{"id":7280,"date":"2018-05-17T00:06:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T00:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=7280"},"modified":"2018-09-27T00:37:27","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T00:37:27","slug":"tehillim-psalms-141-part-2-calling-upon-the-name-of-the-lord-according-to-the-scriptures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/tehillim-psalms-141-part-2-calling-upon-the-name-of-the-lord-according-to-the-scriptures\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehillim \/ Psalms 141, \u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05ea\u05d4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e7\u05de\u05d0,Part 2, Calling upon the Name of the Lord according to the Scriptures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"X8_cHnLfZRM\"><iframe title=\"Tehillim \/ Psalms 141, Part 2, Calling upon the Name of the Lord according to the Scriptures\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X8_cHnLfZRM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"_idContainer000\" class=\"Basic-Text-Frame\">\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 141:1-10,<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> the psalm opens saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">141:1 O Lord, I call upon You; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to You! 141:2 May my prayer be counted as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering. 141:3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The psalmist seeks the Lord for help in his behavior. He continues saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">141:4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds of wickedness With men who do iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Note how eating is synonymous to doing what the wicked do. The psalmist says, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">141:5 Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me; It is oil upon the head; Do not let my head refuse it, For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds. 141:6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock, And they hear my words, for they are pleasant. 141:7 As when one plows and breaks open the earth, Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The psalmist concludes saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">141:8 For my eyes are toward You, O God, the Lord; In You I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless. 141:9 Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares of those who do iniquity. 141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, While I pass by safely. 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\u05d1\u05d1\u05d9\u05e9\u05ea\u05d4\u05d5\u05df\u05c3 \u05d5 \u05d0\u05d9\u05e9\u05ea\u05de\u05d9\u05d8\u05d5 \u05de\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05de\u05d3\u05e8\u05e9\u05d0 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d9\u05d3\u05d9 \u05ea\u05e7\u05d5\u05e3 \u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05df \u05ea\u05d9\u05d9\u05d1\u05d9\u05df \u05d5\u05e9\u05de\u05e2\u05d9\u05df \u05de\u05d9\u05de\u05e8\u05d9 \u05d0\u05e8\u05d5\u05dd \u05d1\u05e1\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05c3 \u05d6 \u05d3\u05d9 \u05db\u05de\u05ea \u05d2\u05d1\u05e8 \u05d3\u05e4\u05dc\u05d7 \u05d5\u05de\u05d1\u05d6\u05e2 \u05d1\u05de\u05e8\u05d3\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d1\u05e2\u05d5\u05e9\u05e0\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d0\u05e8\u05e2\u05d0 \u05d4\u05db\u05d3\u05d9\u05df \u05d0\u05ea\u05d1\u05d3\u05e8\u05d5 \u05d0\u05d9\u05d1\u05e8\u05e0\u05d0 \u05e2\u05dc \u05e4\u05d5\u05dd \u05e7\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8\u05ea\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d7 \u05de\u05d8\u05d5\u05dc \u05d4\u05d9\u05db\u05e0\u05d0 \u05d0\u05e8\u05d5\u05dd \u05dc\u05d5\u05ea\u05da \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05e2\u05d9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7\u05df \u05d1\u05de\u05d9\u05de\u05e8\u05d0 \u05e1\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea \u05dc\u05d0 \u05ea\u05e8\u05d5\u05e7\u05df \u05e0\u05e4\u05e9\u05d9\u05c3 \u05e0\u05d8\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d9\u05ea\u05d9 \u05de\u05df \u05d0\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9 \u05e4\u05d7\u05d0 \u05e7\u05d5\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d0\u05ea\u05e7\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5 \u05d3\u05db\u05de\u05e0\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d9 \u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05e7\u05dc\u05df \u05e2\u05d1\u05d3\u05d9 \u05e9\u05e7\u05e8\u05c3 \u05d9 \u05d9\u05e4\u05dc\u05d5\u05df \u05d1\u05de\u05e6\u05d5\u05d3\u05ea\u05d5\u05d9 \u05e8\u05e9\u05d9\u05e2\u05d9 \u05db\u05d7\u05d3\u05d0 \u05d0\u05e0\u05d0 \u05e2\u05d3 \u05d6\u05de\u05df \u05d3\u05d9 \u05d0\u05e2\u05d9\u05d1\u05e8\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-10\" lang=\"en-US\">\u03a8\u0391\u039b\u039c\u039f\u0399<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-2\" lang=\"en-US\"> 141<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-2\" lang=\"en-US\">141:1 \u03c8\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u0394\u03b1\u03c5\u03b9\u03b4 \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5 \u1f10\u03ba\u1f73\u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03be\u03b1 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c3\u1f73 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c3\u1f71\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u1f79\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f79\u03c3\u03c7\u03b5\u03c2 \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u1fc7 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b5\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u1f7d\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03ba\u03b5\u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03b3\u1f73\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c3\u1f73 141:2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03c5\u03b8\u03c5\u03bd\u03b8\u1f75\u03c4\u03c9 \u1f21 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b5\u03c5\u03c7\u1f75 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f61\u03c2 \u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u1f77\u03b1\u03bc\u03b1 \u1f10\u03bd\u1f7d\u03c0\u03b9\u1f79\u03bd \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f14\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u1ff6\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b8\u03c5\u03c3\u1f77\u03b1 \u1f11\u03c3\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03bd\u1f75 141:3 \u03b8\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5 \u03c6\u03c5\u03bb\u03b1\u03ba\u1f74\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03c3\u03c4\u1f79\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u1f77 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b8\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c7\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u1f76 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03c7\u03b5\u1f77\u03bb\u03b7 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 141:4 \u03bc\u1f74 \u1f10\u03ba\u03ba\u03bb\u1f77\u03bd\u1fc3\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03bb\u1f79\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bd\u03b7\u03c1\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c6\u03b1\u03c3\u1f77\u03b6\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c6\u1f71\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u1f01\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u1f77\u03b1\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c3\u1f7a\u03bd \u1f00\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1\u03b6\u03bf\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u1f00\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f50 \u03bc\u1f74 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b4\u03c5\u1f71\u03c3\u03c9 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u1f70 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03ba\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd 141:5 \u03c0\u03b1\u03b9\u03b4\u03b5\u1f7b\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03b4\u1f77\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u1f10\u03bb\u1f73\u03b5\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03bb\u1f73\u03b3\u03be\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5 \u1f14\u03bb\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03b4\u1f72 \u1f01\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c9\u03bb\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bc\u1f74 \u03bb\u03b9\u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u1f71\u03c4\u03c9 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03ba\u03b5\u03c6\u03b1\u03bb\u1f75\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f14\u03c4\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f21 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b5\u03c5\u03c7\u1f75 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f50\u03b4\u03bf\u03ba\u1f77\u03b1\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd 141:6 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03c0\u1f79\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u1f10\u03c7\u1f79\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b1 \u03c0\u1f73\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f31 \u03ba\u03c1\u03b9\u03c4\u03b1\u1f76 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f00\u03ba\u03bf\u1f7b\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1fe5\u1f75\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u1f71 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f21\u03b4\u1f7b\u03bd\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd 141:7 \u1f61\u03c3\u03b5\u1f76 \u03c0\u1f71\u03c7\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b5\u03c1\u03c1\u1f71\u03b3\u03b7 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b5\u03c3\u03ba\u03bf\u03c1\u03c0\u1f77\u03c3\u03b8\u03b7 \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f40\u03c3\u03c4\u1fb6 \u1f21\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u1f85\u03b4\u03b7\u03bd 141:8 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c3\u1f73 \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5 \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03b5 \u03bf\u1f31 \u1f40\u03c6\u03b8\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc\u03bf\u1f77 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c3\u1f72 \u1f24\u03bb\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03b1 \u03bc\u1f74 \u1f00\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd\u1f73\u03bb\u1fc3\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u1f75\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 141:9 \u03c6\u1f7b\u03bb\u03b1\u03be\u1f79\u03bd \u03bc\u03b5 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c0\u03b1\u03b3\u1f77\u03b4\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f27\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u1f75\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u1f79 \u03bc\u03bf\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03c0\u1f78 \u03c3\u03ba\u03b1\u03bd\u03b4\u1f71\u03bb\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1\u03b6\u03bf\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f00\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd 141:10 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f10\u03bd \u1f00\u03bc\u03c6\u03b9\u03b2\u03bb\u1f75\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u1ff3 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f01\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03c9\u03bb\u03bf\u1f77 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f70 \u03bc\u1f79\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f30\u03bc\u1f76 \u1f10\u03b3\u1f7c \u1f15\u03c9\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f57 \u1f02\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u1f73\u03bb\u03b8\u03c9 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table id=\"table002\" class=\"Basic-Table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-5\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-6\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-7\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"Basic-Table _idGenTableRowColumn-8\">\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-4\">\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 141<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\" lang=\"en-US\">141:1 O Lord, I call upon You; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to You! 141:2 May my prayer be counted as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering. 141:3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips. 141:4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds of wickedness With men who do iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies. 141:5 Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me; It is oil upon the head; Do not let my head refuse it, For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds. 141:6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock, And they hear my words, for they are pleasant. 