{"id":7258,"date":"2018-05-03T00:44:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T00:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=7258"},"modified":"2018-09-27T00:35:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T00:35:24","slug":"tehillim-psalms-140-part-2-the-power-of-immortality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/tehillim-psalms-140-part-2-the-power-of-immortality\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehillim \/ Psalms 140, \u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05ea\u05d4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e7\u05de, Part 2, The Power of Immortality"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"pJH3lrD9caY\"><iframe title=\"Tehillim \/ Psalms 140, \u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05ea\u05d4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e7\u05de, Part 2, The Power of Immortality\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pJH3lrD9caY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">In this week\u2019s study from <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 140:1-13,<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> the psalm opens saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7 \u05de\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3: \u05d1 \u05d7\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b0\u05e6\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05dd \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b8\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9: \u05d2 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d7\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u05b5\u05d1 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d9\u05b8\u05d2\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05de\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea: <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">140:1 Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men 140:2 Who devise evil things in their hearts; They continually stir up wars. 140:3 They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Only the Lord is able to save us from our enemies. This is what the Psalmist believes saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b2\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b8\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9-\u05e0\u05b8\u05d7\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b7\u05ea \u05e2\u05b7\u05db\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea \u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e4\u05b8\u05ea\u05b5\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span> <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d4 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e8\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e2 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b8\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d7\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05d9: <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">140:4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men Who have purposed to trip up my feet. 140:5 The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David gives us the example to praise the Lord in the following way, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d5 \u05d8\u05b8\u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d2\u05b5\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd | \u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7-\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05d1\u05b8\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b0\u05e9\u05b9\u05d5\u05bc \u05e8\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05ea \u05dc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b7\u05d3 \u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05d2\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc \u05de\u05b9\u05e7\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05ea\u05d5\u05bc-\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4: \u05d6 \u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b8\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d6\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc \u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9: \u05d7 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b4\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b9\u05d6 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e1\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e0\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e7: <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">140:6 I said to the Lord, \u2018You are my God; Give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my supplications. 140:7 \u2018O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle. 140:8 \u2018Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Psalm concludes saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d8 \u05d0\u05b7\u05dc-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e8\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e2 \u05d6\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d0\u05b7\u05dc-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05e4\u05b5\u05e7 \u05d9\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05d5\u05bc \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4: \u05d9 \u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1 \u05de\u05b0\u05e1\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b2\u05de\u05b7\u05dc \u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e4\u05b8\u05ea\u05b5\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05db\u05b7\u05e1\u05bc\u05b5\u05d5\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 [\u05d9\u05b0\u05db\u05b7\u05e1\u05bc\u05b5\u05de\u05d5\u05b9]: \u05d9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b9\u05d9\u05d8\u05d5\u05bc [\u05d9\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8\u05d5\u05bc] \u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05d2\u05bc\u05b6\u05d7\u05b8\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b4\u05dc\u05b5\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05d4\u05b2\u05de\u05b9\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b8\u05e7\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05d5\u05bc: \u05d9\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05dc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b4\u05db\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1-\u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05e1 \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e6\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05d3\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05e4\u05b9\u05ea: \u05d9\u05d2 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4 [\u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9] \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05b9\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05e2\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05d8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05d1\u05b0\u05d9\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd: \u05d9\u05d3 \u05d0\u05b7\u05da\u05b0 \u05e6\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8:<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> 140:9 \u2018As for the head of those who surround me, May the mischief of their lips cover them. 140:10 \u2018May burning coals fall upon them; May they be cast into the fire, Into deep pits from which they cannot rise. 140:11 \u2018May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily.\u2019 140:12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted And justice for the poor. 140:13 Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name; The upright will dwell in Your presence. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The psalmist believes the Lord will vindicate the righteous. The righteous are those who repent of their sins and seek the Lord all the days of their lives even in the midst of their calamity.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"_idContainer000\" class=\"Basic-Text-Frame\">\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-6\"> \u05e2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea Hebrew<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-6\">\u05d0\u05e8\u05de\u05d9 Aramaic \u03b5\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 Greek<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"table001\" class=\"Basic-Table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-1\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-2\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-3\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"Basic-Table _idGenTableRowColumn-4\">\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-1\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-7\">\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05ea\u05d4\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05e7\u05de<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\">\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7 \u05de\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3: \u05d1 \u05d7\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b0\u05e6\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05dd \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b8\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9: \u05d2 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d7\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u05b5\u05d1 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d9\u05b8\u05d2\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05de\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea: \u05d3 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b2\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b8\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9-\u05e0\u05b8\u05d7\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b7\u05ea \u05e2\u05b7\u05db\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea \u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e4\u05b8\u05ea\u05b5\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-2\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-2\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"CharOverride-6\">\u05e1\u05dd\u05e8 \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05e7\u05de<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\">\u05d0 \u05dc\u05e9\u05d1\u05d7\u05d0 \u05ea\u05d5\u05e9\u05d1\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d9\u05d3 \u05d3\u05d5\u05d3\u05c3 \u05d1 \u05e4\u05e6\u05d9 \u05d9\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d0 \u05de\u05d1\u05e8 \u05e0\u05e9 \u05d1\u05d9\u05e9 \u05de\u05d2\u05d1\u05e8 \u05d7\u05d8\u05d5\u05e4\u05d9\u05df \u05ea\u05e0\u05d8\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d9\u05ea\u05d9\u05c3 \u05d2 \u05d3\u05d9 \u05d7\u05e9\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5 \u05d3\u05d7\u05e9\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5 \u05d1\u05d9\u05e9\u05df \u05d1\u05dc\u05d1\u05d0 \u05db\u05dc \u05d9\u05d5\u05de\u05d0 \u05de\u05d2\u05e8\u05d2\u05d9\u05df \u05de\u05d2\u05e8\u05d9\u05df \u05e7\u05e8\u05d1\u05d9\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d3 \u05de\u05ea\u05e0\u05d9\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e0\u05d4\u05d5\u05df \u05d4\u05d9\u05da \u05d7\u05d9\u05d5\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05d9\u05e8\u05e1\u05d0 \u05d3\u05e2\u05db\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea\u05d0 \u05d3\u05e2\u05e8\u05d1\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea\u05d0 \u05ea\u05d7\u05d5\u05ea \u05e1\u05e4\u05d5\u05d5\u05ea\u05d4\u05d5\u05df \u05dc\u05e2\u05dc\u05de\u05d9\u05df\u05c3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-3\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-8\" lang=\"en-US\">\u03a8\u0391\u039b\u039c\u039f\u0399<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-9\" lang=\"en-US\"> 140<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-10\" lang=\"en-US\">140:1 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c4\u1f73\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c8\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u0394\u03b1\u03c5\u03b9\u03b4 \u1f10\u03be\u03b5\u03bb\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5 \u1f10\u03be \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f00\u03b4\u1f77\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5 \u1fe5\u1fe6\u03c3\u03b1\u1f77 \u03bc\u03b5 140:2 \u03bf\u1f35\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u1f77\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf \u1f00\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u1f77\u1fb3 \u1f45\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f21\u03bc\u1f73\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b5\u03c4\u1f71\u03c3\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u1f73\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 140:3 \u1f20\u03ba\u1f79\u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03b3\u03bb\u1ff6\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f61\u03c3\u03b5\u1f76 \u1f44\u03c6\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2 \u1f30\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f00\u03c3\u03c0\u1f77\u03b4\u03c9\u03bd \u1f51\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03c7\u03b5\u1f77\u03bb\u03b7 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u1f71\u03c8\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u03b1 140:4 \u03c6\u1f7b\u03bb\u03b1\u03be\u1f79\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5 \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5 \u1f10\u03ba \u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f01\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c9\u03bb\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c0\u03c9\u03bd \u1f00\u03b4\u1f77\u03ba\u03c9\u03bd \u1f10\u03be\u03b5\u03bb\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03bf\u1f35\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u1f77\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf \u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u03bb\u1f77\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03b2\u1f75\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u1f71 