Best Hebrew Poems

NB  This is not a literal translation of the famous choir "Va Pensiero" from the Nabbucco, but just what I felt as when many, many years ago I was in a choir and sang this lovely aria.

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Listen to our pitiful pleas, Oh Almighty God.
Let...

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There were three Hebrew men with one desire.
They served the true God!  And were cast into the fire!

King Nebuchadnezzar ordered them to bow to a false idol.
But they made up their minds
 to serve the God of the Bible!

He ordered them thrown into the...

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My learning......

At times the journey seems difficult 
   The hillocks of life evolve into mountains
The joy set before, tend to feeble and die
   The wishes and hopes we nestle 
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Three Hebrew children
Didn't vow to King's etched bust,
Makes King's blood risen....

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A Maskil by Anil
Themes that span every emotion
Schemes and plans of enemies
No rhyme but every reason
To thank Creator God for victories

Lord Thy Love bathed us for generations
Lord Thou, ever faithful, so merciful
Lord, without Thee, hate and humiliations
Would be our cup. Worship God Eternal
(Selah! A musical...

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Cursed that I am

This prayer of the last

I have not ended and I will not pass

For devil that has taken its place on Earth

For the havoc upon days he has given it birth

May we rise again, for the fear in your eyes

May the true word...

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Lord bless you and keep you,                                     Numbers 6: 24-26
Make...

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1. Shuv (to turn back)

It would behoove us
to shuv to Jesus

2. Ruach (breath)

Holy Spirit, make Your swoop
keep us in Your holy loop!

3. Shalom (peace)

True and lasting Peace
is the Holy Spirit on lease


[Stay tuned for more!... 
Based on meditations by Dave Adamson
my poem title is named...

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Hebrews war 
We see them breaking every law of criminal conduct like it should be an everyday occurrence 
We are told by the eminent Jordan Peterson, that the people, from the back and beyond Turkey, are clever, and impressed Peterson who otherwise is pre-occupied with...

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I
Psalm 119 is a Sabbath praise song (Judaism). It is so for me, too, though I'm a Christ - follower, saved by Jesus Christ.

This Psalm or song, about a thousand years in use before Jesus walked on earth, is 176 verses long, and it's 22...

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the Semienite kings erected stelae
to the kingdom of the wrestling with God;
Ethiopian hinterlands ruled with the iron fist of Judea, 
the flag of Magen David swaying in Abyssinian winds.

Judit?battle-hungry commander of war,
panzer-woman of Scriptural Armageddon!

the queen casts her leather noose
and steers the forces of Beta...

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After My Death
by Chaim Nachman Bialik
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Say this when you eulogize me:
Here was a man — now, poof, he's gone!
He died before his time.
The music of his life suddenly ground to a halt...
Such a pity! There was another song in him,...

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Praise the LORD for HIS marvelous works,
Praise the LORD for the deeds HE does,
Praise the LORD for HIS signs and wonders,
Praise our GOD HE is One,

Praise the LORD for HE has done great things,
In the midst of us HE has made the sea dry,
In the...

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I
"Father" comes naturally
As eyes catch up with body
At this first dawn, we are reborn
Each day we awake. 'Might have gone
Where billions have, when they don't!

II
"LORD" with all the awe of an ancient Hebrew
I utter as my soul does bow
Thank you; YOU deserve all my gratitude
No...

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In the highest peak of my heavenly life 
I wanted to flow down 
Through the gates of my grave without any strife
The place where I now drown
I’ll never feel the warmth of the life-giving
Even the living sun
Who dwells in the Pleroma of the living 
I’ll...

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