141:7 As when one plows and breaks open the earth, Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. 141:8 For my eyes are toward You, O God, the Lord; In You I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless. 141:9 Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares of those who do iniquity. 141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, While I pass by safely. (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-7\" lang=\"en-US\">Toviyah \/ Psalms 141<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\" lang=\"en-US\">141:1 A psalm of David. O Lord, I have called you; be concerned for me, hear my voice when I call to you. 141:2 Let my prayer be directed before you like incense of spices, the upraising of my hands in prayer like a fragrant gift offered at evening. 141:3 Place, O Lord, a guard on my mouth, a keeper on the portal of my lips. 141:4 Do not incline my heart to anything evil, to think thoughts in wickedness to join with men who practice deceit, and I will not dine at the revels of their banquets. 141:5 The righteous man will strike me because of kindness, and rebuke me; the oil of holy anointing will not cease from my head, for still my prayer is marshaled against their evil. 141:6 They have withdrawn from the academy because of their harsh judgments; they turn and hear my words, for they are pleasant. 141:7 For like a man who labors and cleaves when plowing the earth, so are our limbs scattered on the mouth of the grave. 141:8 Therefore unto you, God, the Lord, do my eyes look; I have hoped in your word, do not empty out my soul. 141:9 Protect me from the power of the trap they have hidden for me, and the snares of those who practice deceit. 141:10 May the wicked men fall into his nets together, until the time that I pass by. (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-7\" lang=\"en-US\">Psalmoi \/ Psalms 141<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\" lang=\"en-US\">A Psalm of David. 141:1 O Lord, I have cried to thee; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee. 141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice. 141:3 Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a strong door about by lips. 141:4 Incline not my heart to evil things, to employ pretexts for sins, with me who work iniquity: and let me not unite with their choice ones. 141:5 The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures. 141:6 Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my words, for they are sweet. 141:7 As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our bones have been scattered by the mouth of the grave. 141:8 For mine eyes are to thee, O Lord God: I have hoped in thee; take not away my life. 141:9 Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity. 141:10 Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape. (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 141:1-10,<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> the psalm opens saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0 \u05de\u05b4\u05d6\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d6\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e7\u05b8\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9-\u05dc\u05b8\u05da\u05b0: \u05d1 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05db\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e4\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e7\u05b0\u05d8\u05b9\u05e8\u05b6\u05ea \u05dc\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05e0\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05de\u05b7\u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea \u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05e0\u05b0\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea-\u05e2\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05d1: \u05d2 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e4\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e0\u05b4\u05e6\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d3\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc \u05e9\u05b0\u05b9\u05e4\u05b8\u05ea\u05b8\u05d9:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">141:1 O Lord, I call upon You; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to You! 141:2 May my prayer be counted as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering. 141:3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The psalmist begins with calling upon the name of the Lord. The Aramaic Targum states, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0 \u05ea\u05d5\u05e9\u05d1\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05e7\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea\u05da \u05d7\u05d9\u05e9 \u05d7\u05e9\u05d7\u05d9\u05e9 \u05dc\u05d9 \u05d0\u05e6\u05d9\u05ea \u05e7\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d1\u05de\u05e7\u05e8\u05d9 \u05dc\u05da\u05c3 \u05d1 \u05ea\u05ea\u05db\u05d5\u05d5\u05df \u05e6\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d9\u05da \u05e7\u05d8\u05d5\u05e8\u05ea \u05d1\u05d5\u05e1\u05de\u05d9\u05df \u05e7\u05d3\u05de\u05da \u05d6\u05e7\u05e4\u05d5\u05ea \u05d9\u05d3\u05d9 \u05d1\u05e6\u05dc\u05d5 \u05d4\u05d9\u05da \u05d3\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05df \u05d1\u05e1\u05d9\u05dd \u05d3\u05de\u05ea\u05e7\u05e8\u05d1 \u05d1\u05e8\u05de\u05e9\u05c3 \u05d2 \u05e9\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05de\u05d8\u05e8\u05d0 \u05dc\u05e4\u05d5\u05de\u05d9 \u05e0\u05d8\u05e8 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d6\u05e7\u05d5\u05e3 \u05e1\u05d9\u05e4\u05d5\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05c3<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">141:1 A psalm of David. O Lord, I have called you; be concerned for me, hear my voice when I call to you. 141:2 Let my prayer be directed before you like incense of spices, the upraising of my hands in prayer like a fragrant gift offered at evening. 141:3 Place, O Lord, a guard on my mouth, a keeper on the portal of my lips. (EMC)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> This is how the Apostle Paul understood these verses, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Romans 10:13 Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. (RSV)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Many people today are teaching within Christianity that an individual can be saved merely by professing a belief in Jesus. Both Paul and Peter stated <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cWhoever calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Acts 2:21, Romans 10:13, Joel 2:32<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) However, Yeshua pointed out saying,<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> \u201cNot everyone who says to me \u201cLord Lord\u201d will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 7:21 and Luke 6:46<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) Many today equate <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201ccalling on the name of the Lord\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> with the idea of saying <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cLord save me.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The question is how can one say they are saved simply by <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201ccalling out to Christ\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> when the Messiah Himself said that the mere calling upon the name will not save a person? The key to understanding the meaning behind what Peter and Paul are saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201ccalling on the name of the Lord,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> is to recognize that more is involved in this action of calling upon the Lord. This is not merely a petition directed toward God. This is part of the process of Teshuvah (Repentance), seeking the Lord, and turning from sin. Even in modern times, when one calls upon someone, it generally means he is doing more than simply making a request. For example, when a medical doctor goes in to meet his patients, he does not merely walk into the room, announce he is there, ask the patient how he is doing, and then hopes the best for him and turns and leaves. On the contrary, he examines the patient, listens to him, gives instructions for what to do, how to live, what to eat, exercise (physical therapy), and recovery information, which includes the prescription of medication. All of these things are understood under the context of calling upon someone, in this case calling upon a patient or a doctor. When a person takes the time to study this expression in both ancient and modern times, we learn that it is used to mean much more than simply the making of a request. This phrase has a much deeper meaning, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201ccalling upon God\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> is to make and appeal which involves both parties, the one making the appeal and the Lord God Himself, where both take action. Take for example what Paul said when he was talking to Festus in regards to his incarceration. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Acts 25:9-12<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">25:9 But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, \u2018Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me on these charges \u2018 25:10 But Paul said, \u2018I am standing before Caesar\u2019s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also very well know. 25:11 \u2018If, then, I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if none of those things is true of which these men accuse me, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.\u2019 25:12 Then when Festus had conferred with his council, he answered, \u2018You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you shall go.\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Paul said <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cI appeal unto Caesar\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> using the word epikaloumai (see also <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Acts 2:21 and Romans 10:13<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), here Paul was not simply calling on Caesar to save him. Paul claimed the right of a Roman citizen to be heard by Caesar. Notice how he has rights as a Roman citizen. We also have rights as the children of God. Paul asked that his case be transfered to Caesar\u2019s court and have his case judged by Ceasar. This means that he was submitting to whatever was necessary in order for his case to be brought before Caesar. In doing so, Paul was submitting his life to the formal procedures that were required in order for him to come before Caesar and his court for judgment. This involved obedience. This was not a mere verbal recognition of Caesar. Similarly, in the case of <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201ccalling upon the name of the Lord\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> we are not merely making a verbal recognition, or a verbal petition only. We are declaring our intentions that involve obedience. Note how God\u2019s people are described as a people <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cwho call on Your Name\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> where we are not a people who only pray to God, but a people who are serve the Lord, and who, by obedience, are submitting our lives to His authority (see <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 28:18<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Are you doing this in your life today? Or, have you bought into the modern theology that all one has to do is say something in word, and not worry about the deed?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The prophet Zephaniah states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">3:9 For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language, that they all may call on the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one accord. (KJV, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05bd\u05d9\u05be\u05d0\u05b8\u05d6 \u05d0\u05b6\u05d4\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b9\u05da\u05b0 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc\u05be\u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c2\u05b8\u05e4\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-7\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05dc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b9\u05d0 \u05db\u05bb\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05dd \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05d1\u05b0\u05d3\u05b9\u05d5<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\"> \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05db\u05b6\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05d7\u05b8\u05bd\u05d3\u05c3<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Notice how Zephaniah connects calling upon the name to one who serves the Lord. When one submits his life and will to the will of God, he is described as <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201ccalling on the Lord.