targumim, and rabbinic commentaries. As a result, it became the basis for many subsequent editions of the Bible. The three volumes in the museum\u2019s care contain the entirety of the Pentateuch and Prophets.<\/p>\r\n

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In all literature and liturgy, the reader redefines and recontextualizes the text, to make it relevant for themselves. Psalms is a prime example of this phenomenon. Every chapter has taken on myriad additional meanings, as prayers during times of uncertainty, illness, and calamity. When you have a book like Psalms which is read piecemeal so regularly, the reader may find solace and strength in phrases they often repeat. They may not care about the original context, or even the entire Psalm. One phrase, in a vacuum, could become a constant meditation or mantra.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As I begin this series of artwork once a week based on Psalms, I began by reading chapter 3, and certain phrases jumped out at me. Instead of reading it as myself, I tried to imagine reading it as a member of the Little Rock Nine. These were nine Black students who enrolled in the racially segregated Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas in 1957. The governor even deployed the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the students from attending, defying a Supreme Court ruling.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Elizabeth Eckford, the first of the nine students to integrate an Arkansas school, later recalled: \u201cThey moved closer and closer. ... Somebody started yelling. ... I tried to see a friendly face somewhere in the crowd\u2014someone who maybe could help. I looked into the face of an old woman and it seemed a kind face, but when I looked at her again, she spat on me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Photos of Elizabeth being circled by hatred and vitriol were seen around the world as testament to racism and bigotry, and were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and the \u201cNews Picture of the Year\u201d by the National Press Photographers Association.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It took President Eisenhower seeing a picture of Elizabeth to send in federal troops to accompany her to school.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Which Psalm would Elizabeth read? The girl who walked with her head held high through the angry mob. The girl who may have cried herself to sleep at night, but woke up the next morning to do the same thing. The girl who sought kindness, but encountered the truly wicked. In which Psalm would she find strength? In which Psalm would she see herself?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When I read Psalm 3, I don\u2019t see David running from Absalom; I imagine Elizabeth Eckford reciting Psalm 3 at night, gathering courage to face another day with poise, grace, and dignity.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The psalmist is in a state of terror, begging God for mercy and compassion. A terrible sin has been committed, the author is broken and confused by his conduct.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We may find it difficult to relate: why reach out to God as such a time? Surely one should look to make amends, to improve oneself, to repair the relationship that has suffered?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

All of this is true, but the psalmist is demonstrating two important qualities here. There is both an awareness of his pain and an awareness of how it has been brought about by his own deeds, by the conflicts that live inside of him. I find this striking because these are the two things Freud says a person must have, or arrive at, in order to undergo a successful analysis.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It is not a secret that many people come into analysis due to an underlying sense of guilt, often manifesting as low self esteem or a lack of confidence. Two key themes in how it achieves this are the overcoming of resistance and the modification of conscience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Resistance is not about conscious hostility to the analyst, though it can sometimes be expressed in that way. It is much more to do with the fact that we are fundamentally opposed to change, as much as we may protest otherwise. Our personalities have been formed in the crucible of our lives, we have adopted strategies that were necessary to survive. These are the things we refer to as \u2018defences\u2019. Our psyche is not about to readily give up on these, on the untested promise that something better awaits<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Helping a person become less defensive and more open is thus a major part of the work, only then is there any chance of meaningful transformation. As far as I can tell, this is also a major objective of religion. It is about giving up on our defensive narcissism and adopting a more humble and open way of being.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Modifying conscience is a more controversial topic, who is the analyst to tell a person what their moral compass should look like?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The analyst does not do exactly this, but rather attempts to modify the tone and character of one\u2019s conscience. Vic Sedlak explains that analysis aims at a conscience which is \u201cconcerned with nuanced moral judgment, which takes reality and humane consideration into account, rather than delivering absolute moralistic condemnation\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is not achieved through lecturing or criticism, but rather relies upon the analyst\u2019s capacity for compassion, understanding and non-judgment. The patient and grounded analyst will be able to contain and process the patient\u2019s overactive conscience. They thus model a less punitive and angry mode of being.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

