I Am Trying
"My L-rd,
open my lips
that my mouth may tell
of Your praise.
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Tehillim/Psalms 51:17
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I am a fan of Tehillim Cards, something I was blessed to find this summer in Yerushalayim. Today I placed one in my pocket and it turned out to be this one. When I was in eighth grade this was assigned to me as my yearbook quote. I don't know who gave it to me or why. I do know that I like this line.
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I also like the thought that Avraham Moskowitz was inspired to place together with this pasuk:
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I am trying to bring
a spiritual dimension to this world.
Please open my mouth
so I may say the right things.
posted by rabbi neil fleischmann @ 3:35 PM
2 Comments:
The last quote reminds me of the prayer one of our pastors says before beginning his sermon each Sunday:
"O, Lord, may thy Word be my word, and if my word is not thy Word, let thy people be cunning enough to see the same."
He is the only priest whom I've ever known to say this particular prayer, and the pre-emptive humility of it moves me.
That's very nice - what he says, beautiful actually.
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