This morning, being Rosh Chodesh Ellul, I said לדוד ה' אורי, Psalm 27, as part of my davening. I was really looking forward to saying it as it has always been one of my favorite kapitlach Tehillim.
What surprised me was my reaction. Saying it made me very emotional. That was especially true of the final two verses. לולא האמנתי לראות בטוב ה' בארץ חיים. קוה אל ה' חזק ויאמץ לבך וקוה אל ה. "If I hadn't believed that I would see the goodness of Hashem in the land of the living. Hope to Hashem, strengthen yourself, and hope to Hashem again." I can't possibly count the number of times that I was going through what seemed like very dark times in my life and I turned to these words to give me hope and strength to persevere and not give up. On occasion I have spent hours singing them to the classic tune of Diaspora Yeshiva Band.
Saying it this morning and feeling as I did engendered in me a desire to spend some time really getting to the root of this chapter of Tehillim and understanding it. It is my intent to spend this month blogging about what I learn as to its meaning.
What surprised me was my reaction. Saying it made me very emotional. That was especially true of the final two verses. לולא האמנתי לראות בטוב ה' בארץ חיים. קוה אל ה' חזק ויאמץ לבך וקוה אל ה. "If I hadn't believed that I would see the goodness of Hashem in the land of the living. Hope to Hashem, strengthen yourself, and hope to Hashem again." I can't possibly count the number of times that I was going through what seemed like very dark times in my life and I turned to these words to give me hope and strength to persevere and not give up. On occasion I have spent hours singing them to the classic tune of Diaspora Yeshiva Band.
Saying it this morning and feeling as I did engendered in me a desire to spend some time really getting to the root of this chapter of Tehillim and understanding it. It is my intent to spend this month blogging about what I learn as to its meaning.
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