So the psalmist turns to a loving and compassionate God and the patient turns to a loving and compassionate analyst. 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It\u2019s a straight line from our psalm to Hamlet\u2019s famous monologue (Act 2, Scene II):<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhat a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world. The paragon of animals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Unlike David, who similarly sees man as but \u201ca little lower than the heavenly beings\u201d, Hamlet is driven to despair by his contemplation of man\u2019s condition:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cAnd yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me. No, nor woman neither\u2026\u201d (<\/span>so stop your smirking, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern!<\/span><\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Thus, Hamlet answers David\u2019s rhetorical question of God \u201cWhat is man that you are mindful of him?\u201d by saying, in essence, \u201cYou are right!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Hamlet sees the same sky as David (\u201cWhen I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have established\u2026\u201d) but Hamlet\u2019s sky is full of foreboding:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201c\u2026this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air\u2014look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire\u2014why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

David instead is moved to exclaim, at the beginning and end of our psalm:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cO Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What is the difference? David reposes his hopes, not only in God, but\u2014despite his own travails with his children\u2014in a coming generation arising in purity:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cOut of the mouths of babes and sucklings You have founded strength!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Hamlet shows us David as he might have been, without God and without hope. Or, depending on one\u2019s viewpoint, he shows us a David without illusions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201c\u2026there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so!\u201d<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fstxNFdQWZQ","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"What A Piece Of Work Is A Man!","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"From King David to Will Shakespeare to 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From the mouths of infants and sucklings <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>You have founded strength on account of Your foes, to put an end to enemy and avenger.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

 <\/p>\r\n

Wait.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>If we are going to<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>speak of my children<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>and Your enemies<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>in one breath<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I must tell You:<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Please don't ask me to choose between my child and You.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I will always choose my child.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

After more than two decades<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>(I know that is nothing to You)<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I can still remember <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>holding each of them close <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>for a time<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>looking down <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>at the little fingers<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>on my breast<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>and the mouth born knowing<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>what to do.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I need to know what You mean.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I think I heard You say<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>There is strength<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>from the mouth of the suckling infant<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>that protects You<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>from Your enemies.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

My heart is pounding.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Which is how I know<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I have been told <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>a beautiful <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>or terrible <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>truth.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I ache for the children<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>for all of us<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>sucking, seeking comfort<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>carrying the burden of protecting You<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>whether we know it or not.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

God help us.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

***<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What is man that You have been mindful of him, mortal man that You have taken note of him<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>that You have made him little less than divine and adorned him with glory and majesty;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

 <\/p>\r\n

A teacher once told me<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>that to bend the knee<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>to feel small<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>is to know how blessed <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>we really are.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>And I wept.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I was angry, if you must know.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>You talk about feeling small, I thought.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>No.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Feeling small is one thing I know more about than you.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>If anything, it keeps me from knowing<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>How blessed I really am.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The next day<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I went into the desert.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I stood on a hilltop<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I felt very small<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>and I thought<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>oh I see<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Here I am.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And I laughed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I felt blessed, if you must know.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I thought about each of us<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>On our own hilltop<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Foolishly imagining<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>ourselves<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>bigger or smaller<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>than anyone else.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Here we are.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>All of us<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Knees bent<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Beloved<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Little less than divine.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

***<\/span><\/p>\r\n

You have made him master over Your handiwork, laying the world at his feet,<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>sheep and oxen, all of them, and wild beasts, too;<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>the birds of the heavens, the fish of the sea, whatever travels the paths of the seas.
\r\n
\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But!<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I wanted to protest.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I have never felt master<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Over any living thing.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Is that so<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I heard You say.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Be careful of the power you pretend not to have.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

