Poetry and Prayer – Details, episodes & analysis

The wonders of early Israelite history are described in this psalm, as well as why God brought these miracles about.

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• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 105 in English.

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 105 in Hebrew.

• Click here to read Psalm 105 in Hebrew and English.

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"Poetry & Prayer: A Daily Journey Through the Psalms" is generously sponsored by Ivan and Suzana Kaufman.

Psalm 104 is an ode to the natural world and the way in which its intricacy proclaims the glory of God.

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• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 104 in English.

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 104 in Hebrew.

• Click here to read Psalm 104 in Hebrew and English.

• Click here to read "The Darkling Thrush" by Thomas Hardy.

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"Poetry & Prayer: A Daily Journey Through the Psalms" is generously sponsored by Ivan and Suzana Kaufman.

Reading Psalm 95 takes us to 16th-century Safed.

Supplemental Materials:

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 95 in English.

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 95 in Hebrew.

• Click here to read Psalm 95 in Hebrew and English.

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"Poetry & Prayer: A Daily Journey Through the Psalms" is generously sponsored by Ivan and Suzana Kaufman.

Psalm 13 is a small psalm whose expressions are understood to be capturing the span of Jewish history.

Supplemental Materials:

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 13 in Hebrew and English.

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 13 in English.

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 13 in Hebrew.

• Click here to read Psalm 13 in Hebrew and English.

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"Poetry & Prayer: A Daily Journey Through the Psalms" is generously sponsored by Ivan and Suzana Kaufman.

David asks us to ponder how language is used and how different God's speech is from that among humanity.

Supplemental Materials:

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 12 in Hebrew and English.

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 12 in English.

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 12 in Hebrew.

• Click here to read Psalm 12 in Hebrew and English.

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"Poetry & Prayer: A Daily Journey Through the Psalms" is generously sponsored by Ivan and Suzana Kaufman.

In reading Psalm 11, we ponder how two poems provide meaningful metaphors for faith.

Supplemental Materials:

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 11 in Hebrew and English.

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 11 in English.

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 11 in Hebrew.

• Click here to read Psalm 11 in Hebrew and English.

• Click here to read "Sonnet 116: Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds" by William Shakespeare.

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"Poetry & Prayer: A Daily Journey Through the Psalms" is generously sponsored by Ivan and Suzana Kaufman.

Psalm 10 offers insights into the difference between the Greek and Jewish views of justice.

Supplemental Materials:

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 10 in Hebrew and English.

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 10 in English.

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 10 in Hebrew.

• Click here to read Psalm 10 in Hebrew and English.

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"Poetry & Prayer: A Daily Journey Through the Psalms" is generously sponsored by Ivan and Suzana Kaufman.

In Psalm 9, David seems to reflect on his most famous battle encounter—and on the existence of evil in the world.

Supplemental Materials:

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 9 in Hebrew and English.

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 9 in English.

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 9 in Hebrew.

• Click here to read Psalm 9 in Hebrew and English.

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"Poetry & Prayer: A Daily Journey Through the Psalms" is generously sponsored by Ivan and Suzana Kaufman.

Psalm 8 perfectly expresses what Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik described as the "majesty and humility" at the heart of the human condition.

Supplemental Materials:

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 8 in Hebrew and English.

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 8 in English.

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 8 in Hebrew.

• Click here to read Psalm 8 in Hebrew and English.

• Click here to read "Alone in the Cosmos" by Rabbi Soloveichik.

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"Poetry & Prayer: A Daily Journey Through the Psalms" is generously sponsored by Ivan and Suzana Kaufman.

Psalm 7 finds David grappling with the fact that Saul, the anointed of God, threatens his life.

Supplemental Materials:

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 7 in Hebrew and English.

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 7 in English.

• Click here to listen to a recitation of Psalm 7 in Hebrew.

• Click here to read Psalm 7 in Hebrew and English.

• Click here to read I Samuel 24: 5-7.

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"Poetry & Prayer: A Daily Journey Through the Psalms" is generously sponsored by Ivan and Suzana Kaufman.