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Looking at <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Acts 2:21<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Romans 10:9<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">10:13<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Acts 2:21<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">2:21 \u2018And it shall be that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Romans 10:9-16<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">10:9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10:10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. 10:11 For the Scripture says, \u2018Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed.\u2019 10:12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; 10:13 for \u2018Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.\u2019 10:14 How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? 10:15 How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, \u2018How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!\u2019 10:16 However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, \u2018Lord, who has believed our report?\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">What is described here as <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201ccalling on the Lord\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Acts 2:21<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Romans 10:9 and 10:13<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> do not contradict <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 7:21<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">. Paul explains this saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">10:10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Note how he says, with the heart a person believes resulting in righteousness. The phrase, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthat which leads to righteousness,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> this refers to the one who submits his life to the Lord according to His Word. To <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201ccall on the Lord\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> entails more than just pleading for salvation; it involves submitting to God\u2019s will. According to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Colossians 3:17<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, every single thing that is done (in word or deed) is to be carried out in the Messiah. In order to obtain salvation, a person must submit to the Lord\u2019s authority in his or her life. This is what is being taught in passages like <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Acts 2:21 and Romans 10:9-16<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">. This is why Paul wrote, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">10:15 How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, \u2018How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!\u2019 10:16 However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, \u2018Lord, who has believed our report?\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> He says <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201chowever they did not heed the good news&#8230;\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> To heed is to obey. What is it about the <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cgood news\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> that is to be obeyed as Paul is explaining here? Modern theology would have us believe this is just asking for salvation in Jesus name. The bible however speaks of the good news in the context of living our lives for the Lord, and the Lord God in heaven giving us His Spirit to empower us to overcome sin in our lives (obey Torah).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Peter\u2019s statements during Shavuot (Pentacost) led to the people asking <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cwhat shall we do?\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Peter responded to them telling them what they must do. To petition the Lord God in heaven in the name of Yeshua the Messiah, and then to repent and be baptized (see <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Acts 2:38<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). It is important to understand that baptism was the ancient mikvah ritual that is described in the Torah. The mikvah is synonymous to performing Teshuvah, turning from sin, and symbolizing this by washing the body with mayim khayim (living waters). I have heard it claimed that one does not need to be baptized over and over again. However, baptism is connected to the mikvah and repentance. We are to live daily repentant lives before the Lord. This process of repentance (Teshuvah) and turning from sin is a life long process. One in which we do continually because of our imperfections. In Christian theology today the knowledge of these things is missing and\/or ignored. The calling upon the name of the Lord includes obedience to the gospel message (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Hebrews 3-4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), worshiping the Lord God in heaven, and being a faithful servant of the Lord determining our hearts to serve and live for Him according to His Words. This is the race that Paul spoke of we are all running, as he says in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Acts 20<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Acts 20:19-27<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">20:19 <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-12\">serving<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which came upon me through the plots of the Jews; 20:20 how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house, 20:21 solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. 20:22 \u2018And now, behold, bound in spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, 20:23 except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me. 20:24 \u2018But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God. 20:25 \u2018And now, behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face. 20:26 \u2018Therefore, I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. 20:27 \u2018For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Paul speaks of being told by God\u2019s Holy Spirit of what was coming, he would lay down his life for Yeshua\u2019s name. He speaks of this in the way of finishing the course and ministry that he had received from the Lord. Paul understood what was required of him, that he would be called to lay down his life for the kingdom of God. These things show how the children of God who call upon the name of the Lord are to be obedient to the gospel, worship the Lord God in heaven, and be faithful to serve. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Psalmist continues saying the following, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3 \u05d0\u05b7\u05dc-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05d8 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8 | \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b5\u05dc \u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b4\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea | \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05e2 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05bc\u05b9\u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9-\u05d0\u05b8\u05d5\u05b6\u05df \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d0\u05b6\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b7\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e0\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">141:4 Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds of wickedness With men who do iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Note how eating is synonymous to doing what the wicked do. We are promised in God\u2019s Word that he is faithful and will protect us (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">2 Thessalonians 3:3<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). The Lord promised in His Word that <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cI can seek You and find You when I search for You with all my heart!\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Jeremiah 29:13<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) We can cry out to the Lord to save us. The Psalmist not only cries out to the Lord with his whole heart for help, he also asks the Lord to keep his heart from evil. Yeshua taught us to pray saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cAnd do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil &#8230; (NASB) or &#8211; the evil one. (NIV)\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 6:13<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) Here we find Yeshua teaching his disciples to pray and asking the Lord not to lead us into temptation. This is consistent with the Psalm where the psalmist asks the Lord not to incline his heart to any evil thing. The Rabbis state the following in the Talmud Bavli.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Talmud Bavli Berakhot 17a Part 4<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05de\u05e8 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d3\u05e8\u05d1\u05d9\u05e0\u05d0 \u05db\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05de\u05e1\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd \u05e6\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d4\u05db\u05d9 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9 \u05e0\u05e6\u05d5\u05e8 \u05dc\u05e9\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05e8\u05e2 \u05d5\u05e9\u05e4\u05ea\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9 \u05de\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05de\u05e8\u05de\u05d4 \u05d5\u05dc\u05de\u05e7\u05dc\u05dc\u05d9 \u05e0\u05e4\u05e9\u05d9 \u05ea\u05d3\u05d5\u05dd \u05d5\u05e0\u05e4\u05e9\u05d9 \u05db\u05e2\u05e4\u05e8 \u05dc\u05db\u05dc \u05ea\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e4\u05ea\u05d7 \u05dc\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d1\u05ea\u05d5\u05e8\u05ea\u05da \u05d5\u05d1\u05de\u05e6\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05da \u05ea\u05e8\u05d3\u05d5\u05e3 \u05e0\u05e4\u05e9\u05d9 \u05d5\u05ea\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05e4\u05d2\u05e2 \u05e8\u05e2 \u05de\u05d9\u05e6\u05e8 \u05d4\u05e8\u05e2 \u05d5\u05de\u05d0\u05e9\u05d4 \u05e8\u05e2\u05d4 \u05d5\u05de\u05db\u05dc \u05e8\u05e2\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05e8\u05d2\u05e9\u05d5\u05ea \u05dc\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d1\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd \u05d5\u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05d7\u05d5\u05e9\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9 \u05e8\u05e2\u05d4 \u05de\u05d4\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05e4\u05e8 \u05e2\u05e6\u05ea\u05dd \u05d5\u05e7\u05dc\u05e7\u05dc \u05de\u05d7\u05e9\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea\u05dd \u05d9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d5 \u05dc\u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05df \u05d0\u05de\u05e8\u05d9 \u05e4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d2\u05d9\u05d5\u05df \u05dc\u05d1\u05d9 \u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05da \u05d4\u2019 \u05e6\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9 \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u05d0\u05dc\u05d9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Mar b. Kabina used to add at the conclusion of his prayer : O my God ! (Guard my tongue from evil and my lips from speaking guile ; and to such as curse me let my soul be dumb, yea, let my soul be unto all as the dust. Open my heart to Thy Torah, and let my soul pursue Thy commandments. And do Thou deliver me from mishap, from the evil impulse, and from an evil woman and all evil which breaks forth to come upon the world. If any design evil against me, speedily make their counsel of none effect, and frustrate their designs. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before Thee, O Lord my Rock and Redeemer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The prayer listed here states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cdeliver me from mishap, from the evil impulse, and from an evil woman and all evil which breaks forth to come upon the world.