***<\/span><\/p>\r\n

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name throughout the earth!
\r\n
\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A teacher once sent me into the forest<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>and said build an altar<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>with what you find there.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>But first, he said<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>you must ask permission.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Ask permission of every leaf every flower every branch every stone<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>From every yes and every no<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>I made my offering to You.<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Amen.
\r\n***<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld is President of Hebrew College since 2018. She served previously as Dean of the College\u2019s Rabbinical School from 2006-2017.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For more on the PsalmSeason project see here.<\/span><\/a> For the full poem, from which this was taken - here.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Our psalm is a liturgy of thanksgiving for God\u2019s protection of the ruler: \u201cO Lord, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your victory! You have granted him the desire of his heart. You have not denied the utterance <\/span>(<\/span><\/i>\u2018areshet<\/span><\/em>) of his lips. <\/span>Selah<\/span><\/em>\u201d (<\/span>21:2-3<\/span><\/a>). The word <\/span>\u2018areshet<\/span><\/em> (\u201cutterance\u201d) is found only here in the Hebrew Bible (i.e. a <\/span>hapax legomenon<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The expression \u201cthe utterance of his lips \u2013 <\/span>\u2018<\/span><\/i>areshet sefatav<\/em> <\/span>is the basis for the early Liturgical Poem <\/span>'Areshet Sefateynu<\/span><\/a><\/em> \u2013 \u201cMay the Utterance of our Lips\u201d which is<\/span> sung<\/span><\/a> according to the Ashkenazi ritual, during <\/span>Musaf<\/span><\/em> on Rosh HaShanah<\/span> each time after the Shofar is sounded in the <\/span>Malkhuyiot, Zikhronot, Shofarot<\/em> <\/span>sections. This <\/span>Piyyut<\/span><\/em> may be translated into English: \u201cMay the utterance of our lips find favor before You, exalted and uplifted God. You understand and listen, watch and pay attention to the sound of our shofar. And You accept in mercy and in favor the order of the verses of our [celebrating Your] dominions, shofar-soundings and recollections (<\/span>malkuyotenu\/shofaroteynu\/zikhronoteynu<\/span><\/em>)\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Midrash Tehillim 21:3<\/span><\/a> suggests that <\/span>\u2018<\/span><\/i>areshet sefatav<\/em> <\/span>means <\/span>reshut she-be-sefatav<\/span><\/em> \u2013 \u201cthe authority (<\/span>reshut<\/span><\/em>) that is on his [i.e. the ruler\u2019s] lips\u201d (see<\/span> Mishnah Avot 2:3<\/span><\/a>). For if the human ruler is told that a certain province has rebelled against his authority, he orders it destroyed, as it says: \u201cHe shall strike down a land with the rod of his mouth, and slay the wicked with the breath of his lips\u201d (<\/span>Isaiah 11:4<\/span><\/a>). But God does not have the king destroy those who disobey Him. Rather, God grants \u201cthe desire of his heart\u201d to whomever requests it from Him in prayer, as it says: \u201cO Lord, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your victory! You have granted him the desire of his heart. You have not denied the utterance (<\/span>\u2018areshet<\/span><\/em>) of his lips. <\/span>Selah<\/span><\/em>\u201d (<\/span>21:2-3<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Talmud Bavli Eruvin 54a<\/span><\/a> addresses the question, When are the words of Torah \u201cpleasant\u201d (<\/span>Proverbs 22:18<\/span><\/a> \u2013 \u201cFor it is pleasant that you keep them\u2026on your lips\u201d)? Raba replied to this question by citing: \u201c<\/span>You have granted him the desire of his heart. You have not denied the utterance of his lips. <\/span>Selah<\/span><\/em>\u201d (<\/span>21:2-3<\/span><\/a>). He then noted that there seems to be a contradiction between the two halves of the verse: \u201cYou have granted him the desire of his heart\u201d, even before one prays! But then it says immediately: \u201cYou have not denied the utterance of his lips. <\/span>Selah<\/span><\/em>\u201d, which seems to refer to after one prays with \u201chis lips\u201d for \u201cthe desire of his heart\u201d. 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Only a rudderless poem lacks metaphor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Biblical poetry \u2013 as an excellent specimen of the poetic genre \u2013 relies heavily on metaphor to create and convey meaning. Psalm 23 presents a rich example of metaphor in action.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

