Psalms 42

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And in that day I will make a covenant for them
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with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of heaven,
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and with the creeping things of the ground;
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and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth,
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and will make them lie down safely.

Psalm 130
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Shir ha-mma`aloth -
A song for raising consciousness

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Mi-mma`amaqqim qaraathikha ‘Alohim.
From the depths I call you, God.

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‘Adhonay, shim`a vaqoli
‘Adhonay, listen to my voice
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tihyana ‘ozakha qasshuvoth
let Your ears be tuned in

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Laqol tahhanunay.
to the voice of my longing.

Jah, Rastafari, You are my salvation You help I realize

The love surrounding us all, in every situation here with I and I
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Yah, Shakhinath ‘Alohay
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Ba-hhasadh wa-shalwa

Jah, You have given me, everything I need to be free in this reality
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bammisi’uth hazzoth

So let Jah music fill your soul

Great Spirit is in full control
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‘AYALATH HHEN
By Rabbi Shalom Shabazi

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Oh, Star of the Morning In exile, You will be my guiding light,

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And at night, Holding me close to Your bosom,

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You bid me drink of Your wine,

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Mingling our precious nectars

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Drink, dear grooms! Pleasure in your drunkenness

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And rouse your senses,

micece mirx lkl cixtd onf

In the palace of the honorable Daughter of Angels
The table is always set for the many.
Cruel fate separated friends and lovers

ipkyni dad`a icec la`

But my Beloved draws me by Her love

minye dnc`
mind lilv y`d meg
iteba z`f yibxn ip`
iznypa igexa

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11 d`n cxtq
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Open the gate my beloved-- arise and open the gate,
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For my soul is dismayed/shaken, and sorely afraid
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so the Lord would hear the child’s cry.

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R. Solomon ‘ibn. Gabriol - Spain ( 1100) 11 d`n cxtq lexiab oa` dnly 'x

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The gate that was shut--

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arise and open it!

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And the gazelle that ran away--

‘elai shalahhehu! !Edg¨

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send him to me!

Liyom bo’akha `adhai, ,icr̈

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At daybreak, when you come to me,

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to lie between my breasts

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There your good fragrance

`alai tanihhehu. .Edgi¦

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will rest upon me.

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What shape has your beloved,

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most beautiful bride

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That you say to me,

shilhha wa-qahhehu? ?Edg¥ ẅe§ dg̈§lW¦

“Send for him and bring him”?

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Is he bright-eyed,
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ruddy and handsome?

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My beloved, my dear one--

quma mashahhehu! !Edg¥ Ẅn§ dn̈Ew

rise up and anoint him!