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Note how evil is used here in the petition to ask the Lord to deliver us from harm, but also from sin and the company of those who would cause a person to sin as well, and all sin that breaks forth upon the earth. We seek the Lord God in heaven to keep us from these things, and to live for Him each day. We do not want these things to come to us from the Lord due to the greatness of our wickedness in our lives. Note what happened in the case of Jeroboam, the Lord said that He had put into his heart to do these things, that is to lead Israel away from Rehoboam, king Solomon\u2019s son. Jeroboam however increased his wickedness and led Israel astray from the Lord God in heaven. Also consider what the Lord said to Rehoboam, that He had put in his heart to be harsh to the people and to reject the counsel of the elders. These are a warning to us to guard our hearts and to stay away from evil. The rabbinic prayers also speak of the Lord delivering us in the sense of not having bad dreams, being at peace, and living according to God\u2019s Torah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Talmud Bavli Berakhot 60b Part 3<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-5\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d4\u05e0\u05db\u05e0\u05e1 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05df \u05e2\u05dc \u05de\u05d8\u05ea\u05d5 \u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05e8 \u05de\u05e9\u05de\u05e2 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05e2\u05d3 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d0\u05dd \u05e9\u05de\u05d5\u05e2 \u05d5\u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05e8 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05da \u05d4\u05de\u05e4\u05d9\u05dc \u05d7\u05d1\u05dc\u05d9 \u05e9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d4 \u05e2\u05dc \u05e2\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d5\u05ea\u05e0\u05d5\u05de\u05d4 \u05e2\u05dc \u05e2\u05e4\u05e2\u05e4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05de\u05d0\u05d9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d0\u05d9\u05e9\u05d5\u05df \u05d1\u05ea \u05e2\u05d9\u05df \u05d9\u05d4\u05d9 \u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05df \u05de\u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05da \u05d4\u2019 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9 \u05e9\u05ea\u05e9\u05db\u05d9\u05d1\u05e0\u05d9 \u05dc\u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd \u05d5\u05ea\u05df \u05d7\u05dc\u05e7\u05d9 \u05d1\u05ea\u05d5\u05e8\u05ea\u05da \u05d5\u05ea\u05e8\u05d2\u05d9\u05dc\u05e0\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9 \u05de\u05e6\u05d5\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d0\u05dc \u05ea\u05e8\u05d2\u05d9\u05dc\u05e0\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9 \u05e2\u05d1\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d0\u05dc \u05ea\u05d1\u05d9\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9 \u05d7\u05d8\u05d0 \u05d5\u05dc\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9 \u05e2\u05d5\u05df \u05d5\u05dc\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9 \u05e0\u05e1\u05d9\u05d5\u05df \u05d5\u05dc\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d6\u05d9\u05d5\u05df \u05d5\u05d9\u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05d8 \u05d1\u05d9 \u05d9\u05e6\u05e8 \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1 \u05d5\u05d0\u05dc \u05d9\u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05d8 \u05d1\u05d9 \u05d9\u05e6\u05e8 \u05d4\u05e8\u05e2 \u05d5\u05ea\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05e4\u05d2\u05e2 \u05e8\u05e2 \u05d5\u05de\u05d7\u05dc\u05d0\u05d9\u05dd \u05e8\u05e2\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05d0\u05dc \u05d9\u05d1\u05d4\u05dc\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d7\u05dc\u05d5\u05de\u05d5\u05ea \u05e8\u05e2\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05d4\u05e8\u05d4\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05e8\u05e2\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05ea\u05d4\u05d0 \u05de\u05d8\u05ea\u05d9 \u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d4 \u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05da \u05d5\u05d4\u05d0\u05e8 \u05e2\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e4\u05df \u05d0\u05d9\u05e9\u05df \u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05ea \u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05da \u05d0\u05ea\u05d4 \u05d4\u2019 \u05d4\u05de\u05d0\u05d9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd \u05db\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5 \u05d1\u05db\u05d1\u05d5\u05d3\u05d5<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Who goes in to sleep upon his bed says from \u201cHear, O Israel\u201d to \u201cAnd it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently\u201d ; then he says : \u201cBlessed&#8230; Who makest the bands of sleep to fall upon mine eyes, and slumber upon mine eyelids, and givest light to the apple of the eye. May it be Thy will, O Lord my God, to suffer me to lie down in peace and place my portion in Thy Torah ; and do Thou accustom me to the performance of the commandments and not to transgression ; and bring me not into the power of sin, iniquity, temptation or contempt ; and let the good impulse have dominion over me but not the evil impulse ; and do Thou deliver me from evil occurrence and sore diseases ; and let not evil dreams and lustful thoughts trouble me; and let my bed be perfect before Thee, and give light to mine eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death. Blessed art Thou, O Lord, Who givest light to the whole world in Thy glory.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The idea of <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cnot inclining our hearts\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> is similar to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cdo not lead us into\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> evil, and is a Jewish way of asking the Lord to keep us from succumbing to our own evil ways (the yetzer hara). Just as the rabbis ask the Lord to cause us to know his mitzvot (commandments) as opposed to becoming accustom to sin and transgression and the evil impulse. This is an all-encompassing plea for the Lord God to protect us not just from what is on the outside, but also what is on the inside as well. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The psalmist continues saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b6\u05d4\u05b6\u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9-\u05e6\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7 | \u05d7\u05b6\u05e1\u05b6\u05d3 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05db\u05b4\u05d9\u05d7\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05de\u05b6\u05df \u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d0\u05b7\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3 \u05d5\u05bc\u05ea\u05b0\u05e4\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd: \u05d5 \u05e0\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b0\u05d8\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9-\u05e1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b7\u05e2 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b9\u05e4\u05b0\u05d8\u05b5\u05d9\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05de\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b2\u05de\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05d9 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e0\u05b8\u05e2\u05b5\u05de\u05d5\u05bc: \u05d6 \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e4\u05b9\u05dc\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b9\u05e7\u05b5\u05e2\u05b7 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5 \u05e0\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05d6\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b8\u05de\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b0\u05e4\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">141:5 Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me; It is oil upon the head; Do not let my head refuse it, For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds. 141:6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock, And they hear my words, for they are pleasant. 141:7 As when one plows and breaks open the earth, Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> A number of things are being brought together here by the psalmist. The righteous send forth reproof (correction) but do so in kindness and truth. Asking the Lord to help us to receive, accept, and apply the reproval from the righteous. Seeking help in this way to avoid the ways of the wicked, to not do their deeds, and to avoid the judges who uphold the ways of the wicked. David is asking the Lord for whatever he has done wrong, to reprove him, to correct his ways, and to deliver him from impudent people. Similar to what the Rabbis are saying in the Talmud Bavli Shabbat 30b Part 8.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Talmud Bavli Shabbat 30b Part 8<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-6\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05db\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d4\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d0\u05ea\u05d0 \u05dc\u05e7\u05de\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d3\u05e8\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d0\u05e9\u05ea\u05da \u05d0\u05e9\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d5\u05d1\u05e0\u05d9\u05da \u05d1\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05e0\u05da \u05e9\u05ea\u05e9\u05ea\u05d4 \u05db\u05d5\u05e1 \u05e9\u05dc \u05d9\u05d9\u05df \u05e9\u05ea\u05d4 \u05d5\u05e4\u05e7\u05e2 \u05d4\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d0\u05ea\u05d0 \u05dc\u05e7\u05de\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d3\u05e8\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d0\u05de\u05da \u05d0\u05e9\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d5\u05d0\u05ea\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05e0\u05da \u05e9\u05ea\u05e9\u05ea\u05d4 \u05db\u05d5\u05e1 \u05e9\u05dc \u05d9\u05d9\u05df \u05e9\u05ea\u05d4 \u05d5\u05e4\u05e7\u05e2 \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05e8\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05d4\u05e0\u05d9\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e6\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05e8\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d3\u05dc\u05d0 \u05dc\u05e9\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05de\u05d6\u05d9\u05e8\u05d9 \u05d3\u05e8\u05d1\u05d9 \u05db\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d5\u05d4 \u05de\u05e6\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d9 \u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05df \u05de\u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05da \u05d4\u2019 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05e9\u05ea\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05de\u05e2\u05d6\u05d9. \u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05de\u05e2\u05d6\u05d5\u05ea \u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">The Gemara relates how Sages conducted themselves in both of those circumstances. As in the case of that man who came before Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi and said to him: Your wife is my wife and your children are my children, Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi said to him: Would you like to drink a cup of wine? He drank and burst and died. Similarly, the Gemara relates: There was that man who came before Rabbi \u1e24iyya and said to him: Your mother is my wife, and you are my son. He said to him: Would you like to drink a cup of wine? He drank and burst and died. Rabbi \u1e24iyya said with regard to the incident involving Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi: Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi\u2019s prayer that his children will not be rendered mamzerim, children of illicit relations, was effective for him. As when Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi would pray, he said after his prayer: May it be Your will, O Lord, my God, that You will deliver me today from impudent people and from insolence. Insolence, in this case, refers to mamzerut. It was due to his prayer that that man burst and was unsuccessful in disparaging Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi\u2019s children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The rabbis speak of a man who comes and claims the rabbis mother is his wife and he is his son. These repeated statements seem to go against what the rabbi was told in relation to the dad and mom that raised him. This man who made this claim, once having drank the wine burst and died indicating that what he said was not true. Note how the drinking of the wine parallels the libations that were a part of ancient Judaism mentioned in the Bible. For example, in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 35:14 And Jacob set up a Pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a Pillar of Stone; and he poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it. (NASB) <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> We also read of Isaiah using the libation as a metaphor when describing the end of the Suffering Servant who <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cpoured out his life unto death.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Isaiah 53:12<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) The drink offering was a form of libation forming one of the sacrifices and offerings in the Torah. The drink offering is defined from the Hebrew noun nesekh which is formed from the Qal form of the verb nasakh (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e0\u05e1\u05da<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cto pour,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> and so the <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthing that is poured.