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Tehillim Chs. 20-22 by Rabbi Joe Wolfson | A whole range of emotions within three chapters Rav Joe's 929 Tanakh Podcast

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A whole range of emotions within three chapters, from the king who praises God for everything he has been given, to the immortal line of וְאָנֹכִי תוֹלַעַת וְלֹא־אִישׁ I am a worm and not a man. Plus in ch20 the best prooftext to the thesis I shared a few weeks back in Zachariah that the Torah loves donkeys but detests horsesאֵלֶּה בָרֶכֶב וְאֵלֶּה בַסּוּסִים וַאֲנַחְנוּ | בְּשֵׁם־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ נַזְכִּיר They [call] on chariots, they [call] on horses, but we call on the name of the LORD of our God. Text here: www.sefaria.org/Psalms.20, www.sefaria.org/Psalms.21, www.sefaria.org/Psalms.22

A whole range of emotions within three chapters, from the king who praises God for everything he has been given, to the immortal line of וְאָנֹכִי תוֹלַעַת וְלֹא־אִישׁ I am a worm and not a man. Plus in ch20 the best prooftext to the thesis I shared a few weeks back in Zachariah that the Torah loves donkeys but detests horsesאֵלֶּה בָרֶכֶב וְאֵלֶּה בַסּוּסִים וַאֲנַחְנוּ | בְּשֵׁם־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ נַזְכִּיר They [call] on chariots, they [call] on horses, but we call on the name of the LORD of our God. Text here: www.sefaria.org/Psalms.20, www.sefaria.org/Psalms.21, www.sefaria.org/Psalms.22

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