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table id=\"table002\" class=\"Basic-Table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-1\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-2\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-3\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"Basic-Table _idGenTableRowColumn-5\">\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-1\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\">\u05d4 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e8\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e2 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b8\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d7\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05d9: \u05d5 \u05d8\u05b8\u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d2\u05b5\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd | \u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7-\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05d1\u05b8\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b0\u05e9\u05b9\u05d5\u05bc \u05e8\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05ea \u05dc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b7\u05d3 \u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05d2\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc \u05de\u05b9\u05e7\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05ea\u05d5\u05bc-\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4: \u05d6 \u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b8\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d6\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc \u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9: \u05d7 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b4\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b9\u05d6 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e1\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e0\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e7: \u05d8 \u05d0\u05b7\u05dc-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e8\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e2 \u05d6\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d0\u05b7\u05dc-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05e4\u05b5\u05e7 \u05d9\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05d5\u05bc \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4: \u05d9 \u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1 \u05de\u05b0\u05e1\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b2\u05de\u05b7\u05dc \u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e4\u05b8\u05ea\u05b5\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05db\u05b7\u05e1\u05bc\u05b5\u05d5\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 [\u05d9\u05b0\u05db\u05b7\u05e1\u05bc\u05b5\u05de\u05d5\u05b9]: \u05d9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b9\u05d9\u05d8\u05d5\u05bc [\u05d9\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8\u05d5\u05bc] \u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05d2\u05bc\u05b6\u05d7\u05b8\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b4\u05dc\u05b5\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05d4\u05b2\u05de\u05b9\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b8\u05e7\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05d5\u05bc: \u05d9\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05dc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b4\u05db\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1-\u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05e1 \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e6\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05d3\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05e4\u05b9\u05ea: \u05d9\u05d2 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4 [\u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9] \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05b9\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05e2\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05d8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05d1\u05b0\u05d9\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd: \u05d9\u05d3 \u05d0\u05b7\u05da\u05b0 \u05e6\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8: <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-2\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\">\u05d4 \u05e0\u05d8\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d9\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05de\u05df \u05d9\u05d3 \u05e8\u05e9\u05d9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d0 \u05de\u05df \u05d2\u05d1\u05e8 \u05d7\u05d8\u05d5\u05e4\u05d9\u05df \u05ea\u05e0\u05d8\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d9\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d3\u05d9 \u05d7\u05e9\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5 \u05dc\u05de\u05e0\u05e7\u05d5\u05e3 \u05d0\u05e1\u05ea\u05d5\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9\u05c3 \u05d5 \u05db\u05de\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d2\u05d9\u05d5\u05d5\u05ea\u05e0\u05d9\u05df \u05e4\u05d7\u05d0 \u05e7\u05d5\u05dc\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d9 \u05e7\u05d3\u05de\u05d9 \u05d5\u05d0\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05d9\u05d0 \u05e4\u05e8\u05e1\u05d5\u05df \u05de\u05e6\u05d3\u05ea\u05d0 \u05dc\u05e1\u05d8\u05e8 \u05d0\u05d5\u05e8\u05d7\u05d0 \u05ea\u05e7\u05dc\u05d9\u05df 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\u05dc\u05e2\u05dc\u05de\u05d9\u05df\u05c3 \u05d9 \u05d0\u05d7\u05d9\u05ea\u05d5\u05e4\u05dc \u05e8\u05d9\u05e9 \u05e1\u05e0\u05d4\u05d3\u05e8\u05d9 \u05ea\u05dc\u05de\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9 \u05d3\u05de\u05e1\u05ea\u05d7\u05e8\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05d0\u05dc\u05e4\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e2\u05d5\u05ea \u05de\u05dc\u05e9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea\u05d0 \u05d3\u05e1\u05d9\u05e4\u05d5\u05d5\u05ea\u05d4\u05d5\u05df \u05d9\u05d7\u05e4\u05d9\u05d0\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5\u05df\u05c3 \u05d9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05de\u05d8\u05d5\u05df \u05e2\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05df \u05d2\u05d5\u05de\u05e8\u05d9\u05df \u05de\u05df \u05e9\u05de\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d1\u05e0\u05d5\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d2\u05d4\u05d9\u05e0\u05dd \u05d9\u05e4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05df \u05d1\u05d2\u05d9\u05e6\u05d9\u05df \u05d3\u05de\u05d7\u05de\u05e8\u05d9\u05df \u05d3\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05e7\u05d5\u05de\u05d5\u05df \u05dc\u05d7\u05d9\u05d9 \u05e2\u05dc\u05de\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d9\u05d1 \u05d2\u05d1\u05e8 \u05d3\u05de\u05e9\u05ea\u05e2\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05df \u05ea\u05dc\u05d9\u05ea\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d9\u05ea \u05d0\u05e4\u05e9\u05e8 \u05d3\u05d9\u05ea\u05d1\u05df \u05d1\u05d0\u05e8\u05e2\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d7\u05d9\u05d9 \u05d2\u05d1\u05e8\u05f4\u05d0\u05d9\u05e0\u05e9\u05d9 \u05de\u05e8\u05d9 \u05d7\u05d8\u05d5\u05e4\u05d0 \u05d5\u05e2\u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05d9\u05e9 \u05d9\u05e6\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05d4 \u05de\u05dc\u05d0\u05da \u05d3\u05de\u05d5\u05ea\u05d0 \u05d9\u05e0\u05e7\u05e4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d2\u05d4\u05d9\u05e0\u05dd\u05c3 \u05d9\u05d2 \u05d4\u05d1\u05db\u05d9\u05df \u05d2\u05dc\u05d9 \u05e7\u05d3\u05de\u05d9 \u05d0\u05e8\u05d5\u05dd \u05d9\u05e2\u05d1\u05d3 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d4\u05d5\u05df \u05d3\u05e2\u05e0\u05d9\u05d9 \u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d7\u05e9\u05d9\u05db\u05d9\u05c3 \u05d9\u05d3 \u05d1\u05e8\u05dd \u05e6\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d3\u05d5\u05df \u05dc\u05e9\u05de\u05da \u05d9\u05ea\u05d1\u05d5\u05df \u05ea\u05e8\u05d9\u05e6\u05d9 \u05dc\u05e6\u05dc\u05d0\u05d4 \u05e7\u05d3\u05de\u05da\u05c3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-3\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\" lang=\"en-US\">140:5 \u1f14\u03ba\u03c1\u03c5\u03c8\u03b1\u03bd \u1f51\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u1f75\u03c6\u03b1\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9 \u03c0\u03b1\u03b3\u1f77\u03b4\u03b1 \u03bc\u03bf\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c3\u03c7\u03bf\u03b9\u03bd\u1f77\u03b1 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f73\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u03b3\u1f77\u03b4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c3\u1f77\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03c7\u1f79\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c4\u03c1\u1f77\u03b2\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03ba\u1f71\u03bd\u03b4\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03bd \u1f14\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd\u03c4\u1f79 \u03bc\u03bf\u03b9 \u03b4\u03b9\u1f71\u03c8\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u03b1 140:6 \u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b1 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u1ff3 \u03b8\u03b5\u1f79\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u1f36 \u03c3\u1f7b \u1f10\u03bd\u1f7d\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u1f74\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b5\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u1f7d\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 140:7 \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5 \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5 \u03b4\u1f7b\u03bd\u03b1\u03bc\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c9\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03ba\u1f77\u03b1\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03ba\u03b5\u03c6\u03b1\u03bb\u1f75\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03bd \u1f21\u03bc\u1f73\u03c1\u1fb3 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u1f73\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 140:8 \u03bc\u1f74 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b4\u1ff7\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f01\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c9\u03bb\u1ff7 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b5\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u1f77\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1fbd \u1f10\u03bc\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bc\u1f74 \u1f10\u03b3\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03bb\u1f77\u03c0\u1fc3\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03bc\u1f75\u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b5 \u1f51\u03c8\u03c9\u03b8\u1ff6\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u1f71\u03c8\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u03b1 140:9 \u1f21 \u03ba\u03b5\u03c6\u03b1\u03bb\u1f74 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u03c5\u03ba\u03bb\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03ba\u1f79\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u1f73\u03c9\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u1f7b\u03c8\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c2 140:10 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f10\u03c0\u1fbd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u1f04\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c0\u03c5\u03c1\u1f76 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class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-11\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 140<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-10\" lang=\"en-US\">140:1 Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men 140:2 Who devise evil things in their hearts; They continually stir up wars. 140:3 They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah. 140:4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men Who have purposed to trip up my feet. 140:5 The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah. 140:6 I said to the Lord, \u2018You are my God; Give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my supplications. 140:7 \u2018O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle. 140:8 \u2018Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah. 140:9 \u2018As for the head of those who surround me, May the mischief of their lips cover them. 140:10 \u2018May burning coals fall upon them; May they be cast into the fire, Into deep pits from which they cannot rise. 140:11 \u2018May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily.\u2019 140:12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted And justice for the poor. 140:13 Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name; The upright will dwell in Your presence. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-5\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-11\" lang=\"en-US\">Toviyah \/ Psalms 140<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-10\" lang=\"en-US\">140:1 For praise; a psalm composed by David. 140:2 Deliver me, O Lord, from an evil son of man; protect me from the man of rapacity. 140:3 Who have plotted evil things in the heart; all the day they incite wars. 140:4 They teach with their tongue like a snake; the venom of the spider is under their lips forever. 140:5 Protect me, O Lord, from the hand of wicked men; protect me from the man of rapacity; who have plotted to attack my steps. 140:6 The proud have hidden a trap for me, and they spread out ropes as a net beside the path; they have placed snares for me always. 140:7 I said to the Lord, \u201cYou are my God.\u201d Hear, O Lord, the sound of my petition. 140:8 God, the Lord, is the strength of my redemption; you have covered my head in the day of battle. 140:9 Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of Doeg the wicked; do not support his thoughts; let them be removed forever. 