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\u201cPlease don\u2019t judge me,\u201d the psalmist writes, \u201cfor no one can be innocent in front of you\u201d (143:2).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In 2018, there were more than 1.4 million people arrested for drug possession in the United States. Of those, more than 660,000 were arrested for marijuana related violations. More than 52% of adult Americans have used marijuana at some point in their life, though people of color are disproportionately arrested.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cMy foe crushed me into the ground, and made me dwell in the darkness, like those long dead\u201d (143:3).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There were nearly 68,000 deaths from accidental drug overdoses in 2018 (though none from marijuana). How many more are living in pain, in darkness? 80% of people who use heroin first misused prescription opioids. Most initially started their addiction to alleviate \u201clegitimate\u201d medical pain.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

How do you even consider judging someone when they are already knocked down?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cI thought about all Your deeds, and recounted the work of Your hands\u201d (143:5).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Like an algorithm, God has no empathy. Empathy requires someone to understand the situation, to understand the pain. There is nothing more terrifying after having a \u201cfailed spirit\u201d and a \"numbed mind\u201d (143:4) to remember that you are being judged by someone who has never experienced what you are going through.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cFree me from emotional distress\u201d (143:11).
\r\n<\/span>\u201cDestroy all the things that cause me emotional distress\u201d (143:12).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Perhaps the thing that causes the emotional distress is the act of judgement itself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Perhaps when the psalmist begs God to free him and destroy the causes of emotional distress, he is referring to the algorithmic, unfeeling laws; the mandatory minimums in sentencing; the treating of issues legalistically instead of from a standpoint of mental health; the removal of laws that exist only to control and not to empower; the culture of \u201claw and order\u201d, as opposed to one of \u201clife, liberty and the pursuit of happiness\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Image: The word \"empathy\" in binary code \u2013 courtesy of the author.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In Jewish tradition,<\/span> our psalm<\/span><\/a> is sung, according to the<\/span> Lithuanian Rite, in the Selichot service on Erev Rosh Hashana<\/span><\/a>. In Christian tradition it is the last of the seven<\/span> Penitential Psalms<\/span><\/a> (Psalms 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143); so called because they all express sorrow for sin. Indeed, Psalm 143 is King David\u2019s personal cry for help from God, despite his and other human beings\u2019 lack of righteousness.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Midrash Tanhuma Vayikra 6:1<\/span><\/a> cites<\/span> Psalms 143:2<\/span><\/a> \u201c\u2026no living creature is righteous\u201d at the conclusion of the well-known Parable of the Lame and the Blind. At the final judgement, God will resurrect and judge each person. First, He will ask each human soul: Why have you transgressed the commandments? The soul will respond that it was the body that committed all physical transgressions. But, when confronted with the soul\u2019s excuse, the body will assert that it is the soul alone that is responsible for conceiving of and committing sin! So, what will God do?\u00a0 He will resurrect and reunite each human body and soul and judge them as one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This may be compared to a human king who had an orchard full of ripened fruits. He reasoned that if he were to post there one guard who can both see and walk, such a guard would be able to eat the fruits by himself. So, the king posted two guards, one lame and one blind, reasoning that neither alone could help himself to the fruits. However, after the king had gone, the lame guard looked and beheld the delectable fruits. He proposed to the blind guard, mount me on your shoulders so that I can guide us to the fruits, which we will both then enjoy. This is just what the two guards did. When the king returned, he was appalled to see that none of his fruits were left. He first asked the blind guard if he had stolen the fruits. The blind guard replied that he could not even see them. The king then asked the lame guard if he had stolen the fruits. He replied that he would have been unable to go to the fruits, much less reach up to pick and eat them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But the wise king realized how together the lame and the blind guards had eaten the ripe fruits. He mounted the lame guard again on the shoulders of the blind guard and judged them as one. Similarly, at the final judgement, God will resurrect and reunite each person\u2019s body and soul.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And so, when King David foresaw how God would judge the body and the soul together, he begged mercy, saying: Master of the world, when you judge Your creatures, do not judge me as you judge them. This is indicated by the verse: \u201cDo not enter into judgment with Your servant, for before You no living creature is righteous\u201d (<\/span>Psalms 143:2<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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King David wants to follow in God's footsteps. In order to do so, he follows the example that God sets. \"Then I thought of the days of old; I rehearsed all Your deeds, recounted the work of Your hands\" (verse 5).\u00a0 David searches through the past and he comes across the closest people have come to witnessing God's glory first hand- the story of Moses on Mt. Sinai.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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David looks at this story of the past, of the greatest leader of the Israelites. He too looks directly to God as a model and asks God to show the way. \u201cLet me learn of Your faithfulness by daybreak, for in You I trust; show me the ways I must take, for on You I have set my hope\" (143:8). 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I remember the days of old, I meditate on all Your doing, I speak of the work of Your hands.
\r\nPsalms 143: 5
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\r\nRefael
\r\nhealing angel<\/p>\r\n

