Chants, Psalms

Rejoicing in You

Yasisu v’yis’m’chu b’cha kol-m’vkshecha
N’ran’nah biy’shuatecha
Graphic: Rejoicing in You in Hebrew
Let all who seek You delight and rejoice in Your Presence. (Psalm 70:5)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 70 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

The pursuit of spiritual experience can sometimes become overly serious and can even feel like a struggle. This is a practice of remembering that it is through our JOY- that deepest brightest spark within us- that we can connect with the Divine Presence. When we receive a glimpse of that spark, it expands within us and becomes our radiance. So, we are reminded to bring our attention to moments of delight, and then to rejoice in the glimpses of Unity consciousness we receive in our JOY..

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Chants, Psalms

Turn Your Face to Me

Anayni Yah ki-tov chasdecha, k’rov rachamecha p’nai aylai
Graphic: Turn Your Face to Me in Hebrew
Answer me, O LORD, according to Your great love;
in accordance with Your abundant compassion
turn Your Face to me. (Psalm 69:17)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 69 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

When we feel stuck; when we feel weary; when we don’t know where to turn for support, encouragement or inspiration… it is then that we turn to God the Great Mystery, whose face is both everywhere and also hidden. When we become vulnerable enough to show our own true face, then God’s face is revealed. It is then that we can receive Her great love and flowing compassion.

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To download the PDF file for this chant, click Turn Your Face to Me PDF. For the musical notation, click Turn Your Face to Me notation PDF.


Chants, Psalms

Your Strength

Tziva Elohecha Uzecha Uzah Elohim zu pa’alta lanu
Graphic: Your Strength in Hebrew
Your God commands your strength,
It is the Divine power, which You have placed in us. (Psalm 68:29)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 68 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

Life tests us, giving us challenges that send us to our deepest resource, which is the Source within. We are each called to find our strength, and to realize that our truest and most trustworthy strength is the power of God that is within us. In finding that strength, we are humbled, and connected to a power that is beyond the small separate self.

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To download the PDF file for this chant, click Your Strength PDF. For the musical notation, click Your Strength notation PDF.


Chants, Psalms

Glorify

Zamru ch’vod sh’mo, Simu chavod t’hilato
Graphic: Glorify in Hebrew
Sing to glorify His/Her essence
Give dignity to His/Her praise. (Psalm 66:2)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 66 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

We lift up the essence of Divinity through chanting Her sacred names. And we honor that essence with our expressions of awe and wonder. I call it “living in the WOW.” This is a practice of making a commitment to always keep part of our attention on the miraculous, amazing and mysterious aspects of existence—remembering the infinite, even as we play in the finite realms.

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

Chants, Psalms

Heart Exaltation

V’yit’hal’lu kol-yishray-layv
Graphic: Heart Exaltation in Hebrew
And all the upright in heart shall exult. (Psalm 64:11)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 64 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

When our hearts are open, clear, resilient and courageous… then we become channels for praise. When our hearts are uplifted and we are standing in our integrity… then by our very presence, we uplift everyone and inspire them towards their glory.

To hear the chants, use the audio players. To download a chant, right-click a note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Heart Exaltation PDF. For the musical notation, click Heart Exaltation notation PDF.