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Downfall of the Evil: Psalms 108-109

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Rabbi Lazer Brody

A discussion on the relevance of David's prayers for salvation in Jewish history and their connection to modern times.

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am my [Music] lord it's from you my [Music] lord it's all good my Lord with hashem's loving grace we open up Psalm 108 Psalm 108 is a very gripping Psalm it's talk about the it's a prophecy of the Gathering of the Exiles and uh we'll see it looks like David is talking about his present enemies but the commentators Rashi and rash bomb they all say that David is is really prophesies about what will happen in the future in gathering the Exiles so Psalm 108 begins then we get to Psalm 109 Psalm 109 is is enriched in Radium is a dynamite you'll see David he's coming out his all he's all swords against his enemies and let's start Psalm 108 a song David's Psalm verse two my heart is loyal to you oh God therefore I will sing and my soul will chant praise when can we really sing to Hashem King David is revealing the secret when our hearts are loyal to Hashem in other words amuna is not something it's not lip service it's not outward trappings it's not putting on a big act on the outside when my heart is loyal to Hashem when my heart is loyal to Hashem I have a smile on my face like it doesn't matter what adverse adversities going around we could see that Hashem decides the world just this evening we saw that uh people pulled up news headlines from six months ago from the the the leftist the anti amuna news and they said that if Israel goes into Lebanon there's going to be no less than 15,000 fatalities heaven forbid and they told people to stock up on W water and stock up on bread and to get flashlights up because there's at least at least there going to be a three-day power

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  1. 0:00am my [Music] lord it's from you my [Music] lord it's all good my Lord with
  2. 4:52terrible when ultimately you can see how it all turns out for the best see biggest
  3. 10:15civil war between Israel and Juda Shem is a is a place of of of real
  4. 15:36in the Biblical times and we're talking about in our times now so now he says
  5. 20:59about internal enemies internal enemies okay most people they take an external enemy know what to
  6. 26:23Torah and turned it all in the dark side this is why King David is cursing
  7. 31:23guilt not be erased okay what she was guilty of this hasem knows but these were
  8. 36:36at 12 at night right away to praise Hashem to sing songs to Hashem and he
  9. 41:57needs to do TR we certainly do but he says I don't have an evil Incarnation
  10. 47:20glass of Tears glass was half full of tears so then he took out a piece

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