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The verb and the noun frequently come together, such as nasakh nesekh, literally <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cpour [on it] a poured thing\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> as in the use described in Jacob\u2019s libation at a pillar in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Bereshit \/ Genesis 35:14<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">. The etymology <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cpoured thing\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> explains the existence of the rarer secondary use of the verb nasakh for to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201ccast\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (an idol), and the noun nesekh for a <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cthing poured\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> as referring also to an idol. (Brown Driver Briggs) In the Torah, the drink offering accompanied various sacrifices and offerings on various feast days. Usually the offering was of wine, but in one instance also of <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cstrong drink\u201d <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">(<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Bamidbar \/ Numbers 28:7<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Jacob Neusner in his book <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cA history of the Mishnaic law of holy things\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> 1978 p77 states <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cMeir\u2019s view is that the blood of the sacrifices permits the drink-offering to the altar (B. Zeb. 44a).<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Sages point out that the drink-offering may come later ( = Meir, G.)\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The point is in the Talmud, the connection to drinking the wine and the man bursting out and dying is related to the covenant relationship that we have with the Lord, to lie or to have your children rendered as mamzerim indicates the intent of one\u2019s heart to disobey God\u2019s Word, to have illicit relations that leads to one\u2019s seed becoming unworthy, etc. In other words, planting a future generation in wickedness as opposed to righteousness being raised in God\u2019s Ways of truth, life, and holiness. The Psalmists approach is to seek the Lord\u2019s help to not be led to do these things, to not let our mind, heart, and actions reject God\u2019s reproof on our sinful ways. This is consistent with what is written in the Talmud Bavli Berekhot 60a.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Talmud Bavli Berakhot 60a Part 23<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-6\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05ea\u201d\u05e8 \u05d4\u05e0\u05db\u05e0\u05e1 \u05dc\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05e8\u05d7\u05e5 \u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05e8 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d9 \u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05df \u05de\u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05da \u05d9\u05d9\u2019 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9 \u05e9\u05ea\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05d6\u05d4 \u05d5\u05de\u05db\u05d9\u05d5\u05e6\u05d0 \u05d1\u05d5 \u05d5\u05d0\u05dc \u05d9\u05d0\u05e8\u05e2 \u05d1\u05d9 \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05e7\u05dc\u05e7\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d5\u05e2\u05d5\u05df \u05d5\u05d0\u05dd \u05d9\u05d0\u05e8\u05e2 \u05d1\u05d9 \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05e7\u05dc\u05e7\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d5\u05e2\u05d5\u05df \u05ea\u05d4\u05d0 \u05de\u05d9\u05ea\u05ea\u05d9 \u05db\u05e4\u05e8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05db\u05dc \u05e2\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Our Rabbis have taught : Who enters a bath-house says, \u201cMay it be Thy will, O Lord my God, to deliver me from this and anything similar, and may no disgrace or iniquity befall me; but should any disgrace or iniquity befall me, may my death be an atonement for all my sins.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Part 24<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-6\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d0\u05d1\u05d9\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d9\u05de\u05d0 \u05d0\u05d9\u05e0\u05e9 \u05d4\u05db\u05d9 \u05d3\u05dc\u05d0 \u05dc\u05e4\u05ea\u05d7 \u05e4\u05d5\u05de\u05d9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05e9\u05d8\u05df \u05d3\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05e8\u201d\u05dc \u05d5\u05db\u05df \u05ea\u05e0\u05d0 \u05de\u05e9\u05de\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d3\u05e8\u2019 \u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9 \u05dc\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd \u05d0\u05dc \u05d9\u05e4\u05ea\u05d7 \u05d0\u05d3\u05dd \u05e4\u05d9\u05d5 \u05dc\u05e9\u05d8\u05df<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Abbai said : Let not a man speak thus, so as not to open his mouth to Satan. For said R. Simeon b. Lakish, and it has been similarly taught in the name of R. Jose : A man should never open his mouth to Satan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Part 25<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-6\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05e8\u05d1 \u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05e3 \u05de\u05d0\u05d9 \u05e7\u05e8\u05d0\u05d4 \u05d3\u05db\u05ea\u05d9\u05d1 (\u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5 \u05d0, \u05d8) \u05db\u05de\u05e2\u05d8 \u05db\u05e1\u05d3\u05d5\u05dd \u05d4\u05d9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05dc\u05e2\u05de\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d3\u05de\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05de\u05d0\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d4\u05d3\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d4\u05d5 \u05e0\u05d1\u05d9\u05d0 \u05e9\u05de\u05e2\u05d5 \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05d9\u05d9\u2019 \u05e7\u05e6\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9 \u05e1\u05d3\u05d5\u05dd \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Rab Joseph said: What is the Scriptural authority? For it is written, \u201cWe should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah\u201d (Is, i. 9). What did the prophet answer them? \u201cHear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom\u201d (ibid. v. 10).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The idea here is in seeking the Lord to not fall into disgrace and iniquity. This is paralleled to one who opens his mouth to Satan. The opening of the mouth to Satan seems to be synonymous to entertaining sin in our hearts, and the example of Sodom and Gomorrah leads us to this understanding, to hear the word of the Lord and to heed what is commanded for our lives, to draw our lives along side of God\u2019s instruction where these things, being careful about our own ways are synonymous to walking in the ways of the Messiah Yeshua.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The psalmist concludes saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d7 \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 | \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05b4\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05db\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d7\u05b8\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b7\u05dc-\u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b7\u05e8 \u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9: \u05d8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9-\u05e4\u05b7\u05d7 \u05d9\u05b8\u05e7\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b9\u05e7\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05e4\u05bc\u05b9\u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b8\u05d5\u05b6\u05df: \u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05db\u05b0\u05de\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e8\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05b7\u05d7\u05b7\u05d3 \u05d0\u05b8\u05e0\u05b9\u05db\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05d3-\u05d0\u05b6\u05e2\u05b1\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">141:8 For my eyes are toward You, O God, the Lord; In You I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless. 141:9 Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares of those who do iniquity. 141:10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, While I pass by safely. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David asks the Lord to give to the wicked their just rewards. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">When one sins and does not repent, he is not seeking the righteous ways of God. The Psalmists words of the trap, the snare, and iniquity remind us to keep a pure heart and to love one another which is the undefined ways of God. These things must be coupled to our faith, or the Lord will not hear our prayers. This is how David understood the meaning of <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201ccalling upon the Name of the Lord\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> is not just about our words, but about all of who we are and are called to be as God\u2019s people! 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 141 <\/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 141, 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 141, 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\">\u201cA Psalm of David. Lord, I have called You; make hast unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I call unto You (Tehillim \/ Psalms 141:2).\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, The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous. The light of the eyes rejoice the heart; and a good report makes the bones fat (Mishley \/ Proverbs 15:29-30).<\/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 midrash describes David calling upon the Lord to hear his prayer, and parallel this to Solomon saying the Lord is far from the wicked.<\/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), describing the wicked and the righteous and being numbered among those who will be with the Lord.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The Concluding phrase says, <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cIn like manner David called, One man puts his trust in the decorous and upright acts he has performed. Another puts his trust in the acts of his fathers. But I put my trust in You. Even though I have no righteous acts, answer me because I have called unto You. Hence, David said, Lord, I have called You; make haste unto me.\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\">\u201cLet my prayer be set forth before You as the incense; and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice (Tehillim \/ Psalms 141:2).\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 did David mean by the words Let my prayer be set forth as incense?<\/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 ask the question of incense and prayer.<\/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 types of prayer and fasting.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-8\">The Concluding phrase says, <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cSo Daniel said, While I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin, yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning being caused to fly swiftly, approached close to me about the time of the evening offering (Daniel 9:20-21). And at what moment did Gabriel approach? At the moment of the evening offering.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 141 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\">\u201cA Psalm of David. Lord, I have called You; make hast unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I call unto You (Tehillim \/ Psalms 141:2).\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, The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous. The light of the eyes rejoice the heart; and a good report makes the bones fat (Mishley \/ Proverbs 15:29-30).\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The rabbis parallel Solomon\u2019s words to the psalmist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Mishley \/ Proverbs 15:29-16:3<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">15:29 The Lord is far from the wicked, But He hears the prayer of the righteous. 15:30 Bright eyes gladden the heart; Good news puts fat on the bones. 15:31 He whose ear listens to the life-giving reproof Will dwell among the wise. 15:32 He who neglects discipline despises himself, But he who listens to reproof acquires understanding. 15:33 The fear of the Lord is the instruction for wisdom, And before honor comes humility. 16:1 The plans of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. 16:2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, But the Lord weighs the motives. 