“הַקְשִׁיבָה לְקוֹל שַׁוְעִי מַלְכִּי וֵאלֹהָי כִּי אֵלֶיךָ אֶתְפַּלָּל”

“Hearken to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for I will pray to You.”

The belief and knowledge that you are my King and Lord (in this verse, the Hebrew meaning for the name of G-d is ‘the One who provides all abilities’), strengthen my spirit and prevents me from falling toward the pit of despair.

Therefore, I pray to You at any time, convenient occasions and hard ones.

Question: What does G-d help in moments of angst?

Answer: Many times ‘in order’ for a person to fall into despair, is when being ‘over responsible’. I mean, that while doing everything one can do to achieve a goal, one sometimes thinks that everything should be under his control, not leaving room for HaShem..not praying.

Of course, we must do all efforts we can to achieve our purposes. Just let us not forget He is the one providing us the ability to do anything.

This way, if we fail, it might just be because G-d didn’t want it to happen this time or that way.
This way, we’re never alone, never-mind what we do, struggle for. Nothing is worthless (G-d is also invested in it..), nothing is impossible (He is creator of abilities). We are never alone.

Question: What does it mean that in Hebrew the meaning of G-d in this verse is “the One who provides all abilities”?

Answer: Unlike English or any other language, in Hebrew G-d has many names. These are the ways we refer to Him.

For example, sometimes we stand in-front if the Judge of the Universe (Like in Rosh HaShana, the Jewish new year). Sometimes we refer to Him as our Father, as the verse says “My firstborn Israel”. Sometimes as a warrior, an old wise man, etc….

The simple reason for that is, we, humans cannot define the Creator who made us. It is something beyond our understanding. Like HaShem tells Moshe: “And He said, “You will not be able to see My face, for man shall not see Me and live.”.    Still we want and ordered to talk to Him and about Him.. So we refer to The One each time in the way we “meet” Him in the specific time, place and occasion we are standing at.  This part of Theological study is sometimes called “Kaballah”