140:10 Ahithophel, head of the Sanhedrin of disciples &#8212; may the toil of the slander of their lips cover them. 140:11 May coals from heaven come upon them; may he make them fall into the fire of Gehenna, in sparks that glow, lest they rise to eternal life. 140:12 The man who speaks with deceitful tongue \u2013 they cannot dwell in the land of life; the angel of death will hunt down the men of evil rapacity, he will smite them in Gehenna. 140:13 Then it is manifest before me; for the Lord will work justice for the poor, justice for the needy. 140:14 Truly the righteous will give thanks to your name; the upright will sit to pray before you. (EMC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-6\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-11\" lang=\"en-US\">Psalmoi \/ Psalms 140<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-10\" lang=\"en-US\">For the end, a Psalm of David. 140:1 Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man; deliver me from the unjust man. 140:2 Who have devised injustice in their hearts; all the day they prepared war. 140:3 They have sharpened their tongue as the tongue of a serpent; the poison of asps is under their lips. Pause. 140:4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner; rescue me from unjust men; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 140:5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and have stretched out ropes for snares for my feet; they set a stumbling-block for me near the path. Pause. 140:6 I said to the Lord, Thou art my God; hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication. 140:7 O Lord God, the strength of my salvation; thou hast screened my head in the day of battle. 140:8 Deliver me not, O Lord, to the sinner, according to my desire: they have devised mischief against me; forsake me not, lest they should be exalted. Pause. 140:9 As for the head of them that compass me, the mischief of their lips shall cover them. 140:10 Coals of fire shall fall upon them on the earth; and thou shalt cast them down in afflictions: they shall not bear up under them. 140:11 A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction. 140:12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy ones. 140:13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks to thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. (LXX)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> In this week\u2019s study from <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 140:1-13,<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> the psalm opens saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7 \u05de\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3: \u05d1 \u05d7\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b0\u05e6\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05dd \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b8\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9: \u05d2 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d7\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u05b5\u05d1 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d9\u05b8\u05d2\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05de\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea: <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">140:1 Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men 140:2 Who devise evil things in their hearts; They continually stir up wars. 140:3 They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Only the Lord is able to save us from our enemies. The Lord can accomplish this by either causing their complete destruction or by causing our enemy to see the error of their ways and repent. The idea of our calling for the wicked to repent is actually a Torah concept and is part of halachah (Torah law), as may be shown from the episode described in the Talmud Bavli Berachot 10a.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-12\">Talmud Bavli Berachot 10a<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">There were certain hooligans who resided in the neighborhood of Rabbi Meir, and they caused him much misery and anguish. Once, Rabbi Meir prayed for mercy regarding them, so that they would die. His wife Beruriah said to him, \u201cWhat makes you think that such a prayer is permitted? Is it because the verse states \u2018Let sinners [chataim] cease from the earth\u2019? But is it written \u2018chotim\u2019\u2014sinners? Rather it is written \u2018chataim\u2019\u2014that which causes one to sin, namely the evil inclination. Furthermore, the end of the verse continues, \u2018\u2026and let the wicked be no more.\u2019 Since the sins will cease, there will be no more wicked men! \u201cRather,\u201d she concluded, \u201cpray for them that they should repent, and there will be no more wicked people.\u201d He did pray for them, and they repented.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">As we can see according to this episode, one should not pray for others to be punished, rather we should pray that they repent and do teshuvah. Which brings us to the point, we are to pray always for the wicked to be brought to repentance. Furthermore, if we look at the book of the Psalms, we read in the midrashim of a woman named Bruriah. Bruriah (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9\u05d4\u202c<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) is one of several women quoted as a sage in the Talmud. She was the wife of the Tanna Rabbi Meir and the daughter of Rabbi Hananiah Ben Teradion, who is listed as one of the <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cTen Martyrs.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> She is greatly admired for her breadth of knowledge in matters pertaining to both halachah and aggadah. (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Talmud Bavli Pesachim 62b<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) Her parents were put to death by the Romans for teaching Torah, but she carried on their legacy. Bruriah was very involved in the halachic discussions of her time, and even challenges her father on a matter of ritual purity <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">(Tosefta Keilim Kamma 4:9<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Her comments are praised by Rabbi Judah ben Bava. In another instance, Rabbi Joshua praises her intervention in a debate between Rabbi Tarfon and the sages, saying <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cBruriah has spoken correctly\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tosefta Keilim Metzia 1:3<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). In the Midrash on <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 118<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (see <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Talmud Bavli Berakhot 10a<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) it states that Bruriah taught her husband, Rabbi Meir, to pray for the repentance of the wicked, rather than for their destruction. According to the story, she once found Rabbi Meir praying that an annoying neighbor would die. Appalled by this, she responded to him by explaining the verse <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cLet the sinners be consumed from the earth, and the wicked shall be no more\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 104:35<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), that the verse actually states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cLet sin be consumed from the earth,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> adding that <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe wicked shall be no more\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> because they have repented. Another interpretation of the passage suggests that Bruriah explained that the verse does not refer to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthose who sin\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (as a participle), but habitual <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201csinners\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (as an noun). Bruriah is cited to teach us that one should pray for the cessation of sins rather than the punishment of the wicked. We find King David doing the exact opposite! We find King David praying that <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cwhen he [King David\u2019s enemy] is judged, let him emerge guilty, and let his prayer be accounted as a sin. May his days be few, and may someone else take his office of dignity. May his sons be orphans and his wife a widow. May his sons wander, and [people] should ask and search from their ruins. May a creditor search out all he has, and may strangers despoil his labor. May he have none who extends kindness, and may no one be gracious to his orphans\u2026\u201d (Tehillim \/ Psalms 109)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> This Psalm is hardly a prayer for the repentance of the wicked. In Ethics of the Fathers we read the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-12\">Ethics of the Fathers (Pirkei Avot) 4:19<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shmuel Hakatan would say: \u201cWhen your enemy falls, do not rejoice; when he stumbles, let your heart not be gladdened. Lest God see, and it will be displeasing in His eyes, and He will turn His wrath from him to you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Shmuel Hakatan is quoting the Book of Proverbs (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Mishley \/ Proverbs 24:17-18<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Note how the Mishnah cites this in his name. Why? The reason being, it is because this was a statement that typified him; something that would be continually not just on his lips but reflected in his actions. Shmuel HaKatan belived that we are not to rejoice over the punishment of the wicked. This is the person who it is attributed to who formulated the 19th amidah the prayer for the destruction of the heretic as a reference to Christians. Seems strange his being the one who raised to the occasion of formulating a prayer for the wicked to be punished. The point is it is the Lord who exacts revenge for His people. We are not to pray out of a mindset of revenge but of one that loves our enemies as Yeshua taught in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 5:44<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">. (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless those that curse you, do good to those that hate you, and pray for those who speak evil about you, and persecute you; King James 2000 Bible But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them who despitefully use you &#8230;<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> This is what the Psalmist believes saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b2\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b8\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9-\u05e0\u05b8\u05d7\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b7\u05ea \u05e2\u05b7\u05db\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea \u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e4\u05b8\u05ea\u05b5\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4:<\/span> <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d4 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e8\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e2 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b8\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d7\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05d9: <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">140:4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men Who have purposed to trip up my feet. 140:5 The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Here David is asking the Lord to protect him from his enemies and provides details on the nature of the enemy who sets a trap for him in such a way as he is not aware (the snare and the trap). We are told in the Apostolic Writings we are to turn the other cheek and to love our enemy. One of the more popular polemics against Judaism is that Judaism is a harsh, cold religion of laws, devoid of love and compassion. This charge is based on New Testament statements (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 5:38-44<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) attributed to what Yeshua said, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cYou have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you,&#8230; If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other. You have also heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, Love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Yeshua makes it clear the extent at which one is to go, to turn from personal retribution and to give the right to repayment to the Lord. Note something here, in the Torah we read the <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201ceye for eye\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> statement, however the instruction to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201clove your neighbor and hate your enemy\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> is actually nowhere to be found in the Torah. Nowhere in the entire Torah can such a decree be found. However, the Torah does address what our attitude toward our enemy should be. In the Torah portion, Mishpatim, the Torah states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cWhen you encounter your enemy\u2019s ox or ass wandering, you must take it back to him. When you see the ass of your enemy lying under its burden and would refrain from raising it, you must, nevertheless, raise it with him.