16:3 Commit your works to the Lord And your plans will be established. (NASB, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05db\u05d8 \u05e8\u05b8\u05d7\u05d5\u05b9\u05e7 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b5\u05e8\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05ea\u05b0\u05e4\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05b7\u05ea \u05e6\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05e2: \u05dc \u05de\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8-\u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05b7\u05b9\u05de\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7-\u05dc\u05b5\u05d1 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d8\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05b8\u05d4 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b6\u05df-\u05e2\u05b8\u05e6\u05b6\u05dd: \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b9\u05d6\u05b6\u05df \u05e9\u05c1\u05b9\u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea \u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05db\u05b7\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea \u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e7\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05d1 \u05d7\u05b2\u05db\u05b8\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05df: \u05dc\u05d1 \u05e4\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b5\u05e2\u05b7 \u05de\u05d5\u05bc\u05e1\u05b8\u05e8 \u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05d0\u05b5\u05e1 \u05e0\u05b7\u05e4\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05b5\u05e2\u05b7 \u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05db\u05b7\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea \u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05d1: \u05dc\u05d2 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05d5\u05bc\u05e1\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d7\u05b8\u05db\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05e4\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05db\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3 \u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b8\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4: \u05d0 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05dd \u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05db\u05b5\u05d9-\u05dc\u05b5\u05d1 \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b5\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b5\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05df: \u05d1 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc-\u05d3\u05bc\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05db\u05b5\u05d9-\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d6\u05b7\u05da\u05b0 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d5\u05b0\u05ea\u05b9\u05db\u05b5\u05df \u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d7\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4: \u05d2 \u05d2\u05bc\u05b9\u05dc \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b6\u05b9\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05db\u05bc\u05b9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05b9\u05ea\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8:<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Here Solomon speaks of the foolish, the wicked, and the wise man. The wise man lives because he listens to God\u2019s Word and applies God\u2019s Word to his life. This parallel speaks to what David is saying in the Psalm asking the Lord to give ear to his prayer. The Lord does not hear the wicked. He only hears those who seek Him and His ways, who long for His presence in their lives in peace, love, and life. <\/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=\"table003\" class=\"Basic-Table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-6\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-9\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"Basic-Table _idGenTableRowColumn-10\">\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\u05d0 \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 \u05de\u05d6\u05de\u05d5\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d4\u05f3 \u05e7\u05e8\u05d0\u05ea\u05d9\u05da \u05d7\u05d5\u05e9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d9. \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d4 \u05de\u05d0\u05d5\u05e8 \u05e2\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05e9\u05de\u05d7 \u05dc\u05d1 \u05e9\u05de\u05d5\u05e2\u05d4 \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1\u05d4 \u05ea\u05d3\u05e9\u05df \u05e2\u05e6\u05dd (\u05de\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d8\u05d5 \u05dc), \u05d4\u05d0\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d4\u05e7\u05d1\u05f4\u05d4 \u05e2\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05d4\u05dd \u05e9\u05dc \u05e6\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05de\u05d7 \u05d0\u05ea \u05dc\u05d1\u05df \u05d3\u05e9\u05df \u05e2\u05e6\u05de\u05d5\u05ea\u05dd \u05db\u05e9\u05d1\u05e9\u05e8\u05df \u05d1\u05e9\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea, \u05d5\u05de\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d1\u05e9\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d1\u05e9\u05e8\u05df, \u05de\u05d4 \u05e9\u05db\u05ea\u05d5\u05d1 \u05dc\u05de\u05e2\u05dc\u05d4 \u05de\u05df \u05d4\u05e4\u05e8\u05e9\u05d4, \u05d0\u05da \u05e6\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05d3\u05d5 \u05dc\u05e9\u05de\u05da \u05d9\u05e9\u05d1\u05d5 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05ea \u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05da (\u05ea\u05d4\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e7\u05de\u05f4\u05d0 \u05e4\u05e1\u05d5\u05e7 \u05d9\u05d3), \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d1\u05d1\u05e7\u05e9\u05d4 \u05de\u05de\u05da \u05d0\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05de\u05d0\u05d5\u05ea\u05df \u05e9\u05e8\u05d5\u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05da \u05be \u05d4\u05f3. \u05e7\u05e8\u05d0\u05ea\u05d9\u05da \u05d7\u05d5\u05e9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d9. \u05de\u05d4\u05d5 \u05d7\u05d5\u05e9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d9, \u05d7\u05e9\u05ea\u05d9 \u05dc\u05e2\u05e9\u05d5\u05ea \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05da, \u05d0\u05e3 \u05d0\u05ea\u05d4 \u05d7\u05d5\u05e9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d9, \u05dc\u05de\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d3\u05d5\u05de\u05d4 \u05dc\u05de\u05d9 \u05e9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d5 \u05d3\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e9\u05dc\u05d8\u05d5\u05df, \u05e8\u05d0\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d9\u05e9 \u05dc\u05db\u05dc \u05e1\u05e0\u05d9\u05d2\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05d4\u05dd, \u05e7\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d0\u05dc \u05d4\u05e9\u05dc\u05d8\u05d5\u05df \u05d5\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d5 \u05d1\u05d1\u05e7\u05e9\u05d4 \u05de\u05de\u05da \u05d4\u05db\u05dc \u05e6\u05e8\u05d9\u05db\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05dd \u05dc\u05e1\u05e0\u05d9\u05d2\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9\u05d4\u05dd, \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05d9 \u05e1\u05e0\u05d9\u05d2\u05d5\u05e8, \u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05d9 \u05de\u05d9 \u05e9\u05d9\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9, \u05d0\u05ea\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d3\u05d9\u05d9\u05df \u05d5\u05d0\u05ea\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d4\u05e1\u05e0\u05d9\u05d2\u05d5\u05e8, \u05db\u05da \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d9\u05e9 \u05e9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d1\u05d5\u05d8\u05d7 \u05e2\u05dc \u05de\u05e2\u05e9\u05d9\u05dd \u05e0\u05d0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05e0\u05db\u05d5\u05d7\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05d9\u05e9 \u05dc\u05d5, \u05d5\u05d9\u05e9 \u05e9\u05d1\u05d5\u05d8\u05d7 \u05e2\u05dc \u05de\u05e2\u05e9\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05d5, \u05d5\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d5\u05d8\u05d7 \u05d1\u05da, \u05d0\u05e2\u05f4\u05e4 \u05e9\u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05d9 \u05de\u05e2\u05e9\u05d9\u05dd \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 \u05e2\u05dc \u05e9\u05e7\u05e8\u05d0\u05ea\u05d9\u05da \u05e2\u05e0\u05e0\u05d9, \u05dc\u05db\u05da \u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05e7\u05e8\u05d0\u05ea\u05d9\u05da \u05d7\u05d5\u05e9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d9. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-7\">\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Midrash Tehillim 141, Part 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1. A Psalm of David. Lord, I have called You; make hast unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I call unto You (Tehillim \/ Psalms 141:2). Solomon said, The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous. The light of the eyes rejoice the heart; and a good report makes the bones fat (Mishley \/ Proverbs 15:29-30). The Holy One blessed be He, made the eyes of the righteous shine, made their hearts rejoice, made their bones fat, in that He gave them good tidings. And what were the good tidings He gave them? That which is written at the end of the preceding Psalm, The violent and evil man will be hunted with thrust upon thrust. I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy. Surely the righteous will give thanks unto Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence. (Tehillim \/ Psalm 140:12-14) Accordingly, David prayed, I beseech You, let me be in the number of those that will behold Your presence, O Lord. Lord I have called You; make haste unto me. What is meant by the words Make haste unto me? It is meant that David said, Even as I made haste to call You, do You make haste unto me. What parable fits here? That of the man who had a law suit before the ruler. When the man saw that all the other litigants had advocates to plead for them, he called to the ruler and said, I beseech you, all litigants must have their advocates. But I, I have no advocate. I have no one to plead for me. Be you my judge and be you my advocate. In like manner David called, One man puts his trust in the decorous and upright acts he has performed. Another puts his trust in the acts of his fathers. But I put my trust in You. Even though I have no righteous acts, answer me because I have called unto You. Hence, David said, Lord, I have called You; make haste unto me. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Solomon said, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05dc \u05de\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8-\u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05b7\u05b9\u05de\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7-\u05dc\u05b5\u05d1 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d8\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05b8\u05d4 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b6\u05df-\u05e2\u05b8\u05e6\u05b6\u05dd:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">15:30 Bright eyes gladden the heart; Good news puts fat on the bones. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The statement light (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05de\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) of the eyes (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e2\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) is a reference to the righteousness of God according to His Word. When one takes the time to study and apply God\u2019s Word to his or her life, the light of God, His righteousness shines and becomes a light in our eyes, that rejoices the heart and brings gladness and blessing to our bones. The rabbis say, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThe Holy One blessed be He, made the eyes of the righteous shine, made their hearts rejoice, made their bones fat, in that He gave them good tidings. And what were the good tidings He gave them? That which is written at the end of the preceding Psalm, The violent and evil man will be hunted with thrust upon thrust. I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy. Surely the righteous will give thanks unto Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence. (Tehillim \/ Psalm 140:12-14)\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Note how Judaism has a passionate dedication to the ideal of justice and truth. The moral imperatives of justice, ethics, and morality are taught in the Torah and emphasized by the Prophets throughout the history of Israel. These have become the ideals and obligations for God\u2019s people as opposed to just recommendations for good behavior. We are obligated to take care of the poor (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 15:7-8<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), the widow, orphan and stranger (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 22:20-21<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), the Priesthood who did not receive an inheritance, the Levites (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 12:17-19<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) and