B’shuv Yah, Sh’vut amo, yagayl yaakov, yismach Yisrael

When God returns and restores the fortunes of His people,
Jacob will exult, Israel will rejoice. (Psalm 14:7 and Psalm 53:7)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 14 or Psalm 53 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

Even when it’s looking bad, with bullies in charge, and the poor oppressed, and cynicism reigning its disguised terror … still we look to God who is stirring in us beneath our despair. In the depths of our captivity a vision arises: God returning to our midst to free us from greed, fear and the illusions of separation. As God finds a home within us, we return home to ourselves, to our joy, and to the truth of our connection.

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• God Returning (melody)  
• God Returning (harmony)  
• God Returning (mix)  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click God Returning PDF. For the musical notation, click God Returning notation PDF.

Va’ani b’chasd’cha vatachti,
Yagayl libi biyshuatecha,
Ashirah laYah ki gamal alai

And I will trust in Your Love; as my heart rejoices in Your deliverance.
I will sing to God, who has been good to me. (Psalm 13:6)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 13 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

Even in difficult times of anxiety and doubt, I can choose to trust in the power of love to save me from my fearful ruminations. By singing to God and resting my attention on the goodness in my life, I can override my apprehension and soar with the melody of gratefulness.

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• Trust in Your Love (melody)  
• Trust in Your Love (harmony)  
• Trust in Your Love (mix)  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Trust in Your Love PDF. For the musical notation, click Trust in Your Love notation PDF.

Havayah b’haychal kodsho, Havayah Bashamayim kiso

God is in his Holy Temple; God is on his Heavenly Throne.
Seeing, knowing, loving us! (Psalm 11:4)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 11 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

The Divine Mystery permeates this world, making it into a place of holiness. The Divine Mystery is consciousness itself, which has the widest perspective and sees us clearly. That Divine gaze is filled with forgiveness, compassion and an abundance of wisdom, piercing all illusion. When we enter into a state of being seen, known and loved completely, we are transformed by that Divine gaze and we can know ourselves from that widest perspective.

(In this chant I am pronouncing the unpronounceable יְהֹוָ֤ה as HaVaYaH which is a name that invokes the aspect of God that is Being itself.)

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• Seeing, Knowing, Loving Us! (melody)  
• Seeing, Knowing, Loving Us! (harmony 1)  
• Seeing, Knowing, Loving Us! (harmony 2)  
• Seeing, Knowing, Loving Us! (mix)  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Seeing, Knowing, Loving Us PDF. For the musical notation, click Seeing, Knowing, Loving Us notation PDF.

Kumah Yah, Ayl n’sa yadecha, al tishchach anavim

Rise Up, Oh God; Lift up your hand; do not forget the most vulnerable. (Psalm 10:12)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 10 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

Knowing that God is ultimately not separate from me, I turn inward and call on the Divine power within me to rise up and manifest its awesome power. And then I am reminded to use that power in protection of the most vulnerable, both within me and in the world. This might mean guarding, with loving care, the holy, fragile places within me. Or it might mean protecting the rights and dignity of the poor, the refugee, the lonely, the outcast, the forsaken ones of my world.

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• Rise Up (melody)  
• Rise Up (harmony)  
• Rise Up (mix)  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Rise Up PDF. For the musical notation, click Rise Up notation PDF.

Va’ani, b’rov chasd’cha a vo vetecha

And I, by your abundant grace, enter your house. (Psalm 5:8)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 5 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

As I come into the fullness of my own presence, I am rewarded by the generous grace of the Divine. By that grace, that loving-kindness, I am given entrance to the God-House, which is Unity consciousness. Entering the God-house means receiving the truth of Oneness.

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• Entering the God-House (melody)  
• Entering the God-House (harmony 1)  
• Entering the God-House (harmony 2)  
• Entering the God-House (mix)  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Entering the God-House PDF PDF. For the musical notation, click Entering the God-House notation PDF.