our first child --
\r\nmay his memory be a blessing --<\/p>\r\n

lived nine lunar and solar weeks
\r\nand two days<\/p>\r\n

wonder and loss
\r\nbeginnings and endlessness<\/p>\r\n

only God seeing the whole horizon.<\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":55881,"alt":"","title":"Jud13-angel","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jud13-angel.png","width":1762,"height":1920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jud13-angel-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jud13-angel-275x300.png","medium-width":275,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jud13-angel-768x837.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":837,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jud13-angel-940x1024.png","large-width":940,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jud13-angel.png","1536x1536-width":1410,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jud13-angel.png","2048x2048-width":1762,"2048x2048-height":1920,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jud13-angel-1101x1200.png","post_full_size-width":1101,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jud13-angel-385x420.png","home_baner-width":385,"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":"Refael","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"wonder and loss \/ beginnings and endlessness","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":55881,"alt":"","title":"Jud13-angel","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jud13-angel.png","width":1762,"height":1920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jud13-angel-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jud13-angel-275x300.png","medium-width":275,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jud13-angel-768x837.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":837,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jud13-angel-940x1024.png","large-width":940,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jud13-angel.png","1536x1536-width":1410,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jud13-angel.png","2048x2048-width":1762,"2048x2048-height":1920,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jud13-angel-1101x1200.png","post_full_size-width":1101,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Jud13-angel-385x420.png","home_baner-width":385,"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":"143","chapter_main_number":"710","date":"20280518","wall_id":"710"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":7,"id":"91320","color":"#f6edf6","size":"1","name":"The Night Of Doubt ","post_title":"The Night Of Doubt","slug":"the-night-of-doubt","old_id":"91320","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":36669,"post_title":"Yakov Azriel","slug":"yakov-azriel","old_id":"36669","first_name":"Yakov ","last_name":"Azriel","description":"Yakov Azriel, who lives in Israel, has published five books of poetry in the USA and hundreds of poems in journals and magazines. 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\"And my spirit faints within me \u2026\" (Psalm 143:4)<\/p>\r\n

The light is going out. I hear a shout
\r\nThat makes me shudder as the darkness shouts
\r\nIts triumph, for a regiment of doubts
\r\nHas overrun my sky. The night of doubt
\r\nIs stern, and constellations are about
\r\nTo die; uncertain of my whereabouts,
\r\nI stumble, and I fall without the ins-and-outs
\r\nOf firm belief. The light is going out.<\/p>\r\n