those who have no land or are in need. The Lord God Almighty warns us against corruption, bribery, misuse of power, and the mistreatment of workers. The Torah provides rights for women and other groups. The Torah teaches the ideal of justice for the benefit of society and the moral guidance of the individual, also for the benefit of society and the land in which we live. It is important to note how these references are also mixed in with other topics relating to justice, holiness, and righteousness, drawing in the context of these things to make the instruction of God complete as a whole for His people. We are instructed to be responsible persons who live together in a community of believers. We are obligated to help someone who is in need (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 19:16, Shemot \/ Exodus 23:5<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">); and to be a person who does not take responsibility (a bystander or just an observer) in such a case is a Torah-violation. Jewish Tradition states that every person should exhibit the characteristic of chesed (grace, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d7\u05e1\u05d3<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), meaning taking action to go beyond the requirement of the law to help others. Notice how this is something Yeshua taught, we are to go beyond our calling, taking the extra step or going the extra mile. The Talmud states that mercy and kindness should be among the defining traits of every Jew (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Talmud Bavli Yevamot 79a<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Here the rabbis emphasize the necessity for people to help each other for the purpose of survival. All peoples need to practice mutual aid towards one another. This is why Yeshua taught us to love our enemies, and to do good to those who hate us. Rabbi Akiva qualifies that the initial duty of every person is to him\/herself in order that he\/she then be able to care for others. In other words, the Lord wants us to take care of ourselves, our bodies, our finances, everything, so that we have the opportunity to help and care for others. Compassion, humility, a charitable spirit, forgiveness and good manners are the qualities for God\u2019s people in personal relationships. The Sages detailed these attributes which are expected of us in Jewish ethics. Ethical business practices are essential in Judaism, for example, paying workers on time (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 19:13<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), keeping honest weights and measures (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 19:36<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), and repaying damages (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 22:4-5<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Our forefathers were the earliest examples of this kind of carefulness, which has permeated the Torah and the teaching of the Sages. (i.e. <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Bereshit \/ Genesis31, and Rashi on Bereshit \/ Genesis 24:10<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) The instructions in the Torah cause us to be sensitive to the world around us and to take care in what we do. For example, the laws of shemitah, by which the land must lie fallow every 7X7 year (see <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 25<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) which are designed to care for those who are in debt (to be set free) and to preserve the earth and maintain its fertility. This demonstrates for us mercy and kindness towards others. The Torah teaches us that it is the responsibility of all societies to create just and fair legal systems. In terms of righteousness, this is achieved through our actions, to do good simply for the sake of doing good. However, we do not do good things just for the sake of doing good, but because the Torah commands it, in order that we should imitate the ways of God (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 8:6<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 8:1-14<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">8:1 \u2018All the commandments that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to give to your forefathers. 8:2 \u2018You shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. 8:3 \u2018He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord. 8:4 \u2018Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years. 8:5 \u2018Thus you are to know in your heart that the Lord your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son. 8:6 \u2018Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him. 8:7 \u2018For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills; 8:8 a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; 8:9 a land where you will eat food without scarcity, in which you will not lack anything; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper. 8:10 \u2018When you have eaten and are satisfied, you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you. 8:11 \u2018Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments and His ordinances and His statutes which I am commanding you today; 8:12 otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them, 8:13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and gold multiply, and all that you have multiplies, 8:14 then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The Lord God warns us to be careful to remember His ways in the midst of our prosperity that is the result of the Lord\u2019s blessing upon our lives. We are not to forget who it is that gives us all things. The Lord God Almighty, the merciful One who loves us and multiplies all that we have as a blessing for us and for others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The midrash continues saying the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Accordingly, David prayed, I beseech You, let me be in the number of those that will behold Your presence, O Lord. Lord I have called You; make haste unto me. What is meant by the words Make haste unto me? It is meant that David said, Even as I made haste to call You, do You make haste unto me. What parable fits here? That of the man who had a law suit before the ruler. When the man saw that all the other litigants had advocates to plead for them, he called to the ruler and said, I beseech you, all litigants must have their advocates. But I, I have no advocate. I have no one to plead for me. Be you my judge and be you my advocate. (Midrash Tehillim 141 Part 1)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">David sought the Lord to cause him to be numbered among those who would behold God\u2019s presence. In <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Revelation 7:9<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, John said, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cAfter this I beheld, and, see, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, &#8230;\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David believed the people of God are numbered, those who He calls by name, and those who seek the Lord and His righteousness. The gift of God\u2019s presence in our lives means the Lord is on our side, he will litigate as an advocate on our behalf before the wicked. <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Midrash Tehillim 141 Part 1 concludes saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cIn like manner David called, One man puts his trust in the decorous and upright acts he has performed. Another puts his trust in the acts of his fathers. But I put my trust in You. Even though I have no righteous acts, answer me because I have called unto You. Hence, David said, Lord, I have called You; make haste unto me.\u201d <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Lord God of Israel desires to be with his people. He chases after us, pursues us, redeems us, and renews us in order to be with us. We think what matters most to the Lord is to be in His presence. This is why He redeems us from sin and death and we enter into a relationship with Him. He dwells among us so that we may delight in Him. This is the greatest gift of all to be at peace in His presence. (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 33:14-15, And God said, \u201cMy presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.\u201d And he said to him, \u201cif your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 141 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\">\u201cLet my prayer be set forth before You as the incense; and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice (Tehillim \/ Psalms 141:2).\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 did David mean by the words Let my prayer be set forth as incense?\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> When thinking on the words of David, we remember what is written in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Revelation 8:4 And the smoke of the incense went up before God, with the prayers of the saints, out of the hand of the angel. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> These descriptions are of prayer going before the Lord as a sweet fragrance. The entire midrash states the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"table004\" class=\"Basic-Table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-11\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-12\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"Basic-Table _idGenTableRowColumn-13\">\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\u05d0 \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 \u05ea\u05db\u05d5\u05df \u05ea\u05e4\u05dc\u05ea\u05d9 \u05e7\u05d8\u05e8\u05ea \u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05da \u05de\u05e9\u05d0\u05ea \u05db\u05e4\u05d9 \u05de\u05e0\u05d7\u05ea \u05e2\u05e8\u05d1. \u05de\u05d4\u05d5 \u05ea\u05db\u05d5\u05df \u05ea\u05e4\u05dc\u05ea\u05d9, \u05db\u05da \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05e8\u05d1\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9 \u05db\u05e9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05e7\u05d3\u05e9 \u05e7\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd, \u05d4\u05d9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05de\u05e7\u05d8\u05d9\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05da \u05e7\u05d8\u05d5\u05e8\u05ea, \u05e2\u05db\u05e9\u05d5 \u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05e0\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05de\u05d6\u05d1\u05d7 \u05d5\u05dc\u05d0 \u05db\u05d4\u05df \u05d2\u05d3\u05d5\u05dc, \u05ea\u05e7\u05d1\u05dc \u05ea\u05e4\u05dc\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d5\u05ea\u05e7\u05e8\u05e2 \u05d4\u05e8\u05e7\u05d9\u05e2 \u05d5\u05ea\u05db\u05e0\u05e1 \u05ea\u05e4\u05dc\u05ea\u05d9, \u05dc\u05db\u05da \u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05ea\u05db\u05d5\u05df \u05ea\u05e4\u05dc\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u05f3 \u05de\u05e0\u05d7\u05ea \u05e2\u05e8\u05d1, \u05d5\u05db\u05d4\u05f4\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d0\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d9\u05d0\u05e1\u05e4\u05d5 \u05db\u05dc \u05d7\u05e8\u05d3 \u05d1\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u05f3 \u05dc\u05de\u05e0\u05d7\u05ea \u05d4\u05e2\u05e8\u05d1, \u05d5\u05d1\u05de\u05e0\u05d7\u05ea \u05d4\u05e2\u05e8\u05d1 \u05e7\u05de\u05ea\u05d9 \u05de\u05ea\u05e2\u05e0\u05d9\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d5\u05d1\u05e7\u05e8\u05e2\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d2\u05d3\u05d9 \u05d5\u05de\u05e2\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u05f3 (\u05e2\u05d6\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d8 \u05d3 \u05d4). \u05d5\u05dc\u05de\u05d4 \u05d1\u05de\u05e0\u05d7\u05d4, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 \u05e2\u05db\u05e9\u05d9\u05d5 \u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1\u05d4 \u05e0\u05e4\u05e9\u05d9 \u05d1\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd \u05e9\u05dc\u05d0 \u05e0\u05e6\u05d8\u05e2\u05e8, \u05d5\u05d1\u05de\u05e0\u05d7\u05d4 \u05de\u05ea\u05d4 \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d5\u05de\u05e2\u05d9 \u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05dc\u05e4\u05d9\u05df, \u05dc\u05e4\u05d9\u05db\u05da \u05e6\u05e8\u05d9\u05da \u05d0\u05d3\u05dd \u05dc\u05d4\u05ea\u05d5\u05d3\u05d5\u05ea \u05d7\u05d8\u05d0\u05ea\u05d5, \u05d5\u05dc\u05d4\u05ea\u05d7\u05e0\u05df \u05d1\u05ea\u05e4\u05dc\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05e0\u05d7\u05d4, \u05dc\u05db\u05da \u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05de\u05e9\u05d0\u05ea \u05db\u05e4\u05d9 \u05de\u05e0\u05d7\u05ea \u05e2\u05e8\u05d1, \u05d5\u05db\u05df \u05d3\u05e0\u05d9\u05d0\u05dc \u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05e8 \u05d5\u05e2\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05d1\u05ea\u05e4\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d0\u05d9\u05e9 \u05d2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05d0\u05dc \u05d0\u05e9\u05e8 \u05e8\u05d0\u05d9\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d7\u05d6\u05d5\u05df \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u05f3 [\u05e0\u05d5\u05d2\u05e2 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d9 \u05db\u05e2\u05ea \u05de\u05e0\u05d7\u05ea \u05e2\u05e8\u05d1] (\u05d3\u05e0\u05d9\u05d0\u05dc \u05d8 \u05db\u05d0) \u05d0\u05d9\u05de\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d1\u05e2\u05ea \u05de\u05e0\u05d7\u05ea \u05e2\u05e8\u05d1. