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Chants, Psalms

The Truth of Your Love

Ki Gavar alaynu Chasdo,
ve’emet-Yah l’olam HalleluYah
Graphic: The Truth of Your Love in Hebrew
How great is God’s love for us;
(This is) the Divine Truth that endures forever. Hallelujah. (Psalm 117:2)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 117 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

In this practice, love and truth meet. And in that meeting praise bursts forth. When we know that we are loved and can receive that love fully, we are soothed and made whole. We are healed in the light of the enduring truth of Divine love.

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To download the PDF file for this chant, click The Truth of Your Love PDF.

Chants, Psalms

I Lift My Eyes

Aylecha nasati et-aynai hayoshvi bashamayim
Graphic: I Lift My Eyes in Hebrew
To You, enthroned in heaven, I lift my eyes.(Psalm 123:1)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 123 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

When I lift my eyes, I am opening to the wide perspective; I am seeing through God’s eyes, taking in all of it, with loving acceptance. When I lift my eyes, I am letting go of judgment, seeing the wholeness of life and understanding how I fit into the puzzle, discovering what part I play in the unfolding story of Creation. When I turn “to You,” God, I am turning away from my fixations and worries, turning in joy towards the infinite.

To hear the chants, use the audio players. To download a chant, right-click a note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

To download the PDF file for this chant, click I Lift My Eyes PDF.

Chants, Psalms

Seeking Your Good

L’ma’an achai v’ray’ai, adabra-na shalom bach,
l’ma’an bayt-Yah Elohaynu, avakshah tov lach
Graphic: Seeking Your Good in Hebrew
For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”
For the sake of God-consciousness, I seek Your good. (Psalm 122:8-9)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 122 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

This is a practice of profound blessing. We live in a complex web of relationship wherein my own blessing for peace benefits everyone in that network of love. When I speak that blessing, its power will ripple out to nurture “all my relations.” And when I seek your good, my loving intention for you reverberates into the cosmos, healing the Whole.

To hear the chants, use the audio players. To download a chant, right-click a note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Seeking Your Good PDF.

Chants, Psalms

In My Distress

El-Yah batzaratah li karati vaya’anani
Graphic: In My Distress in Hebrew
In my distress I called to God
And God answered me. (Psalm 120:1)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 120 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

It’s important that when I find myself in distress, I will find my voice and express the troubling feeling that is moving through me. In my expression there is truth and beauty that can lift me up and open me to Divine flow. In this way my request is answered; my sincere question calls forth a response that fills me.

To hear the chants, use the audio players. To download a chant, right-click a note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

To download the PDF file for this chant, click In My Distress PDF.

Chants, Psalms

Impermanence

He’harim ra’k’du ch’aylim,
g’va’ot kivnai-tzon,
Mah L’cha?
Graphic: Impermanence in Hebrew
(When)The mountains skip like rams, hills like sheep.
What happens for you? (Psalm 114:4-5)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 114 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

When the great forces of change are shifting the mountains of your life, when everything you thought was solid is now in flux … what happens for you? Can you find ease even in uncertainty? When the geography of your life keeps transforming, can you find your balance? When the whole world is forever changing, can you find your place in it? Can you find your joy in the adventure?

To hear the chants, use the audio players. To download a chant, right-click a note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Impermanence PDF.