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)

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)

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.

Ashray Kol-chosay vo

Happy are those that take refuge in Him (God). (Psalm 2:12)

Click to see Psalm 2 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).

Psalm 2 tells about the dangers of the world and reassures us that all attempts at the ultimate destruction of goodness are doomed to fail. In the end, the key to our ultimate safety is in the gesture of taking refuge in God. It is only when we turn towards the Eternal and lean into the Divine embrace, that we will know ultimate joy, prosperity and success.

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• Happy Refuge (melody)  
• Happy Refuge (harmony)  
• Happy Refuge (mix)  

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

V’haya k’aytz, v’hayita k’aytz,
v’hayinu k’aytz shatul al-palgay-mayim

He shall be like a tree; she shall be like a tree;
We shall be like a tree planted by flowing waters. (Psalm 1:3)

Click to see Psalm 1 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).

To plant ourselves by flowing waters, we need to find a place of nourishment, encouragement and support. There we can root ourselves in eternity, absorbing the flow from Eden, staying supple and open to blessing. That will be the secret to fruitfulness and success.

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• Like a Tree (melody)  
• Like a Tree (harmony)  
• Like a Tree (mix)  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Like a Tree PDF. For the musical notation, click Like a Tree notation PDF.