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-7\">\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Midrash Tehillim 141, Part 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">2. Let my prayer be set forth before You as the incense; and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice (Tehillim \/ Psalms 141:2). What did David mean by the words Let my prayer be set forth as incense? It is as though David said My Lord, as long as the Temple was standing, we set forth incense before You. But now that we have neither altar, nor high priest, accept You my prayer, let the firmament open so that my prayer can come before You. Hence, David said, Let my prayer be set forth before You as the incense; and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice. In connection with these words, one may read in Scripture, At the evening offering, I arose up from my fasting, even with my garment and my mantle rent; and I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God; and I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to You, my God (Ezra 9:5-6). Why did Ezra arise from his fasting at the evening offering? As though to say, All day, until this moment, my strength held up, and I felt no distress; but at the moment of the evening offering, my strength ebbed away from me, and my bowels were gripped with hunger. Hence, at the early evening prayer, a man should confess his sin and beseech God, as is said, And let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice. So Daniel said, While I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin, yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning being caused to fly swiftly, approached close to me about the time of the evening offering (Daniel 9:20-21). And at what moment did Gabriel approach? At the moment of the evening offering.<\/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 when David speaks of his prayer being set forth as incense. When Moshe went up upon the mountain of Sinai, the Lord God Almighty began to reveal to him the image and pattern of the Tabernacle and the relationship God wanted for his people. He showed Moshe things about life in a community of faithful people here on earth, and who He really is, a loving and merciful creator (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 34<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). The Lord also told Moshe when he went down the mountain he was to build a tabernacle in the pattern that was shown him (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 25:40<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) This is very significant because we too must learn to build our lives according to the pattern the Lord has established. It is very easy to develop habitual patterns for our lives that the Lord did not give. In fact, it is possible to have strong delusions about God Himself, certain ideas that we have invented, and then to turn and build entire theologies around our ideas. The end result is the worship of a god of our own invention. This leads to disappointment when prayer is not answer. One gets frustrated, hardness of heart, and then giving up. This is a form of idol worship in which one fails to worship the One True God, in exchange for the one of our own making. If your prayer is not being answered, it very well could be this is what has happened. This can happen if we are not building our lives according to the Word of God. The Word of God can revolutionize lives only if we trust in the Lord, and lean upon His understanding as we build our lives according to God\u2019s pattern. The Midrash states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cDavid said, Let my prayer be set forth before You as the incense; and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The rabbis parallel this to Ezra saying the following,<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> \u201cIn connection with these words, one may read in Scripture, At the evening offering, I arose up from my fasting, even with my garment and my mantle rent; and I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God; and I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to You, my God (Ezra 9:5-6). Why did Ezra arise from his fasting at the evening offering? As though to say, All day, until this moment, my strength held up, and I felt no distress; but at the moment of the evening offering, my strength ebbed away from me, and my bowels were gripped with hunger. Hence, at the early evening prayer, a man should confess his sin and beseech God, as is said, And let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The idea being put forward here is taking our lives and conforming our lives in the pattern the Lord has laid out. This was the point and purpose of the reformulation of the synagogue service in light of the destruction of the Temple as the midrash states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cHence, David said, Let my prayer be set forth before You as the incense; and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> This is also why the book of Hebrews was written following the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 AD. Here the rabbis describe David patterning his life after the service of God as in the offering of a fragrant incense in His holy presence. If our lives are not based upon the Word of God, if His Word is not planted in our hearts we will simply be going about after our own ways and not God\u2019s Holy Ways. This is not the inheritance the Messiah died to secure for us. The Messiah died to empower us to overcome sin, to be made new from the inside out. He is not in the process of leading us to aimless wandering and self deception. There was a pattern revealed in the Tabernacle that Moshe was shown on the mountain that is a revelation of how we should live, how we should organize our lives and how we should fellowship with God. The Lord God commanded Moshe to tell the people that they are able to approach Him in only one specific way. In addition, the priests were also told they were to dress and minister in a particular way. These things function as lessons to us today; these things reveal to us the Lord has made our lives in the Messiah in a very specific way. The reason this and the Torah are so important is because if we do not determine our hearts to following the Lord God Almighty and His Messiah in the Torah, we will be walking after our own imaginations rather than approaching God the way He commanded. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Lord God made it clear, the sacrifice, His means for atonement, was to be made in faith and faithfulness, in order to draw near to Him. This occurred upon the Brazen Altar in the Mishkhan (Tabernacle) upon which the blood was spilled, and in the Kedosh Kedoshim (Holy of Holies) upon the kaporet. Obedience to God\u2019s Word in our lives is the fruit of the work that He has done in our lives, putting in our hearts a desire to serve Him and to order our lives according to His word. It is through faith that we please God (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Hebrews 11:6<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) and it is our faithfulness (good works) that is the fruit of our faith (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">James 2:17-18<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). If we are seeking the Lord God in heaven, and walking along side of His Messiah Yeshua, faithfulness (fruit) will be born out of our lives. This speaks of having passion for the things of God as we choose to walk in His ways. Yeshua said the Holy Spirit would be sent to help us to overcome sin in our lives. This is a very important statement as we are to examine our lives to see whether these things are true. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Now in regard to what David was saying about his prayers being a sweet fragrant incense. In the Torah, the incense was placed upon the Altar in the Holy Place and this pattern of the altar of incense can provide tremendous insights into prayer in our lives. The book of <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Revelation 8:3-4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> speaks of the prayers of God\u2019s people going before the Lord as a fragrant incense. For example, as was mentioned earlier, if we draw near to the Lord with an improper understanding it is as if we are seeking the Lord by our own means. Doing so in this way will cause our prayers to go to no avail. The model that is given us helps us to pray more effectively. Notice in the Tabernacle how the fire from the Altar of incense was taken from the Brazen Altar of sacrifice. Note how death comes to those who do differently, as in the case with Dadav and Avihu (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 10<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). The Torah tells us that these two men took <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cstrange fire\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> for the altar of incense. The point was that no other fire was to be allowed. False fire leads to death indicating that we are not to walk after our own methodologies or our own ideologies. Note also how the first fire came from God to ignite the first burnt offering (see <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Vayikra \/ Leviticus 9:24<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), where this same fire ignited the incense from that time on. We know this to be true because the priests kept the altar fire going day after day. The fire that was used to offer up incense was taken from the source of life, fire from heaven, where this is the original pattern set forth by God. When the incense was lit, the Tabernacle filled with the sweet aroma that represented the presence of God. The Lord is looking for this type of thing in our lives, to be set on fire by the Spirit of God, to fill our lives, and this fire was taken from the Altar. The parallels to the Messiah who laid his life down for ours is tremendous. Taking from the pattern that is laid down here, our prayers going before the Lord in heaven, the incense, and the Altar of sacrifice and atonement, the Lord answering our prayers in astounding and miraculous ways is because of His presence in the Messiah when we pray in His name. (The Name of Yeshua). Note also how the Messiah leads us in righteousness and truth and teaches us to walk according to God\u2019s Torah (instruction). We always go back to the pattern that was revealed on the mountain, because in this way we can more properly understand what we have been taught in the Apostolic Writings (NT). David\u2019s words to cause his prayers to become incense, illustrates for us why we pray in the Name of the Messiah Yeshua. Yeshua laid his life down for ours as an atoning sacrifice before God. He is upon the altar, and it is these coals that are taken and used to light the fragrant incense before our Father in heaven. This is the pattern the Lord has laid out in His Torah. The Lord God Almighty sent His Messiah to lead the way in righteousness, holiness, justice, and truth, and it is in His sacrifice that sets our lives on fire for the Lord enabling our prayers to be heard before God. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 141 Part 2 concludes saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cSo Daniel said, While I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin, yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning being caused to fly swiftly, approached close to me about the time of the evening offering (Daniel 9:20-21). And at what moment did Gabriel approach? At the moment of the evening offering.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Notice how Daniel says <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cWhile I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin&#8230;\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> According to the pattern that is laid out in the Torah, when a man comes before God at His Tabernacle, we find the definition of the service of God, speaking, confessing our sins, atonement, and prayer (incense). For our prayers to be heard and to become a fragrant incense, we must go before the Lord with confession of sins seeking His forgiveness in His atoning sacrifice, Yeshua the Messiah. Let\u2019s Pray!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Tehillim-141-Part1-and-2.pdf\">Tehillim 141-Part1-and-2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s study from Tehillim \/ Psalms 141:1-10, the psalm opens saying, 141:1 O Lord, I call upon You; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to You! 141:2 May my prayer be counted as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering. 141:3 Set [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7280","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\/7280","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=7280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}