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Inssights into A
Ashrei Th
he Beautty of Psallm 145 By Rabbii Lazer Gurrkow Lesso
on 4 ‐ Op
pen Up Yo
our Hand
ds G‐d enables the
e pious to haave the emottionally pow
werfully expeerience that they seek. (Based on P
Psalms 145:113‐17) 1. A psalm of praiise by David: I will exalt You, my Go
od the Chapter 145 King, aand bless Yo
our Name forever. 2. Eve
ery day I will bless You, aand extol Your Name forrever. 3. The
e Lord is greaat and exceedingly exaalted; therre is no limit to
o His greatn
ness. 4. One generation
n to anothe
er will laud Your workss, and tell off Your migh
hty acts. 5. I will speak of o the splend
dor of Your glorious maajesty and of o Your won
ndrous deedss. 6. They will proclaim the might of o Your awe
esome acts, aand I will reccount Your ggreatness. 7.. They will exxpress the reemembrance
e of Your ab
bounding go
oodness, and sing of Yo
our righteo
ousness. 8. TThe Lord is graciouss and compaassionate, slow to anger and of great kindneess. 9. The LLord is good to all, and H
His mercies e
extend over aall His workss. 10. Lord, aall Your workks will give tthanks to You
u, and Yourr pious oness will bless You. 11. The
ey will declarre the glory of Your kingdom, and a
tell of Your strenggth, 12. to m
make known to men Hiss mighty acts, and the glo
orious majesty of His kin
ngdom. 13. Y
Your kingship is a kingsh
hip over all worlds,, and You
ur dominio
on is througghout all generations. 1
14. The Lord
d supports all who fall, and straighte
ens all who are bent. 15. The eyes of all look eexpectantly to You, and
d You give th
hem their fo
ood at the prroper time. 16. You ope
en Your han
nd and satisfy the desiree of every livving thing. 1
17. The Lord is righteouss in all His waays, and benevolent in all His deed
ds. 18. The LLord is close tto all who call upon Him
m, to all who
o call upon H
Him in truth. 19. He fulfiills the desire of those
e who fearr Him, hears their cry and delivers them. 20. TThe Lord waatches over all who love l
Him, and will destroy all the wicked
d. 21. My mouth will uttter the praisse of the Lord, and let all flesh bless H
His holy Nam
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