After an introductory title, the poet opens with a thesis statement: \u201cThe Lord is my shepherd.\u201d Metaphors, as explanatory vehicles, represent thoughts and emotions through references to reality. Recall that in this ancient period, Israelite society was primarily agrarian with patches of urban living. The sight of a shepherd leading a flock with walking staff and crook in hand was part of daily life. The poet concretizes his feelings of complete dependence on God by metaphorically equating himself to a sheep in God\u2019s flock. He emphasizes his reliance on divine sustenance and the benefits thereof. The subject of each verb in verses 2 and 3 is the shepherd\/God, and the object is the sheep\/poet. The shepherd <\/span>causes<\/em> <\/span>the sheep to lie down, <\/span>leads<\/em> <\/span>it to water, <\/span>renews<\/em> <\/span>its life, and <\/span>sets <\/span><\/i>it on straight paths.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This shepherd, however, goes beyond the call of duty. He sets the sheep to pasture in <\/span>ne\u2019ot deshe<\/span><\/em> \u201cgreen pastures,\u201d lush with fresh and easily digestible grass instead of the less palatable food of the wilderness (<\/span>ne\u2019ot midbar, <\/span><\/em>Jer 9:9, Joel 2:22). He leads the sheep to <\/span>mei menuhot<\/em> <\/span>\u201ccalm waters\u201d (note the alliteration!), and not to a rushing stream. By relying on God, the poet is rewarded with high-quality sustenance and tranquility.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This trust in God\u2019s leadership and compassion sets the stage for verse 4, the most famous line of the poem. In this verse, the poet takes initiative. He moves from object to subject, here denoted by the use of <\/span>elekh<\/em> <\/span>\u201c<\/span>I<\/span><\/i> will go\u201d \u2013 a first-person simple verb after a series of 3<\/span>rd<\/span> person causative ones. He declares that although he walks in the darkest valley (<\/span>tzalmut<\/span><\/em>), he has no fear; the shepherd\u2019s staff and crook comfort him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Metaphor curates the intellectual and emotional world of the poet. It provides a florid and persuasive language to describe the poet\u2019s existence. In non-metaphorical terms, the poet\u2019s experience of God\u2019s constant presence provides him with the courage to navigate life\u2019s darkest moments. These latter verses also showcase another quality of biblical metaphor: its tendency to blur or break down. While the poet casts himself as a sheep in verse 2, it is unclear to what extent he activates the metaphor in the following verses. Who stands as the subject of verse 3, the sheep or poet? Perhaps it is both at the same time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Conceptual blurring certainly characterizes verse 4, in which the poet himself traverses a dark valley, but is comforted by the symbols of a shepherd: a staff and crook. Description is an inexact art. Words can convey a reality, but never fully mirror it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Metaphor, as an act of description, thus provides a means for both articulating and fracturing the deeper meanings of life.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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With MC Danny Raphael!<\/p>\r\n

This psalm is inserted into our prayer services during this season, as we re-turn towards the New Year and Yom Kippur. According to Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, the psalm encourages us to listen to our own hearts, and to hear there the voice of the Infinite.<\/p>\r\n

Educators - there's an accompanying lesson plan that uses the original psalm, this rap version and a broad range of commentaries as a basis for the students or participants to write creatively about their own inner experiences and emotions.<\/p>\r\n

Lyrics:<\/p>\r\n

\u00a0\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd \u05ea\u05b7\u05bc\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd \u05ea\u05b8\u05bc\u05e7\u05d5\u05bc\u05dd \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05d6\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7\u2060 \u05e7\u05b7\u05d5\u05b5\u05bc\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc \u05d4\u05d5\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d7\u05b2\u05d6\u05b7\u05e7 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05de\u05b5\u05e5 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05b6\u05bc\u05da\u05b8\u2060 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e7\u05b7\u05d5\u05b5\u05bc\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc \u05d4\u05d5\u05d9\u05d4\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

You\u2019re my light
\r\nAnd I know You\u2019ll deliver me
\r\nWho shall I fear when You\u2019ve given me
\r\nThe strength to survive
\r\nNow who's the man who can limit me?
\r\nWhen the ignorant are rising to injure me
\r\n-
\r\nConfused with jealousy
\r\nThey would consume my flesh
\r\nImbued with enmity
\r\nI watch them lose their step
\r\nVictims of conditioning imprisoned in their misery
\r\nUnwilling to be human
\r\nAnd enter Your synergy
\r\n-
\r\nIf an army should rise against me
\r\nIf the promises of allies were revealed as empty
\r\nIf my being were placed under siege
\r\nStill Your sacred name would I breathe
\r\n-
\r\nAsking only to dwell in Your tent in humility
\r\nThanks for the gift that You\u2019ve given we
\r\nMay we watch as the sweetest delivery
\r\nClears all fear
\r\nCos right here is Infinity <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b5\u05d0 \u05d4\u05b6\u05d0\u05b1\u05de\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05ea\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05d8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1 \u05d4\u05d5\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e7\u05b7\u05d5\u05b5\u05bc\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc \u05d4\u05d5\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d7\u05b2\u05d6\u05b7\u05e7 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05de\u05b5\u05e5 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05b6\u05bc\u05da\u05b8\u2060 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e7\u05b7\u05d5\u05b5\u05bc\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc \u05d4\u05d5\u05d9\u05d4<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Now my head is held high over my enemies
\r\nMy insecurity and my fear lay trembling
\r\nI come to Your tent with an offering
\r\nI will sing from my depths
\r\nGiving thanks and honoring
\r\n-
\r\nYou who my heart command me to seek
\r\nIn the sweetest silence
\r\nThere I hear You speak
\r\nEven if my father and mother neglect me
\r\nI know You\u2019re always there to protect me
\r\n-
\r\nShow me Your ways through the ups and downs of life
\r\nHelp me to channel your light
\r\nPlease don\u2019t let me escape myself with lies
\r\nPlease
\r\nDon\u2019t let me hide
\r\n-
\r\nIf it wasn\u2019t for my faith in Your goodness
\r\nI couldn\u2019t survive
\r\nI wouldn\u2019t be singing these lines
\r\nSo hope
\r\nLearn to hope
\r\nWhatever the price
\r\nHope must always survive <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd \u05ea\u05b7\u05bc\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9
\r\n<\/span>\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd \u05ea\u05b8\u05bc\u05e7\u05d5\u05bc\u05dd \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05d6\u05b9\u05d0\u05ea \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7\u2060 <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u05e7\u05b7\u05d5\u05b5\u05bc\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc \u05d4\u05d5\u05d9\u05d4
\r\n\u05d7\u05b2\u05d6\u05b7\u05e7 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05de\u05b5\u05e5 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05b6\u05bc\u05da\u05b8\u2060
\r\n\u05d5\u05b0\u05e7\u05b7\u05d5\u05b5\u05bc\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc \u05d4\u05d5\u05d9\u05d4 <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b5\u05d0 \u05d4\u05b6\u05d0\u05b1\u05de\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05ea\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9
\r\n\u05dc\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05d8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u00a0\u05d4\u05d5\u05d9\u05d4
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\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u00a0\u05e7\u05b7\u05d5\u05b5\u05bc\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc \u05d4\u05d5\u05d9\u05d4
\r\n\u05d7\u05b2\u05d6\u05b7\u05e7 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05de\u05b5\u05e5 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05b6\u05bc\u05da\u05b8\u2060
\r\n\u05d5\u05b0\u05e7\u05b7\u05d5\u05b5\u05bc\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc \u05d4\u05d5\u05d9\u05d4<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Hope
\r\nLearn to hope
\r\nWhatever the price
\r\nHope must always survive<\/span><\/p>\r\n

