Reform Judaism - Siddur

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Psalm 93 1 dedi The Creator reigns robed in pride, God is robed in power, clothed in strength. So the world was set firm and cannot be shaken, 2 Your throne was set firm long ago, from eternity You are. 3 Almighty, the floods may storm, the floods may storm aloud, 4 But even above the roar of great waves, mighty breakers of the ocean, supreme is the might of the Creator. 5 The proofs You give are very sure, holiness is the mark of Your house, God, as long as time endures. the floods may storm and thunder.

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1 dedi Adonai malach gei’ut laveish, laveish Adonai, oz hit’azzar af tikkon teiveil bal timmot. 2 Nachon kis’acha mei’az, mei’olam attah.

3 Nas’u n’harot Adonai, nas’u n’harot kolam, yis–u n’harot dochyam. 4 Mikkolot mayim rabbim addirim mishb’rei yam, addir ba–marom Adonai. 5 Eidotecha ne’emnu m’od, l’veit’cha na’avah kodesh, Adonai l’orech yamim.

God underpins this stability. This power holds in check the turbulent waters of creation, described at the centre of the Psalm (verses 3–4), where each ‘wave’of words, crashes down upon the one before. With God’s rule over humanity and over nature keeping us safe, we are ready to enjoy the freedom and rest promised by Shabbat.

bv Psalm 93 The Psalm depicts God’s ultimate control over nature, enthroned as ‘king’in the past and secure for all future time. The outer verses 1–2 and 5 reinforce the idea of stability through their rhythm and the repetition of images of the firm establishment of the physical world, and the trustworthy ‘proofs’, the laws with which

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