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 23:4-5<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Just as we are responsible when we damage our neighbor\u2019s eye or arm or tooth, we are also responsible when we cause or are accessories to the performance of that damage. The Lord God Almighty instructs us in His Torah to be fair and just, and to be giving even to our enemy. The Torah does not command us to love our enemies, but neither does it tell us to hate him either. Note how Judaism teaches that we also have the ability to battle the power of the Yetzer Hara (the evil inclination). Considering these things, we learn that we may hate our enemy, but we are not to allow that hatred to consume us, to destroy us, and to lead us to forfeit the opportunity to remain in a covenant with God. In fact, doing the right thing despite how we feel is one of the ways we remain victorious over the Yetzer Hara. The rabbis say the following according to the Mishnah Pirkei Avot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-12\">Mishnah Pirkei Avot 2:4<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-6\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05e8, \u05e2\u05e9\u05d4 \u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5 \u05db\u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05e0\u05da, \u05db\u05d3\u05d9 \u05e9\u05d9\u05e2\u05e9\u05d4 \u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05e0\u05da \u05db\u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5. \u05d1\u05d8\u05dc \u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05e0\u05da \u05de\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5, \u05db\u05d3\u05d9 \u05e9\u05d9\u05d1\u05d8\u05dc \u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05df \u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05e0\u05da. \u05d4\u05dc\u05dc \u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05e8, \u05d0\u05dc \u05ea\u05e4\u05e8\u05e9 \u05de\u05df \u05d4\u05e6\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8, \u05d5\u05d0\u05dc \u05ea\u05d0\u05de\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05e2\u05e6\u05de\u05da \u05e2\u05d3 \u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05de\u05d5\u05ea\u05da, \u05d5\u05d0\u05dc \u05ea\u05d3\u05d9\u05df \u05d0\u05ea \u05d7\u05d1\u05e8\u05da \u05e2\u05d3 \u05e9\u05ea\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2 \u05dc\u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05de\u05d5, \u05d5\u05d0\u05dc \u05ea\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05e9\u05d0\u05d9 \u05d0\u05e4\u05e9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05e9\u05de\u05e2, \u05e9\u05e1\u05d5\u05e4\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d4\u05e9\u05de\u05e2. \u05d5\u05d0\u05dc \u05ea\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05dc\u05db\u05e9\u05d0\u05e4\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d0\u05e9\u05e0\u05d4, \u05e9\u05de\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05ea\u05e4\u05e0\u05d4:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">He was accustomed to say: Make His [God\u2019s] will like your will, so that He will make your will like His will. Nullify your will to His will, so that He will nullify the will of others to your will. Hillel says: Do not separate yourself from the community. Do not believe in yourself until the day of your death. Do not judge your fellow until you come to his place. Do not say something that cannot be heard, for in the end it will be heard. Do not say, \u201cWhen I will be available I will study [Torah],\u201d lest you never become available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Rabban Gamliel the son of Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi said in the Mishnah to make God\u2019s will our will and not to judge another man until you have walked in His footsteps. Doing the right thing despite how we feel is one of the ways we can remain victorious and it is in this way that we help our enemy in spite of the fact that we may not want to. The end result of our doing what is right, it may be that he will come to love a God who cares even about our enemies. The Talmud states <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cOne who injures his fellow becomes liable for five items: for depreciation, for pain, for healing, for loss of time, and for degradation. How is it with depreciation? If he put out his fellow\u2019s eye, cut off his arm, or broke his leg, the injured person is considered as if he were a slave, being sold in the marketplace, and a valuation is made as to how much he was worth previously and how much he is worth now.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Talmud Bavli Bava Kama 83b<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) We are to consider our enemy as having value, in fact all life as having value that may give glory to the Lord God in heaven. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David provides us the example to praise the Lord in the following way, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d6 \u05d0\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b8\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d6\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc \u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9: \u05d7 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b4\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b9\u05d6 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e1\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e0\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e7: \u05d8 \u05d0\u05b7\u05dc-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e8\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e2 \u05d6\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d0\u05b7\u05dc-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05e4\u05b5\u05e7 \u05d9\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05d5\u05bc \u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4: <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">140:6 I said to the Lord, \u2018You are my God; Give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my supplications. 140:7 \u2018O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle. 140:8 \u2018Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> We believe the Lord is the strength of our salvation, He keeps us in the days of trouble, protects us in battle, and sets His face against the wicked. The Birkat Hamazon <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d1\u05e8\u05db\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05d6\u05d5\u05df<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Grace After Meals speaks in the same way as David does giving praise to the Lord God of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-12\">Birkat Hamazon, Hatov Vehametiv<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-6\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d1\u05b8\u05bc\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05da\u05b0 \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05b8\u05bc\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc, \u05de\u05b6\u05dc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd, \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d0\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc, \u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05db\u05b5\u05bc\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc, \u05d0\u05b7\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc, \u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc, \u05d2\u05b9\u05bc\u05d0\u05b2\u05dc\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc, \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc, \u05e7\u05b0\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05b5\u05c1\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05e7\u05b0\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1, \u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b5\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c2\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b7\u05dc, \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05b6\u05bc\u05dc\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d8\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05b5\u05bc\u05d9\u05d8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1 \u05dc\u05b7\u05db\u05b9\u05bc\u05dc, \u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05db\u05b8\u05dc \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d4\u05b5\u05d9\u05d8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1, \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05de\u05b5\u05d9\u05d8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1, \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b5\u05d9\u05d8\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1 \u05dc\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc, \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d2\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc, \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d2\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05b0\u05dc\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc, \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d2\u05b0\u05de\u05b0\u05dc\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b8\u05e2\u05b7\u05d3, \u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05df \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b6\u05e1\u05b6\u05d3 \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b6\u05d5\u05b7\u05d7 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e6\u05b8\u05bc\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e6\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b8\u05d4, \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e8\u05b8\u05db\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4, \u05e0\u05b6\u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e4\u05b7\u05bc\u05e8\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05e1\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05bc\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05b8\u05c1\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd, \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05dc \u05d8\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1; \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b4\u05db\u05b8\u05bc\u05dc \u05d8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd \u05d0\u05b7\u05dc \u05d9\u05b0\u05d7\u05b7\u05e1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc.<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, O God, our Father, our King, our Mighty One, our Creator, our Redeemer, our Maker, our Holy One, the Holy One of Jacob, our Shepherd, the Shepherd of Israel, O King, who art kind and dealest kindly with all, day by day thou hast dealt kindly, dost deal kindly, and wilt deal kindly with us: thou hast bestowed, thou dost bestow, thou wilt ever bestow benefits upon us, yielding us grace, lovingkindness, mercy and relief, deliverance and prosperity, blessing and salvation, consolation, sustenance and supports mercy, life, peace and all good: of no manner of good let us be in want.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-6\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b8\u05df \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05da\u05b0 \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05b8\u05e2\u05b6\u05d3. \u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b8\u05df \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05bc\u05e8\u05b7\u05da\u05b0 \u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05e9\u05b8\u05bc\u05c1\u05de\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5. \u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b8\u05df \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05ea\u05b7\u05bc\u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d7 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05d3\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd, \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05bc\u05d0\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d1\u05b8\u05bc\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b8\u05e2\u05b7\u05d3 \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05e6\u05b7\u05d7 \u05e0\u05b0\u05e6\u05b8\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd, \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05d3\u05b7\u05bc\u05e8 \u05d1\u05b8\u05bc\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b8\u05e2\u05b7\u05d3 \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd.<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> The All-merciful shall reign over us for ever and ever. The All-merciful shall be blessed in heaven and on earth. The All-merciful shall be praised throughout all generations, glorified amongst us to all eternity, and honored amongst us for everlasting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-6\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b8\u05df \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e4\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05e0\u05b0\u05e1\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05db\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3. \u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b8\u05df \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05e2\u05bb\u05dc\u05b5\u05bc\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05de\u05b5\u05e2\u05b7\u05dc \u05e6\u05b7\u05bc\u05d5\u05b8\u05bc\u05d0\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc, \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05db\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05e6\u05b5\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc. \u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b8\u05df \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7 \u05dc\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e8\u05b8\u05db\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05bb\u05d1\u05b8\u05bc\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05b6\u05bc\u05d4, \u05d5\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05dc \u05e9\u05bb\u05c1\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05df \u05d6\u05b6\u05d4 \u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05d0\u05b8\u05db\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05e2\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5. \u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b8\u05df \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05dc\u05b7\u05d7 \u05dc\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05b8\u05bc\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05b8\u05bc\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d6\u05b8\u05db\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d8\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1, \u05d5\u05b4\u05d9\u05d1\u05b7\u05e9\u05b5\u05bc\u05c2\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e9\u05c2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d8\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b6\u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea.