Ashira LaShem - Psalms Chapter 13 - Tehilim Poetry
We are back with another Tehilim poem. The thirteenth addition in this wonderful little series where I take a verse, usually the one that most inspires me, from every single chapter in Tehilim and compose a poem based on it or around it. For this chapter, chapter 13, we focus on the famous line: וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ בְּחַסְדְּךָ֣ בָטַחְתִּי֮ יָ֤גֵ֥ל לִבִּ֗י בִּישׁוּעָ֫תֶ֥ךָ אָשִׁ֥ירָה לַֽה' כִּ֖י גָמַ֣ל עָלָֽי, which of course translates to: But I trusted in Your loving-kindness, my heart will rejoice in Your salvation; I will sing to the L-rd for He has bestowed [it] upon me. After learning the Perek's translation, I sat down to write a poem, and after some time, had the full first half of it complete. But for some reason, the second half, which I knew the poem needed, just wasn't coming out on the page the way I wanted it to. Something felt off with it. It did not feel right. So I left it. I saved the work and decided to come back to it when my mind was clear. I ended up leaving ...