Click here to read “Psalm Three: Translation of the Song” Structure and meaning are striking complements in Song 3; where and when words occur in the verses sound the singer’s intent as surely and harmoniously as the strings of his lyre voice their notes together. Thus: verses 2 and 3 contain three repetitions of the …
“לַיהֹוָה הַיְשׁוּעָה עַל עַמְּךָ בִרְכָתֶךָ סֶּלָה” “It is incumbent upon the Lord to save, and it is incumbent upon Your people to bless You forever.” Lots of enemies fought against King David, never had he any prevention from fighting and killing them, by the thousands. Here, it is all different. In his war against Absalom, …
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.לֹא אִירָא מֵרִבְבוֹת עָם אֲשֶׁר סָבִיב שָׁתוּ עָלָי” “.קוּמָה יְהֹוָה הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי אֱלֹהַי כִּי הִכִּיתָ אֶת כָּל אֹיְבַי לֶחִי שִׁנֵּי רְשָׁעִים שִׁבַּרְתָּ “I will not fear ten thousands of people, who have set themselves against me all around. Arise, O Lord, save me, my God, for You have struck all my enemies on the cheek; You …
“אֲנִי שָׁכַבְתִּי וָאִישָׁנָה הֱקִיצוֹתִי כִּי יְהֹוָה יִסְמְכֵנִי” “I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord will support me.” Do you know the feeling of being so troubled / worried, you cannot fall asleep. If you suffer from this, imagine now you lost all of your properties, dignity, you’re being chased after and the …
“רַבִּים אֹמְרִים לְנַפְשִׁי אֵין יְשׁוּעָתָה לּוֹ בֵאלֹהִים סֶלָה” “Great men say concerning my soul, “He has no salvation in God to eternity.”” They are not chasing only my body, but also my soul. Blaming me while saying there is no way back, no possibility for repentance from this unfortunate event of Bat Sheva in which I have …
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” יְהֹוָה מָה רַבּוּ צָרָי רַבִּים קָמִים עָלָי” “O Lord, how many have my adversaries become! Great men rise up against me.” It is not easy to withstand when many people are opposing you, it is much harder, when not only the ‘stupid mob’ is against you, but among them there are also ‘great men’. King …
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