Am I unworthy of a star, unfit
\r\nTo glimpse the moon? A better man would fight
\r\nAgainst these shadows, searching for bright lights
\r\nHe used to know, which heaven once had lit.
\r\nNot I \u2014 for I've surrendered to the night
\r\nOf faith's eclipse, the darkest of all nights.<\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":84079,"alt":"","title":"ps53-night empty cosmos","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps53-night-empty-cosmos.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps53-night-empty-cosmos-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps53-night-empty-cosmos-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps53-night-empty-cosmos-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps53-night-empty-cosmos-1024x576.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":576,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps53-night-empty-cosmos.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps53-night-empty-cosmos.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1080,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps53-night-empty-cosmos-1200x675.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":675,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps53-night-empty-cosmos-747x420.jpg","home_baner-width":747,"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":"The Night Of Doubt","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"The light is going out \/ for I've surrendered to the night \/ Of faith's eclipse, the darkest of all nights","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":84079,"alt":"","title":"ps53-night empty cosmos","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps53-night-empty-cosmos.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps53-night-empty-cosmos-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps53-night-empty-cosmos-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps53-night-empty-cosmos-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps53-night-empty-cosmos-1024x576.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":576,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps53-night-empty-cosmos.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps53-night-empty-cosmos.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1080,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps53-night-empty-cosmos-1200x675.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":675,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ps53-night-empty-cosmos-747x420.jpg","home_baner-width":747,"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":"143","chapter_main_number":"710","date":"20280518","wall_id":"710"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":8,"id":"91344","color":"#e0e9ef","size":"1","name":"Dwelling In Darkness ","post_title":"Dwelling In Darkness","slug":"dwelling-in-darkness","old_id":"91344","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":34243,"post_title":"Moshe Sokolow","slug":"moshe-sokolow","old_id":"34243","first_name":"Moshe","last_name":"Sokolow","description":"Dr. Moshe Sokolow is Associate Dean of the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, Yeshiva University, and teaches a weekly class in parashat hashavu`a at Lincoln Square Synagogue. 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Radak and Malbim were of the opinion that this psalm is a continuation of its predecessor, namely, that it, too, was recited in that cave. Furthermore, the sequence \u201cHear my prayer (<\/span>t\u2019filati<\/span><\/em>); give ear to my plea (<\/span>t\u2019chinati<\/span><\/em>)\u201d (1) suggested to Malbim the Halakhic prescription for the Amidah, with praise of God a prerequisite for the subsequent recitation of supplications.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The continuation of the preamble to the actual prayer: <\/span>\u201c<\/span>Do not enter into judgment with Your servant, for before You no creature is in the right\u201d (2), which has been adapted for the Yom HaKippurim liturgy as: \u201cDo not enter into judgment with us\u2026,\u201d prompted Malbim to write the following:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It may be imagined that [God] will enter into judgment with the petitioner in order to weigh his deeds [to determine] whether he is entitled to have his wishes fulfilled. [The psalmist] asked Him not to enter into judgment, explaining that it would, necessarily, determine that every creature owes a debt to his Creator\u2026 Therein, no living being can be found righteous in comparison with the goodness and graces of God\u2026 since it is impossible for a limited mortal to offer unlimited obedience.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A striking literary feature of this psalm is the similarity borne between v.3 and several verses in Lamentations 3.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Psalm 143:3 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Lamentations 3:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\r\n

My foe hounded me;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n

\r\n

(52) My foes have snared me like a bird<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

\r\n

he crushed (<\/span>dika\u2019<\/span><\/i>) me to the ground;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n

\r\n

(34) Crushing (<\/span>l\u2019dakei\u2019<\/span><\/i>) under His feet
\r\nall the prisoners of the earth.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n

\r\n

he made me dwell in darkness (<\/span>hoshivani b\u2019machshakim<\/span><\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

like those long dead.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n

\r\n

(6) He has made me dwell in darkness (<\/span>b\u2019machshakim hoshivani<\/span><\/em>),<\/span>
\r\n
\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n