<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> May the All-merciful grant us an honorable livelihood. May the All-merciful break the yoke from off our neck, and lead us upright to our land. May the All-merciful send a plentiful blessing upon this house, and upon this table at which we have eaten. May the All-merciful send us Elijah the prophet (let him be remembered for good), who shall give us good tidings, salvation and consolation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The liturgy speaks of the Lord God, creator, redeemer, maker, and shepherd of Israel. The Lord is blessed bestowing His benefits upon us, grace, lovingkindness, mercy, relief, deliverance, prosperity, salvation, sustenance, peace, and life, all the good things of God. Because of these things, all generations will glorify the Lord, and on into eternity because the Lord has broken us free from sin and death. The greatest form of worship is to study God\u2019s Word and to apply His Word to our lives for His glory. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Psalm concludes saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9 \u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1 \u05de\u05b0\u05e1\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b2\u05de\u05b7\u05dc \u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e4\u05b8\u05ea\u05b5\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05db\u05b7\u05e1\u05bc\u05b5\u05d5\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 [\u05d9\u05b0\u05db\u05b7\u05e1\u05bc\u05b5\u05de\u05d5\u05b9]: \u05d9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b9\u05d9\u05d8\u05d5\u05bc [\u05d9\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d8\u05d5\u05bc] \u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05d2\u05bc\u05b6\u05d7\u05b8\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b4\u05dc\u05b5\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05d4\u05b2\u05de\u05b9\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b8\u05e7\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05d5\u05bc: \u05d9\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05dc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b4\u05db\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1-\u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05e1 \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e6\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05d3\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05e4\u05b9\u05ea: \u05d9\u05d2 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4 [\u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9] \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05b9\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05e2\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05d8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05d1\u05b0\u05d9\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd: \u05d9\u05d3 \u05d0\u05b7\u05da\u05b0 \u05e6\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8:<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> 140:9 \u2018As for the head of those who surround me, May the mischief of their lips cover them. 140:10 \u2018May burning coals fall upon them; May they be cast into the fire, Into deep pits from which they cannot rise. 140:11 \u2018May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily.\u2019 140:12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted And justice for the poor. 140:13 Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name; The upright will dwell in Your presence. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The psalmist believes the Lord will vindicate the righteous. The righteous are those who repent of their sins and seek the Lord all the days of their lives even in the midst of their calamity. The wicked on the other hand are unrepentant and there is no faithfulness in their lives. In Parashat HaaZinu Moshe writes being inspired by God the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-12\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 32:20-39<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">32:20 \u2018Then He said, \u2018I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end shall be; For they are a perverse generation, Sons in whom is no faithfulness. 32:21 \u2018They have made Me jealous with what is not God; They have provoked Me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation, 32:22 For a fire is kindled in My anger, And burns to the lowest part of Sheol, And consumes the earth with its yield, And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains. 32:23 \u2018I will heap misfortunes on them; I will use My arrows on them. 32:24 \u2018They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by plague And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts I will send upon them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust. 32:25 \u2018Outside the sword will bereave, And inside terror Both young man and virgin, The nursling with the man of gray hair. 32:26 \u2018I would have said, \u2018I will cut them to pieces, I will remove the memory of them from men,\u2019 32:27 Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, That their adversaries would misjudge, That they would say, \u2018Our hand is triumphant, And the Lord has not done all this.\u2019\u2019 32:28 \u2018For they are a nation lacking in counsel, And there is no understanding in them. 32:29 \u2018Would that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would discern their future! 32:30 \u2018How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the Lord had given them up? 32:31 \u2018Indeed their rock is not like our Rock, Even our enemies themselves judge this. 32:32 \u2018For their vine is from the vine of Sodom, And from the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes are grapes of poison, Their clusters, bitter. 32:33 \u2018Their wine is the venom of serpents, And the deadly poison of cobras. 32:34 \u2018Is it not laid up in store with Me, Sealed up in My treasuries? 32:35 \u2018Vengeance is Mine, and retribution, In due time their foot will slip; For the day of their calamity is near, And the impending things are hastening upon them.\u2019 32:36 \u2018For the Lord will vindicate His people, And will have compassion on His servants, When He sees that their strength is gone, And there is none remaining, bond or free. 32:37 \u2018And He will say, \u2018Where are their gods, The rock in which they sought refuge? 32:38 \u2018Who ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your hiding place! 32:39 \u2018See now that I, I am He, And there is no god besides Me; It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heal, And there is no one who can deliver from My hand. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The Lord God sees the wickedness in the hearts of men and He states that He will hide his face from those who are the perverse generation and then will see what their end will be. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Ibn Ezra on Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 32:35 Part 3<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthe moment cf. \u201ceven the wicked for the day of evil\u201d [Proverbs 16: 4]. There is a profound mystery [i.e., Divine foreknowledge of human choices \u2014 Translator] concealed here.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Lord God has a foreknowledge of the choices we are going to make. He says they provoke him to anger by their idolatry. Because of the people\u2019s wickedness the Lord will <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">32:23 \u2018&#8230; will heap misfortunes on them; I will use My arrows on them. 32:24 \u2018They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by plague And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts I will send upon them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust. 32:25 \u2018Outside the sword will bereave, And inside terror Both young man and virgin, The nursling with the man of gray hair. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Note what David is saying here in the Psalm, he seeks the Lord for vindication and help from the enemy. This is consistent with what we read in the Torah, in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 32:35 \u2018Vengeance is Mine, and retribution, In due time their foot will slip; For the day of their calamity is near, And the impending things are hastening upon them.\u2019 32:36 \u2018For the Lord will vindicate His people, And will have compassion on His servants, When He sees that their strength is gone, And there is none remaining, bond or free. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> We are to wait upon the Lord for His vindication and not take matters into our own hands. The final point is what we read in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 32:39 \u2018See now that I, I am He, And there is no god besides Me; It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heal, And there is no one who can deliver from My hand. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> This verse speaks of how the Lord is to be feared. Daat Zkenim says this in the following way:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-12\">Daat Zkenim on Deuteronomy 32:39 Part 3<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05de\u05d7\u05e6\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d5\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d0\u05e8\u05e4\u05d0<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">, \u201cI have wounded and I am able to heal.\u201d I will heal them, (My people). Concerning what you gentiles have said sarcastically: <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05e7\u05d5\u05de\u05d5 \u05d5\u05d9\u05e2\u05d6\u05e8\u05db\u05dd<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">, \u201clet them arise and help you,\u201d there is no one who can help other than I who can help you. By the same token, no one can save you from Me. (if I decide your destruction).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Daat Zkenim speaks of the gentiles who seek the inanimate object (idols) and others for help as opposed to the Lord God who is able to raise up and cast down, give life or take life away. Ibn Ezra has the following to say concerning this section of the Torah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-12\">Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 32:39 Part 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">I, I Either a mere stylistic repetition, as in \u201cI, I\u201d [Isaiah 51: 12], or, more correctly, \u201cI am I\u201d, meaning, I am the same One \u2014 I have not changed. There is no other actor working with Him \u2014 I am the One Who has brought death to Israel, and I am also the One Who shall bring life to them. And just as they did not escape from Me, so, too, there will be none to save you from My hand \u2014 i.e., you, too, are in My hands, until I shall have done you justice. Many say [Pesa\u1e25im 68a] that this is the verse from which we learn the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, since the verse first says I slay, and then says I bring life (as in \u201cGod kills and gives life\u201d [I Samuel 2: 6], as evidenced by the subsequent statement that God \u201clowers to the grave, and raises up\u201d [I Samuel 2: 6]). Others [Breshit Rabba on Genesis 9: 5] have said that the doctrine is derived from the verse \u201cSurely your blood of your souls\u201d [Genesis 9: 5] [because the prohibition of suicide that is derived from the verse would be meaningless without an afterlife \u2014 Translator], or from \u201cIt will be our privilege\u201d [6: 25] or [Qiddushin 40a] from \u201cFor He is your life\u201d \u2014 in this world \u2014 \u201cand your longevity\u201d \u2014 in the World to Come [30: 20], or [Qiddushin 39b] from \u201cthat it may be well with you\u201d [5: 16] [see also Sanhedrin 90b \u2014 Translator]. Hai Gaon, of blessed memory, has said that Scripture did not need to explain the doctrine of the World to Come, because it has been transmitted to us through tradition. My opinion is that the Torah was given to everyone, not to the lone individual, and that not one man in a thousand can comprehend the doctrine of the World to Come, on account of its profundity. To understand the reward of the World to Come requires an understanding of the nature of the soul. It comes about in return for one\u2019s \u201cservice of the heart\u201d, the service of which is to contemplate the works of God , for they are the ladder by means of which one ascends to the level of knowledge of God , the ultimate goal. Moreover, the Torah has provided, for the discerning, the illustration of the \u201cTree of Life\u201d [cf. comment on Genesis 3: 24], through which the Cherubim [Genesis 3: 24] receive the power of immortality. Whoever eats of the Tree of Life will live forever, like the ministering angels [cf. Genesis 3: 22]. Similarly, in the forty-ninth Psalm, there is the mysterious passage, \u201cBut God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, for He will take me\u201d [Psalms 49: 16], and also, \u201cafterward, You will take me into honor\u201d [Psalms 73: 24]. Both passages employ the verb \u201cto take\u201d, just as is used to describe \u1e24 \u0250 nokh [Genesis 5: 24] and Elijah [II Kings 2: 10]. The discerning will understand how the Psalmist can say \u201ctheir soul\u2019s redemption is too costly\u201d [Psalms 49: 9] and then say later \u201cHe will redeem my soul\u201d [Psalms 49: 16].