“בְּקָרְאִי עֲנֵנִי אֱלֹהֵי צִדְקִי בַּצָּר הִרְחַבְתָּ לִּי חָנֵּנִי וּשְׁמַע תְּפִלָּתִי”

“When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness; in my distress You have relieved me, be gracious to me and hearken to my prayer.”

..”A song of David..in my distress..”  Again the question arises, what room is there for songs, when the time is a time of distress?  and again, the answer lies within the question itself: King David continue singing even at the most complicated times and situations.

In music, harmony is the use of simultaneous pitches (tones, notes), or chords. (Malm, William P. 1996.).

Life, as the Torah teaches, can be described as a harmony. It includes many types of notes, high soprano along with low base.. distressful occasions and times of relief.

David sees things in a faithful perspective, seeing the positiveness of life, even in hard moments. Whenever there is nothing good to spot the light on, something good will be derived from the situation – King David’s life, is harmonious life, he can always sing.

We can also notice the faithful perspective in the way David articulates his prayers, a plea and request, rather than a demand of someone who exclaims he deserves something.

Question: What good did happen from David and Bat Sheva?

Retro-perspective, from this bad deed of Bat Sheva, in which David thirteen years later still cries about in the nights “I am weary from my sighing; every night I sully my bed; I wet my couch with my tears.” (Psalm 6:7), the one sin David admits all his life and refer as: “For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.” (Psalm 51:5) – G-d turned this distress into a relief, from the awkward occurrence  King Solomon himself was born and a big relief to Israel.