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The Hebrew word Selah, possibly an instruction on the reading of the text, breaks the psalm after verses 3, 5 and 8. C. S. Rodd argues that the psalm's structure is unclear, but suggests: Verses 1-5: a prayer for help; Verses 6-7: an expression of confidence in God; Verses 8-11: an appeal against the psalmist's enemies
PDF image of a public domain book, for use at Wikipedia and Wikisource: Solomon Ibn Gabirol, The Improvement of the Moral Qualities (Tikkun Middot ha-Nefesh). Medieval Hebrew translation by Rabbi Judah Ibn Tibbon in 1167. This edition was published in 1869.
Psalm 141 is the 141st psalm of the Book of Psalms, a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian biblical canon, that begins in English in the King James Version: "LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me".
There is, therefore, no ontological source of evil, corresponding to the greater good, which is God; [28] evil being not real but rational—i.e. it exists not as an objective fact, but as a subjective conception; things are evil not in themselves, but because of their relation to other items or persons. All realities are in themselves ...
Psalm 38 is the 38th psalm of the Book of Psalms, entitled "A psalm of David to bring to remembrance", [1] is one of the 7 Penitential Psalms. [2] In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint version of the Bible, and in the Latin Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 37.
Accordingly, God allows evil to exist, but only for a limited period of time, without committing evil himself. [23] Although a prince of evil, Mastema never actually harms any of God's servants. Whenever Mastema acts, it is only by God's permission or Mastema is immediately restraint. [24]
Verse 7 is one of three verses which make up the prayer of Tzidkatcha ("Your righteousness") recited after the Chazan's repetition of the Amidah during the Shabbat afternoon prayer. [19] In Sephardi traditions and Nusach Sefard , it is the first of the three verses recited in consecutive order: Psalms 36:7, 71:19, 119:42.
The translation is not a word-for-word translation and is described by its publisher as being "in the spirit of Saadia". [ 15 ] The New JPS version is adapted for gender-neutral language in The Torah: A Modern Commentary, revised edition (2005, Union for Reform Judaism, ISBN 978-0-8074-0883-4 ), the official Torah commentary of Reform Judaism ...