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10 February 2021 Psalm 109b 17 He loved cursing; may it recoil on him! He didn’t like blessing; may it stay far from him! 18 He clothed himself with cursing as routinely as with his coat; May it enter inside him as easily as water, as easily as oil into his bones. 19 May it cling to him like the coat he wears, like the belt he wraps around himself.” 20 This is what my adversaries want Adonai to do, those who speak evil against me. 21 But you, God, Adonai, treat me as your name demands; rescue me, because your grace is good. 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart within me is wounded. 23 Like a lengthening evening shadow, I am gone; I am shaken off like a locust. 24 My knees are weak from lack of food, my flesh wastes away for lack of nourishment. 25 I have become the object of their taunts; when they see me, they shake their heads. 26 Help me, Adonai, my God! Save me, in keeping with your grace; 27 so that they will know that this comes from your hand, that you, Adonai, have done it...

31 December 2020 Psalm 81 (0) For the Leader. On the gittit. By Asaf: 2 (1) Sing for joy to God our strength! Shout to the God of Ya‘akov! 3 (2) Start the music! Beat the drum! Play the sweet lyre and the lute! 4 (3) Sound the shofar at Rosh-Hodesh and at full moon for the pilgrim feast, 5 (4) because this is a law for Isra’el, a ruling of the God of Ya‘akov. 6 (5) He placed it as a testimony in Y’hosef when he went out against the land of Egypt. I heard an unfamiliar voice say, 7 (6) “I lifted the load from his shoulder; his hands were freed from the [laborer’s] basket. 8 (7) You called out when you were in trouble, and I rescued you; I answered you from the thundercloud; I tested you at the M’rivah Spring [by saying,] (Selah) 9 (8) “‘Hear, my people, while I give you warning! Isra’el, if you would only listen to me! 10 (9) There is not to be with you any foreign god; you are not to worship an alien god. 11 (10) I am Adonai your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open y...