<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Ibn Ezra states the Lord never changes, He is eternal, and His character is also eternal. He states that it is from this verse we receive the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead since the verse first speaks of being put to death, and then of being given life. He then leads into the blessing of the World to Come and states the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cMy opinion is that the Torah was given to everyone, not to the lone individual, and that not one man in a thousand can comprehend the doctrine of the World to Come, on account of its profundity. To understand the reward of the World to Come requires an understanding of the nature of the soul. It comes about in return for one\u2019s \u201cservice of the heart\u201d, the service of which is to contemplate the works of God , for they are the ladder by means of which one ascends to the level of knowledge of God , the ultimate goal. Moreover, the Torah has provided, for the discerning, the illustration of the \u201cTree of Life\u201d [cf. comment on Genesis 3: 24], through which the Cherubim [Genesis 3: 24] receive the power of immortality. Whoever eats of the Tree of Life will live forever, like the ministering angels [cf. Genesis 3: 22].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Ibn Ezra gets kabbalistic in his interpretation of the world to come, speaking of the service of the heart and its connection to having faith in God and what He has done, and then connects this to the Torah and the Tree of life and the power of immortality. The taking hold of the commands, meaning that one is applying God\u2019s Word to his or her life, speaking of life that is bound to faith in the Lord God in heaven. This is the promise that we have <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05d2 \u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4 [\u05d9\u05b8\u05d3\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9] \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05b9\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05e2\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05d8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05d1\u05b0\u05d9\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd: \u05d9\u05d3 \u05d0\u05b7\u05da\u05b0 \u05e6\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b6\u05da\u05b8 \u05d9\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8:<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> 140:12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted And justice for the poor. 140:13 Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name; The upright will dwell in Your presence. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The psalmist believes the Lord will vindicate the righteous. Those who seek the Lord each day, who desire to know Him, to walk in His ways, believing in the Messiah, the Anointed One of God, and seeking to dwell in His presence! God\u2019s Sanctuary represents immortality and incorruptibility. In His presence, there is no death, no decay, and no decomposition. Therefore, He bans from His Sanctuary the disease that represents a living decomposition which is sin. This is why Paul writes, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cWho will set me free from the body of this death? Thanks be to God through Yeshua the Messiah our Master!\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Romans 7:24-25<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) Let\u2019s Pray!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\">Rabbinic Commentary<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"CharOverride-13\"> The Rabbinic Commentary (Midrash) on <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-14\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 140 <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-13\">has 2 parts. Reading through the Midrash we will be looking at Part 1 and 2. Let\u2019s begin by outlining <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-14\">Midrash Tehillim Chapter 140, Part 1 and 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-1\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-6\">Outline of Midrash Tehillim \/ Psalms, Chapter 140, Part 1 and 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"CharOverride-15\">Part 1<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-7\">The Midrash introduces the Psalm with the <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span> (Dibur Hamathil) saying, <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cFor the leader, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man (Tehillim \/ Psalms 140:1).\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-7\">The <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta) the homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <span class=\"CharOverride-17\">\u201cSolomon said, Get wisdom, get understanding, Forsake her not, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will keep you (Mishley \/ Proverbs 4:5-6).<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal) <span class=\"CharOverride-17\">\u201cthe parable,\u201d<\/span> goes on to explain the <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta), the rabbis describe the importance of wisdom which is founded upon living our lives according to God\u2019s ways!<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05e0\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (Nimshal) <span class=\"CharOverride-17\">\u201cexpansion on the parable\u201d <\/span>expands upon the <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal), the rabbis conclude that the preservation of God\u2019s word is found in making it a part of our lives.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The Concluding phrase says, <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cIf the children of Israel say, Even if Esau is to be cut off for ever, yet what he swallowed is gone, the Holy One blessed be He, will reply, I will bring it back from between his teeth, as is said, I will bring back from between the teeth (Tehillim \/ Psalms 68:23). Hence, it is said, Preserve me from the violent man.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"CharOverride-15\">Part 2<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-7\">The Midrash introduces the Psalm with the <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span> (Dibur Hamathil) saying, <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cWho devise evil things in their heart (Tehillim \/ Psalms 140:3).\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-7\">The <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta) the homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <span class=\"CharOverride-17\">\u201cWhat is meant by evil things in their heart?<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal) <span class=\"CharOverride-17\">\u201cthe parable,\u201d<\/span> goes on to explain the <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta), the rabbis speak of the the wickedness that is found in the heart of man and use Esau as the example.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05e0\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (Nimshal) <span class=\"CharOverride-17\">\u201cexpansion on the parable\u201d <\/span>expands upon the <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal), the rabbis compare this to the beast according to Daniel\u2019s prophecy.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The Concluding phrase says, <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cBut the Scripture goes on to say I behold even till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burnt with fire (Daniel 7:11); and it is also written, And the house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble (Obadiah 1:18).\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 140 Part 1 opens with the Dibur Hamathil (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cFor the leader, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man (Tehillim \/ Psalms 140:1).\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (Petihta) the homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cSolomon said, Get wisdom, get understanding, Forsake her not, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will keep you (Mishley \/ Proverbs 4:5-6).\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> What we find here is wisdom personified. Solomon is telling us to take hold of the divine instruction of God, the Word which comes from the Lord God Almighty, our Father in heaven. This wisdom is found in the Written Word of God which was taught and spoken of by the Messiah Yeshua. In order to most completely understand God\u2019s Word we must put His words into action through faithfulness. Obedience to the will of God and diligently learning of those saving truths which the Lord has set before us in His word. Just as the Apostolic Writings say we are to take hold of the Messiah, to dwell in His wisdom, and knowledge, we are not to let him go but to keep him and to hold fast to him for he is our life. It is in this manner we hold onto the Word of God as John wrote <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cIn him was life, and the life was the light of men.\u201d <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Abiding in the Messiah is synonymous to abiding in His teachings, in God\u2019s Word. The more we abide in God\u2019s Word, the more firmly we take hold of Wisdom as Solomon is calling us to do. This is connected to being the people of God who really believe what we profess to believe, who know the truth of God according to His Word. We must be persuaded with certainty that God\u2019s Word is truth and life for us. Within this context we read of David in His psalm seeking the Lord God Almighty to deliver him from evil men and to preserve him from the violent man. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The entire midrash states the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"table004\" class=\"Basic-Table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-10\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-11\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"Basic-Table _idGenTableRowColumn-12\">\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-7\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-7\">\u05de\u05d3\u05e8\u05e9 \u05ea\u05d4\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05e7\u05de \u05e1\u05d9\u05de\u05df \u05d0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\">\u05d0 \u05dc\u05de\u05e0\u05e6\u05d7 \u05de\u05d6\u05de\u05d5\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d7\u05dc\u05e6\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d4\u05f3 \u05de\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd \u05e8\u05e2 \u05de\u05d0\u05d9\u05e9 \u05d7\u05de\u05e1\u05d9\u05dd \u05ea\u05e0\u05e6\u05e8\u05e0\u05d9. \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d4 \u05d0\u05dc \u05ea\u05e2\u05d6\u05d1\u05d4 \u05d5\u05ea\u05e9\u05de\u05e8\u05da \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u05f3 (\u05de\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d3 \u05d5), \u05d1\u05d4\u05ea\u05d4\u05dc\u05db\u05da \u05ea\u05e0\u05d7\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d5\u05ea\u05da \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u05f3 (\u05e9\u05dd \u05de\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d5 \u05db\u05d1), \u05db\u05da \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d4\u05e7\u05d1\u05f4\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05e0\u05da \u05e9\u05d0\u05e6\u05e8\u05da, \u05e0\u05e6\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05ea\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4, \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05e0\u05e6\u05e8\u05d4 \u05db\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05da, (\u05e9\u05dd \u05de\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d3 \u05d9\u05d2), \u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05e0\u05da \u05e9\u05d0\u05e4\u05dc\u05d8\u05da \u05de\u05d9\u05d3 \u05e8\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05dd, \u05e8\u05e0\u05df \u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d5\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05e4\u05dc\u05d8\u05da, \u05e8\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e4\u05dc\u05d8 \u05ea\u05e1\u05d5\u05d1\u05d1\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e1\u05dc\u05d4 (\u05ea\u05d4\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05d1 \u05d6). \u05d7\u05dc\u05e6\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d4\u05f3 \u05de\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd \u05e8\u05e2. \u05de\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d6\u05d4 \u05e2\u05e9\u05d5 \u05d4\u05e8\u05e9\u05e2, \u05d5\u05de\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05e8\u05e2\u05ea\u05d5 \u05de\u05d5\u05ea, \u05db\u05da \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d4\u05e7\u05d1\u05f4\u05d4 \u05db\u05e9\u05d0\u05e4\u05d3\u05d4 \u05d0\u05ea\u05db\u05dd, \u05de\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9 \u05de\u05d5\u05ea \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d0\u05e4\u05d3\u05d4 \u05d0\u05ea\u05db\u05dd, \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05de\u05d9\u05d3 \u05e9\u05d0\u05d5\u05dc \u05d0\u05e4\u05d3\u05dd \u05de\u05de\u05d5\u05ea \u05d0\u05d2\u05d0\u05dc\u05dd \u05d0\u05d4\u05d9 \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05da \u05de\u05d5\u05ea (\u05d4\u05d5\u05e9\u05e2 \u05d9\u05d2 \u05d9\u05d3), \u05d4\u05e8\u05d9 \u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05ea \u05e2\u05e9\u05d5 \u05d4\u05e8\u05e9\u05e2, \u05dc\u05db\u05da \u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d7\u05dc\u05e6\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d4\u05f3 \u05de\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd \u05e8\u05e2 \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u05f3, \u05d5\u05db\u05df \u05d9\u05e2\u05e7\u05d1 \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d4\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e0\u05d0 \u05de\u05d9\u05d3 \u05d0\u05d7\u05d9 \u05de\u05d9\u05d3 \u05e2\u05e9\u05d5 \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u05f3 (\u05d1\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9\u05d9\u05ea \u05dc\u05d1 \u05d9\u05d1), \u05d0\u05d9\u05d6\u05d4 \u05de\u05d5\u05ea \u05de\u05d0\u05d9\u05e9 \u05d7\u05de\u05e1\u05d9\u05dd \u05ea\u05e0\u05e6\u05e8\u05e0\u05d9, \u05d5\u05de\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d7\u05de\u05e1\u05d5, \u05d5\u05d9\u05dc\u05df \u05e9\u05dd \u05d1\u05dc\u05d9\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d9\u05e7\u05d7 \u05de\u05df \u05d4\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d1\u05d9\u05d3\u05d5 \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u05f3, \u05e2\u05d6\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05d0\u05ea\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u05f3 (\u05e9\u05dd \u05e9\u05dd \u05d1\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9\u05d9\u05ea \u05dc\u05f4\u05d1 \u05d9\u05d3 \u05d8\u05d5), \u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05d6\u05d4 \u05d7\u05de\u05e1, \u05d5\u05db\u05d4\u05f4\u05d0 \u05de\u05d7\u05de\u05e1 \u05d0\u05d7\u05d9\u05da \u05d9\u05e2\u05e7\u05d1 \u05ea\u05db\u05e1\u05da \u05d1\u05d5\u05e9\u05d4 \u05d5\u05e0\u05db\u05e8\u05ea \u05dc\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd (\u05e2\u05d5\u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d0 \u05d9), \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05d4\u05e8\u05d9 \u05e0\u05db\u05e8\u05ea \u05dc\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd, \u05d5\u05de\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d1\u05dc\u05e2 \u05d1\u05dc\u05e2, \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d4\u05e7\u05d1\u05f4\u05d4 \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05d5\u05e6\u05d9\u05d0 \u05de\u05d1\u05d9\u05df \u05e9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5, \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d4\u05f3 \u05de\u05d1\u05e9\u05df \u05d0\u05e9\u05d9\u05d1 (\u05ea\u05d4\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e1\u05d7 \u05db\u05d2), \u05dc\u05db\u05da \u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05de\u05d0\u05d9\u05e9 \u05d7\u05de\u05e1\u05d9\u05dd \u05ea\u05e0\u05e6\u05e8\u05e0\u05d9. