Category: Psalms
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Psalm 27 (the sacrifice song of joy on Yom Thruah)
1: To David. Yehoweh my light and my salvation (va- Ishi). Whom am I fearing? Yehoweh my life’s stronghold. Whom am I dreading? 2: Flesh- eating Wickedness-makers coming against me? Opposing narrow-minded? Them? They tottered and fell. 3: if an encampment (Makneh) encamps (thikneh) against me, my heart does not fear. If a battle…
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Psalm 51’s stanzas of poetry
1: A melody for David’s chief musician when Prophet Nathan is to go to him after he had gone (Ba) to Bath-Sheba. Be compassionate to me, Lord. Like/for the sake of your loving kindness (khesedhekha), Like /for the sake of your great encompassing motherly sustenance (womb-ness – rakhamekha), Wipe out my transgressions (Peshayi). 2: Cause…
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Psalm 90 – ‘thousand years vs 70 years’, shoov (turn around) song of Moses at his second retirement
1: Dwelling place Yehovah, You were ours in a generation and a generation 2: Before mountains were born and the earth and world danced – From everlasting to everlasting (are) You, God. 3: You caused man to turn around to contrition/destruction, saying, Turn around sons of adam 4: For a thousand years in your eyes…
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Psalm 62
The Akh-Ulkha poem 1: To the head of the choir master family. A melody of David. Surely (Akh) to God my soul (is in) silence. From Him (is) my Jesus. 2: Surely He is my rock and my Jesus, my security – I will not be greatly shaken. 3: How long will you yell at…
An Ungrammatical Message 