“וַאֲנִי בְּרֹב חַסְדְּךָ אָבוֹא בֵיתֶךָ אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה אֶל הֵיכַל קָדְשְׁךָ בְּיִרְאָתֶךָ” “But I, with Your great loving-kindness, shall enter Your House; I shall prostrate myself toward Your Holy Temple in the fear of You.” What is my biggest wish? What is the best grace HaShem is spreading over me?, says King David – it is being …
“תְּאַבֵּד דֹּבְרֵי כָזָב אִישׁ דָּמִים וּמִרְמָה יְתָעֵב יְהֹוָה” “You destroy speakers of lies; the Lord abhors a man of blood and deceit.” David asks HaShem to destroy all the hated wicked. It raises a question about King David’s personality. Absalom, Saul, Shimee and others, many cases in which we have seen King David as forgiving …
“כִּי לֹא אֵל חָפֵץ רֶשַׁע אָתָּה לֹא יְגֻרְךָ רָע” “For You are not a God Who desires wickedness; evil does not abide with You” The consistent question of the existent and so often also the dominion of evil in the world, is the source of this verse. Yes, the evil exist and might prosper. But …
“לֹא יִתְיַצְּבוּ הוֹלְלִים לְנֶגֶד עֵינֶיךָ שָֹנֵאתָ כָּל פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן” “Confused people shall not stand before Your eyes; You hate all workers of iniquity” I find two interesting things in this verse: 1) Once again, David describes good and bad, happiness and sorrow through ‘stability’. Here, the wicked ‘shall not stand’ before your eyes (in Hebrew …
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“אֲמָרַי הַאֲזִינָה יְהֹוָה בִּינָה הֲגִיגִי” “Give ear to my words, O Lord; consider my meditation” Times in which our heart, dreams and vision is more advanced, even more than the possibly of our words to describe it. HaShem, please understand the quiet praises of my heart, although I don’t have the ability to form them into words, …