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-7\">\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-12\">Midrash Tehillim 140, Part 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1. For the leader, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man (Tehillim \/ Psalms 140:1). Solomon said, Get wisdom, get understanding, Forsake her not, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will keep you (Mishley \/ Proverbs 4:5-6). Solomon also said, My son, keep your Father\u2019s commandment, when you go it will lead you; when you sleep, it will keep you\u2019 and when you awake, it will talk with you (Mishley \/ Proverbs 6:20, 22). Accordingly, the Holy One blessed be He, said to David, Is it your desire that I preserve you? Then preserve the Torah, as it is said, Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go; keep her, for she is your life (Mishley \/ Proverbs 4:13). Is it your desire that I deliver you from the power of violent men? Then chant the words of Torah before Me, and I will deliver you, as is said, Compass Me about with songs and I will give deliverance (Tehillim \/ Psalms 32:7). Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man (Tehillim \/ Psalms 140:2). Who is he? The evil Esau. And what is the evil he does? Death. Hence the Holy One blessed be He, declared, When I redeem you, I will redeem you from death, for it is said, I will ransom them from the power of the nether-world; I will redeem them from death, O death, I will be your plagues, O grave, I will be your destruction (Hosea 13:14). Thus, behold that the evil Esau is death. Hence, it is said, Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man. Likewise, when Jacob said, Deliver me, I pray You, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, etc. (Bereshit \/ Genesis 32:12) was he not referring to death? Preserve me from the violent man. What verse implies Esau\u2019s violence? The verse And he lodged there that night; and took of that what he had with him a present for Esau his brother, two hundred she-goats, and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals (Bereshit \/ Genesis 32:14-16). Is not the fear of violence implied by such lavish giving? Thus Scripture says also For the violence done to your brother Jacob shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever (Obadiah 1:10). If the children of Israel say, Even if Esau is to be cut off for ever, yet what he swallowed is gone, the Holy One blessed be He, will reply, I will bring it back from between his teeth, as is said, I will bring back from between the teeth (Tehillim \/ Psalms 68:23). Hence, it is said, Preserve me from the violent man.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The Midrash states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cSolomon also said, My son, keep your Father\u2019s commandment, when you go it will lead you; when you sleep, it will keep you\u2019 and when you awake, it will talk with you\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> quoting from <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Mishley \/ Proverbs 6:20-22<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e0\u05e6\u05e8 \u05d1\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05e6\u05d5\u05ea \u05d0\u05d1\u05d9\u05da \u05d5\u05d0\u05dc\u05be\u05ea\u05d8\u05e9 \u05ea\u05d5\u05e8\u05ea \u05d0\u05de\u05da<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> 6:20 My son, keep your father\u2019s commandment; Do not forsake your mother\u2019s teaching. <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e7\u05e9\u05e8\u05dd \u05e2\u05dc\u05be\u05dc\u05d1\u05da \u05ea\u05de\u05d9\u05d3 \u05e2\u05e0\u05d3\u05dd \u05e2\u05dc\u05be\u05d2\u05e8\u05d2\u05e8\u05ea\u05da<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> 6:21 Tie them over your heart always; Bind them around your throat. <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d1\u05d4\u05ea\u05d4\u05dc\u05db\u05da \u05ea\u05e0\u05d7\u05d4 \u05d0\u05ea\u05da \u05d1\u05e9\u05db\u05d1\u05da \u05ea\u05e9\u05de\u05e8 \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05da \u05d5\u05d4\u05e7\u05d9\u05e6\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05ea\u05e9\u05d9\u05d7\u05da<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> 6:22 When you walk it will lead you; When you lie down it will watch over you; And when you are awake it will talk with you.<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Solomon speaks of the importance of the instructions (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05ea\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) of God and how God\u2019s commands keep us, leads us, and watches over us. The rabbis continue in the Midrash to say, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cAccordingly, the Holy One blessed be He, said to David, Is it your desire that I preserve you? Then preserve the Torah, as it is said, Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go; keep her, for she is your life (Mishley \/ Proverbs 4:13).\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Why do you think the rabbis say God says to David in order to seek preservation one should do the same (preserve) the Torah? This is the very thing the Apostle John is writing in His epistle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-12\">1 John 1:4-10<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1:4 These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete. 1:5 This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; 1:7 but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">We are to take hold of the Messiah and His teachings. We are to walk in them, in God\u2019s ways according to His Torah. If we do not seek the Lord God in heaven in righteousness, holiness, justice, and truth, we will not receive what we ask for. We must be honest, confess our sins, and rely upon the Lord for His salvation and not a salvation of our own making. The Midrash states, \u201c<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Is it your desire that I deliver you from the power of violent men? Then chant the words of Torah before Me, and I will deliver you, as is said, Compass Me about with songs and I will give deliverance (Tehillim \/ Psalms 32:7).\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> This is the rabbinic way of saying we are to place God\u2019s Word upon our hearts, and in our lives, so much so, that it becomes a part of our lives to the point of overflowing, we speak, we chant God\u2019s Word. All of these things are a reference to our being faithful to God\u2019s Word, just as John is writing about those who claim to have fellowship with the Lord. We are not to walk in darkness, but to walk in the light, in God\u2019s truth, and living in righteousness according to His Word. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The rabbis in the Midrash ask who is the evil man David is speaking of and then compare him to Esau, the one who forsook the covenant promises, and did not care about the Word of the Lord.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man (Tehillim \/ Psalms 140:2). Who is he? The evil Esau. And what is the evil he does? Death. Hence the Holy One blessed be He, declared, When I redeem you, I will redeem you from death, for it is said, I will ransom them from the power of the nether-world; I will redeem them from death, O death, I will be your plagues, O grave, I will be your destruction (Hosea 13:14). Thus, behold that the evil Esau is death. Hence, it is said, Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man. Likewise, when Jacob said, Deliver me, I pray You, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, etc. (Bereshit \/ Genesis 32:12) was he not referring to death? Preserve me from the violent man. What verse implies Esau\u2019s violence? The verse And he lodged there that night; and took of that what he had with him a present for Esau his brother, two hundred she-goats, and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals (Bereshit \/ Genesis 32:14-16). Is not the fear of violence implied by such lavish giving? (Midrash Tehillim 140 Part 1)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Here the Midrash speaks of the Lord God redeeming his people from Death, from the nether-world, from the grave, and from destruction. Here the rabbis are connecting the redemption of God to both this world and the world to come. They are connecting the physical and spiritual together in the redemption of God. In the Apostolic Writings, the Messiah was said to have brought these things to His people. The belief in the eventual coming of the Messiah is a basic and fundamental part of traditional Judaism. It is part of Rambam\u2019s 13 Principles of Faith, the minimum requirements of Jewish belief. In the Shemoneh Esrei prayer, recited three times daily, we pray for all of the elements of the coming of the Messiah, the in-gathering of the exiles, the restoration of the religious courts of justice, and the end of wickedness, sin and heresy, the reward to the righteous, the rebuilding of Jerusalem, the restoration of the line of King David, and the restoration of Temple service. Now some would claim that Yeshua the Messiah did not fulfill these requirements of the Messiah. The interesting point about the time period in which Yeshua lived, a few of these elements such as the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the Temple service were in existence during His life, the restoration of these things were not needed. As a result these could be considered a later addition to the daily prayers. Could this be a polemic against the Christian interpretation of Yeshua being the Messiah? Judaism teaches the Messiah will bring about the physical and spiritual redemption of the Jewish people by bringing us back to Israel and restoring Jerusalem (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Isaiah 11:11-12, Jeremiah 23:8, 30:3, and Hosea 3:4-5<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). He will establish a government in Israel that will be the center of all world government, both for Jews and gentiles (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Isaiah 2:2-4, 11:10, and 42:1<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). He will rebuild the Temple and re-establish its worship (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Jeremiah 33:18<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). He will restore the religious court system of Israel and establish Jewish law as the law of the land (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Jeremiah 33:15<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Note how all of these events were necessary after Yeshua had died and was resurrected. These things were necessary following the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple in Jerusalem. To turn and apply these as a proof text against Yeshua as the Messiah is a little dishonest and is a significant anachronistic error. Note that anachronism is taking something that belongs to a period other than that being portrayed. This is what the anti-missionaries are attempting to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 140 Part 1 concludes saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThus Scripture says also For the violence done to your brother Jacob shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever (Obadiah 1:10). If the children of Israel say, Even if Esau is to be cut off for ever, yet what he swallowed is gone, the Holy One blessed be He, will reply, I will bring it back from between his teeth, as is said, I will bring back from between the teeth (Tehillim \/ Psalms 68:23). Hence, it is said, Preserve me from the violent man.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Lord God calls us to be a people of peace, this is why the psalmist speaks of the violent man, and seeking the Lord to preserve him from those who would seek his destruction. The Lord is the One whom we can trust, He is the One who redeems us from our sins, from death, from the grave, from the nether-world, and from destruction. He sent His Son Yeshua the Messiah to accomplish these things on our behalf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 140 Part 2 opens with the Dibur Hamathil (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cWho devise evil things in their heart (Tehillim \/ Psalms 140:3).\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (Petihta) the homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cWhat is meant by evil things in their heart?