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Sanctuary (Psalm 91 redux)

from Rapping the Psalms by Danny Raphael

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This psalm is also called "The Song of Plagues" which I never thought would be so relevant...A song for times of vulnerability, we say Psalm 91 when facing the transition from life to death, from waking life to sleep and from Shabbat to weekdays.

The chorus is the final verse of Psalm 90, which is often recited as an intro to 91.

For more information about the psalm and its meaning, please see:
www.appliedjewishspirituality.org/psalms-for-practice

lyrics

This is mostly Psalm 91, but the chorus is the final verse of Psalm 90, which is often recited as an intro to 91.

Here's my version:

Hook
וִיהִי נֹעַם ה" אֱלֹקינוּ עָלֵינוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֵינוּ כּוֹנְנָה עָלֵינוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֵינוּ כּוֹנְנֵהוּ
[And may the pleasantness of the Lord our God be upon us, and the work of our hands establish for us, and the work of our hands establish it]

Verse 1

I rest in the hiddenmost depths

Where my innermost breath

Is blessed from beginning to end

In the shadow of the wings of eternity

When I'm lost please help me to return to Thee

Your force is a shield that my thoughts help to build

Now I yield to Your love

Behold how I'm healed

Please help me to remember those lessons revealed

Please help me remember those lessons revealed

Under your wing

You set me in your hiding place

I was privileged a vision of Your shining grace

Free me from the prison of time and space

That I revisit with this fission of rhyme and breaks

I've nothing to fear

Neither by night nor day

If the city that I'm living in should slide away

Although I don't know how

I know You'll find a way

I guess I trust You

That's what I'm trying to say

[Hook]

Verse 2

Cos I chose You as my fortress in my hour of need

You set me on a pedestal surrounding me

With forces

Of course yes

I've found the key

It's called the Infinite and Nameless

That's just how it be

Your hands wrap under my feet

Lest I should stumble

So always I feel complete

And whatever be the obstacle

I'll be protected

For acknowledging and honoring

So deep connected

To the pleasure of Your presence

I desire to cleave

Cos it's only in Your service I'm entirely free

And whenever I forget it then remind me please

Bring me back to the real from where I'm trying to be

Til I remember to articulate with clear intention

Necessitates some effort just to clear the tension

Essentially you give me what is really essential

So of course You'll ensure that we fulfil our potential

[Hook x2]

The original psalms (the final verse of 90 and then 91) are here: www.sefaria.org/Psalms.90.17?lang…with=all&lang2=en

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from Rapping the Psalms, released June 18, 2020
Lyrics: Danny Raphael
Music: Daniel Gouly

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