like those long dead.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

It may be noted that one of the several biblical writers who have been proposed as authors or redactors of Psalms is the prophet Jeremiah who, according to Talmudic tradition, was also the author of Lamentations.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Hear me
\r\nListen
\r\nAnswer me
\r\nwith mercy
\r\nas no human
\r\ncan be guiltless
\r\nin Your court
\r\nan enemy attacked me
\r\nground me down
\r\nto almost dead
\r\nmy heart in shock
\r\nremembered days
\r\nwhen my thoughts
\r\nwere of You
\r\nand my speech
\r\nwas of miracles
\r\nwrought by Your hands
\r\nand my hands
\r\nreached for You
\r\nand my soul wanted drink
\r\nfrom the water of You
\r\nas a parched earth
\r\nthirsts
\r\nmy breath is shallow
\r\ndon\u2019t turn from me now
\r\nas my steps close in
\r\nto the grave
\r\nlet morning come
\r\nwith compassion from You
\r\nsend currents of air
\r\non which I\u2019ll soar
\r\nto safely land
\r\non paths swept clean
\r\nof torturers and murderers
\r\ndon\u2019t judge me now
\r\njust help me find a compass
\r\nthat will lead me back
\r\nto You<\/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 143","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"don\u2019t judge me now just help me find a compass that will lead me back","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":"143","chapter_main_number":"710","date":"20280518","wall_id":"710"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":10,"id":"91326","color":"#e6f5f3","size":"1","name":"From Your Lips: Psalm 143 ","post_title":"From Your Lips: Psalm 143","slug":"from-your-lips-psalm-143","old_id":"91326","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":79754,"post_title":"Reuben Ebrahimoff","slug":"reuben-ebrahimoff","old_id":"79754","first_name":"Reuben ","last_name":"Ebrahimoff ","description":"Reuben Ebrahimoff is the author of a \"user's guide\" to the Book of Psalms, entitled \"From Your Lips to God\u2019s Ears, The 10 Things You Need To Know About the Book of Tehillim \u2013 Psalms.\" Affectionately known as \u201cThe Haftorahman,\u201d was the first Mashadi Jew from Persia to attend Yeshiva in the U.S.A. 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Psalm 143:<\/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 as a prayer that he be saved from his enemies.<\/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\nSpeaking on behalf of himself and the Jewish people, King David now asks that God answer our prayers simply in response to our desire to be upright, even if we do not have sufficient merit. If not for our human frailty and laxity, we would serve God perfectly.<\/p>\r\n

This psalm consists of twelve verses, subdivided into two parts.
\r\nIn verses 1-6, King David cries out to God in distress, and asks Him to respond.
\r\nIn verses 7-12, he prays for personal salvation and the demise of his enemies. He further entreaties the Almighty on behalf of the entire Jewish people.<\/p>\r\n

Introductory Words:<\/em>
\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\u00a0\u201ceverlasting.\u201d<\/span>
\r\n
\r\nShimiush Tehillim--When to Say:<\/em>
\r\nFor healing of the upper arm--Verse 6 states: \u201cI spread out my hands to You, my soul, as an arid land yearns for You.\u201d<\/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 143","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":"143","chapter_main_number":"710","date":"20280518","wall_id":"710"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":11,"id":"91324","color":"#f7e9e9","size":"1","name":"Bitter, Implacable Foes ","post_title":"Bitter, Implacable Foes","slug":"bitter-implacable-foes","old_id":"91324","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":54356,"post_title":"Robert Alter","slug":"robert-alter","old_id":"54356","first_name":"Robert ","last_name":"Alter","description":"Robert Alter is the Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Berkeley, where he has taught since 1967. 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143:12 \u201cAnd in Your kindness devastate my enemies and destroy all my bitter foes, for I am Your servant.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The psalm gives no real indication of the identity of these enemies or of the concrete nature--judicial? military?--of their assault on the speaker. Some interpreters have seized on the reference to dwelling in the darkness at the beginning as an indication that the supplicant has been cast into prison, but the inference is questionable because darkness is such a general and archetypal image for adversity. The translation adds the adjective \u201cbitter\u201d to \u201cfoes\u201d because the Hebrew <\/span>tsorerey nafshi<\/span><\/em>, literally \u201cfoes of my life,\u201d suggests implacability or the desire to kill the person.<\/span><\/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. Job: coming attractions<\/em>. Can a person be acquitted as wholly righteous in a divine trial, or from their very nature as humans, with all its deficiencies, they will always come out bad? The statement in verse 2, \u201cbefore You no creature is in the right\u201d is a claim made by the friends of Job, a mere 42 chapters from now. Stay with us.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Thirsty\/tired earth<\/em>. How does an earth like that (verse 6) feel ? That\u2019s how the psalmist feels: \u201cI stretched out my hands to You, longing for You like thirsty earth.Selah.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Gracious spirit<\/em>. \u201cLet Your gracious spirit lead me on level ground,\u201d requests the psalmist in verse 10. What is a \u201cgracious spirit\u201d (ruach tova<\/em>)? Lovingkindness? Goodwill? Is it a metaphor for the sort of spirit\/wind that helps a ship at sea, or a bird in flight? 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