\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The entire Midrash states the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"table005\" class=\"Basic-Table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-13\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-14\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"Basic-Table _idGenTableRowColumn-15\">\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-7\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-7\">\u05de\u05d3\u05e8\u05e9 \u05ea\u05d4\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05e7\u05de \u05e1\u05d9\u05de\u05df \u05d1<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\">\u05d1 \u05d0\u05e9\u05e8 \u05d7\u05e9\u05d1\u05d5 \u05e8\u05e2\u05d5\u05ea \u05d1\u05dc\u05d1 \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u05f3. \u05de\u05d4\u05d5 \u05e8\u05e2\u05d5\u05ea \u05d1\u05dc\u05d1 \u05d0\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05de\u05d5\u05e6\u05d9\u05d0 \u05de\u05e4\u05d9\u05d5, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d8\u05de\u05d5\u05df \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d1\u05dc\u05d1\u05d5, \u05d0\u05e9\u05e8 \u05d7\u05e9\u05d1\u05d5 \u05e8\u05e2\u05d5\u05ea \u05d1\u05dc\u05d1, \u05e8\u05e2\u05d4 \u05d1\u05dc\u05d1 \u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05db\u05ea\u05d9\u05d1 \u05db\u05d0\u05df, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 \u05e8\u05e2\u05d5\u05ea \u05d1\u05dc\u05d1, \u05d5\u05db\u05e9\u05d4\u05df \u05d7\u05d5\u05e9\u05d1\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05d0 \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d1\u05dc\u05d1\u05d3 \u05d4\u05df \u05d7\u05d5\u05e9\u05d1\u05d9\u05df, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d2\u05dd \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05da, \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05db\u05d9 \u05e0\u05d8\u05d5 \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05da \u05e8\u05e2\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u05f3 (\u05ea\u05d4\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05db\u05d0 \u05d9\u05d1), \u05d5\u05db\u05d4\u05f4\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d0\u05e8\u05d5 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d5\u05d4 \u05e8\u05d1\u05d9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u05f3, \u05de\u05e9\u05ea\u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05d5\u05d9\u05ea \u05d1\u05e7\u05e8\u05e0\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u05f3 (\u05d3\u05e0\u05d9\u05d0\u05dc \u05d6 \u05d6 \u05d7). \u05de\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05db\u05e0\u05d2\u05d3 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05d5\u05e6\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05e7\u05e9\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05d7\u05e8\u05d5\u05e4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05d2\u05d3\u05d5\u05e4\u05d9\u05dd, \u05d5\u05db\u05ea\u05d9\u05d1 \u05d7\u05d6\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d5\u05d9\u05ea \u05e2\u05d3 \u05d3\u05d9 \u05e7\u05d8\u05d9\u05dc\u05ea \u05d7\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d5\u05d1\u05d3 \u05d2\u05e9\u05de\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d1\u05ea \u05dc\u05d9\u05e7\u05d3\u05ea \u05d0\u05e9\u05d0 (\u05e9\u05dd \u05e9\u05dd \u05d3\u05e0\u05d9\u05d0\u05dc \u05d6\u05f3 \u05d9\u05d0), \u05d5\u05db\u05ea\u05d9\u05d1 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05d9\u05e2\u05e7\u05d1 \u05d0\u05e9 \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u05f3 (\u05e2\u05d5\u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d0 \u05d9\u05d7).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-7\">\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-12\">Midrash Tehillim 140, Part 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">2. Who devise evil things in their heart (Tehillim \/ Psalms 140:3). What is meant by evil things in their heart? The evil things which Esau did not speak out, but hid in his heart. Who devise evil things in their heart. It is not written here, an evil thing in their heart, but evil things in their heart. For when the house of Esau devise evil things, they devise them not only against us, but also against You, as is said, For they intended evil against You, they imagined a device which they are not able to perform (Tehillim \/ Psalms 21:12). Likewise, Scripture says, And behold a forth beast dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly, I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one (Daniel 7:7-8) speaking against God, spitting out harsh words, blasphemies, and reviling\u2019s. But the Scripture goes on to say I behold even till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burnt with fire (Daniel 7:11); and it is also written, And the house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble (Obadiah 1:18).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The rabbis speak of not just one evil thing that is devised in the heart, but the plural form, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cevil things\u201d <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">that are devised in the heart. The idea here is the evil things consists as two parts, (i) the evil things one speaks about (everyone knows about) and (ii) the evil things that one hides within his heart for nobody to see. It is interesting while watching You-tube videos Online of people who have had near death experiences, I have seen some people give a testimony of having gone to hell and then coming back. The testimony they give is when in hell, one can look at a person and know all of the sins he had committed and the reasons why he was there in the torment that he is suffering. This reminded me of the words Yeshua wrote in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Luke 8:17 For all that is secret will eventually be brought into the open, and everything that is concealed will be brought to light and made known to all. (ESV)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> If what is said in these near death experiences is true, what Yeshua speaks of is also true, whatever was done in secret will be revealed and made known to all. On the other hand, if we perform Teshuvah (Repent) and turn from our sins, seeking the Lord for forgiveness in faith and faithfulness, He will forgive us. And the Scriptures says in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Isaiah 43:25 \u2018I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Lord says on multiple occasions that He will wipe out our transgressions, similar to what we read here in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 103.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-12\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 103:11-13<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">103:11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness (His Grace\/Mercy, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d7\u05b7\u05e1\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">) toward those who fear Him. 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. 103:13 Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him. (NASB, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d9\u05d0 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05db\u05b4\u05d2\u05b0\u05d1\u05b9\u05d4\u05bc\u05b7 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05d2\u05bc\u05b8\u05d1\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d7\u05b7\u05e1\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d0\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5: \u05d9\u05d1 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d7\u05b9\u05e7 \u05de\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d7 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e8\u05b8\u05d1 \u05d4\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d7\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7 \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc: \u05d9\u05d2 \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b5\u05dd \u05d0\u05b8\u05d1 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e8\u05b4\u05d7\u05b7\u05dd \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d0\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5:<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Consider that if we confess our sins, and seek the Lord\u2019s forgiveness, His mercy will wipe away our sins as far as the east is from the west and He will not remember them any longer. This is within the context of the Lord having compassion upon those who fear Him and seeking to live in faithfulness to His words and His ways. This is also in contrast to those who do not repent and do not seek the Lord, their sins will be remembered and all will know of them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> In the Talmud Bavli Chagigah 12b Part 10 the rabbis say the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-12\">Talmud Bavli Chagigah 12b Part 10<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-6\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05de\u05db\u05d5\u05df \u05e9\u05d1\u05d5 \u05d0\u05d5\u05e6\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05dc\u05d2 \u05d5\u05d0\u05d5\u05e6\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05d1\u05e8\u05d3 \u05d5\u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05d9\u05ea \u05d8\u05dc\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e8\u05e2\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05d9\u05ea \u05d0\u05d2\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05d7\u05d3\u05e8\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc \u05e1\u05d5\u05e4\u05d4 [\u05d5\u05e1\u05e2\u05e8\u05d4] \u05d5\u05de\u05e2\u05e8\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc \u05e7\u05d9\u05d8\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d5\u05d3\u05dc\u05ea\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05d4\u05df \u05d0\u05e9 \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 (\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05db\u05d7, \u05d9\u05d1) \u05d9\u05e4\u05ea\u05d7 \u05d4\u2019 \u05dc\u05da \u05d0\u05ea \u05d0\u05d5\u05e6\u05e8\u05d5 \u05d4\u05d8\u05d5\u05d1<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> Makhon, dwelling place, is where there are storehouses of snow and storehouses of hail, and the upper chamber of harmful dews, and the upper chamber of drops, and the room of tempests and storms, and the cave of mist. And the doors of all these are made of fire. How do we know that there are storehouses for evil things? For it is stated: \u201cThe Lord will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens\u201d (Deuteronomy 28:12), which indicates the existence of a storehouse that contains the opposite of good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The rabbis make a case that there is a storehouse for evil things, because the Lord has a storehouse for good things. This storehouse is the place of residence, just as the Midrash is saying the heart devises evil things and stores them up not just against one or two persons, but against an entire nation. The Midrash continues saying,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">For when the house of Esau devise evil things, they devise them not only against us, but also against You, as is said, For they intended evil against You, they imagined a device which they are not able to perform (Tehillim \/ Psalms 21:12). Likewise, Scripture says, And behold a forth beast dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly, I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one (Daniel 7:7-8) speaking against God, spitting out harsh words, blasphemies, and reviling\u2019s. (Midrash Tehillim 140 Part 2)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The Midrash parallels the evil things that one stores up within the heart to the beast with horns in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Daniel 7<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">. The concept here is the evil things we store up may give birth to something even more wicked than its predecessor to boast and speak blasphemies against both man and God. Because of this we need to guard our hearts against such things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 140 Part 2 concludes saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cBut the Scripture goes on to say I behold even till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burnt with fire (Daniel 7:11); and it is also written, And the house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble (Obadiah 1:18).\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> This reminds us of <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">2 Peter 3:7 And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The struggle that we have with sin in our lives us the earmark of our relationship with God and His presence in our lives. This is why the scriptures speak of fire and flame in the house of Jacob, since the Lord is refining us each day. The wicked on the other hand will perish. Let\u2019s Pray!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Tehillim-140-Part1-and-2.pdf\">Tehillim 140-Part1-and-2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s study from Tehillim \/ Psalms 140:1-13, the psalm opens saying, \u05d0 \u05dc\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7 \u05de\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3: \u05d1 \u05d7\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b0\u05e6\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05dd \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05b8\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05e6\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9: \u05d2 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d7\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u05b5\u05d1 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d9\u05b8\u05d2\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05de\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea: 140:1 Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men 140:2 Who devise evil things in their hearts; They [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tehillim"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}