A song for the High Holydays, inspired by Psalm 51 and the recent class on forgiveness taught by Rabbi Vivie Mayer
Psalm 51
hesedLit. Kindness It is said in Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) that the world stands on three things: Torah (learning), Avodah (worship), and Gemilut Hasidim (acts of kindness). v’rakhamim
[lovingkindness and compassion]
my bones
my spirit
my heart are crushed
(2x)
my bones
my spirit
my heart
cry out for grace
ha-nei-ni
[be gracious to me]
I have done wrong
in so many ways
avon, fesha, ra, cheyt
avon, fesha, ra, cheyt
avon, fesha, ra…
[iniquity, transgressions, evil, sin]
hesed v’racham
my bones
my spirit
my heart are crushed
(2x)
my bones
my spirit
my heart
cry out for grace
and for a giving spirit
to stand by me
ha-nei-ni
hesed v’rakhamim