 <\/p>\r\n

Words: Danny Raphael. Music produced by Daniel Gouly<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For more information about the psalm<\/strong>, its meaning, and also the lesson plan, please see here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

To hear and download the entire 3-song EP<\/strong>, Rapping the Psalms, please see here.<\/a><\/p>\r\n

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I wish I could have hung out with the author of Psalm 104.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I would have loved being in his presence, reveling in his (dare we imagine the author was a she?) exuberance, his joy, his full-throated paean to Life.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It isn\u2019t just that he seems so effortlessly exultant \u2013 though how wonderful if we could all be like that. It is, rather, that being exultant about Life \u2013 both natural and cultural - seems not to be enough for him. He needs in addition - to notice that he is noticing. He is calling himself to self-consciously acknowledge, even celebrate, not just Life but his own enthrallment with Life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The psalm, after all, could have begun: \u201cO LORD, my God, You are very great; You are clothed in glory and majesty.\u201d That would have been a perfectly fine opening.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But it doesn\u2019t. The psalmist opens with a call to self, as if to say, be aware of your awareness of the brilliant normalcy of life and how you are able to revel in it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It is a great gift to live in this awesome world, the psalmist says. But even greater is the ability to realize, appreciate and celebrate the awesomeness of this world. Neither he, the psalm teaches, nor we, should ever take the world for granted.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

If we ever did (and of course we did), we don\u2019t now. This past year of nature-run-amok has reminded us of how glorious, and fragile, normalcy is.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Which might be why, despite the psalms exultation, we can see a dark cloud hovering over it. It emerges at verse 9\u00a0 \u201cYou set bounds the waters must not pass so that they never again cover the earth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Once, perhaps. But not now. The psalmist could no doubt imagine drought and floods, famine and disease. That is why he is so grateful for the earth\u2019s abundance.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But the psalmist could not imagine that the very operating system of the world could be put in jeopardy, with the waters transgressing their bounds, permanently covering parts of the earth they were not meant to cover in our lifetimes. He could not imagine mountain tops being cut down and dumped into rivers; or forests being decimated, destroying habitat for thousands of creatures. He could not imagine a great extinction when Life itself is being challenged.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It is a tragedy that we can not only imagine such a scene, but that we are experiencing it. Which is why this vision of such a normal, glorious, verdant, song-filled world remains doubly appealing. The exuberance of the psalmist reminds us of the refuge, goodness and comfort we find in nature, and of the vision we seek to renew. It is his words describing a world humming along, at peace with itself, that feeds our souls and drives us on to do the work at hand. The psalmist had his work: to celebrate the world. 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