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Starting in a minute. One more minute. Okay . [מוזיקה] אוקיי, נתחיל, נכון? yes. [מוזיקה] אוקיי, אז אנחנו היום מתחילות מזמור ג'. I'll read it and then we'll start explaining it. Okay? מזמור לדוד בברכו מפני אבשלום בנו. מזמור לדוד בברכו מפני אבשלום בנו. What opening? third '. Lord, what are you, my lord? Many adversaries rise up against me. Many say, "My soul has no salvation." And God is my shield. And you, my lord, are my shield. My glory is my shield. And I lift up my whole head. I will call to the Lord. And he will answer me from his holy mountain. I will lie down and sleep. I have set apart as my lord. He will make me glad. Tens of thousands of people around me have not shot. Rise up, Lord, save me, my God. For you have put all my enemies in the mouth of two wicked men. You have broken them. And Lord, salvation is from you. Your blessing is from you. As we see, we are talking about a very specific period when this psalm was written. It was written after he had salvation when his son Absalom was born. And this happened after all the persecutions his son Absalom was born. And this happened after all the persecutions with Saul and he had not yet reached the kingdom. Then he reaches the kingdom and reigns in the kingdom. And the incident of Bathsheba happens. And Nathan the prophet comes to him. We will immediately connect this. And some even say that this was it. He found her in the war. Yes, and as a result of this, he had a son. Yes, he was considered rebellious and a teacher. Yes, to a certain extent. And we all know the description of the Bible with
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- 4:32the law because he is exalted in the world. As it is said, and the Lord…
- 8:52And all this. David insisted and said to him, "Just a moment. But how can it…
- 13:32Messiah, will come. What's going on with David? He understands that this is the experience, but…
- 18:09and one of the torments because it is a series of torments that we see throughout…
- 23:16not return the curse. The sages say, "Wow, it's like what did he do to him?…
- 27:21have to say this. Do you understand what a contradiction this is for King David? And…
- 31:33manage to sleep? No. Why? Because we do not have enough confidence in Hashem. We constantly…
- 36:13But what do we see? We see what an honest, true and upright person King David…
- 40:27He immediately throws it out. Why? For the sake of the people of Israel. He says…
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