Tehillim145




 * TEHILLIM 145 **

> Tehillim 145 is part of the Pesukei d'Zimrah in morning tefillah .Talmud in Brachot 4B proclaims, “ Anyone who //recites// the //Ashrei three times// a day daily is confirmed to be a future recipient of Olam Habah because of the phrase "You open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing" **טז** פותח את - ידך ומשביע לכל - חי רצון >
 * Text of Tehillim 145
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 * Who: A choir leader and the choir
 * What Declatative Praise
 * Where: The Beit Mikdash
 * Why: A public ceremony of declaring G-d's praise
 * When: Period of Beit Mikdash Rishon
 * [|VocabListForTehillim145.pdf]
 * References and roles: This tehillim is largely composed of lines from other psalms but they are so harmoniously woven together that the Psalm gives an impression of an original composition. It is an alphabetical acrostic with the omission of the verse beginning with //nun//. 
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Two Old Testament scholars have made observations about the Psalter that are helpful here. Claus Westermann has described the Psalms in terms of the unifying element of praise, supporting the observation above that the psalms are simply different modes of praise. Petitionary Praise Lament God will act Declarative Praise Thanksgiving///todah// God has acted Descriptive Praise Hymn God is God (we know He is God because we cried to Him and He acted) There is a sequence to this understanding of the Psalms whereby the attitude expressed in Hymn becomes the basis for a new petition, a new Lament. Walter Brueggemann picks up this dimension and describes the psalms in terms of the dynamic of life experiences. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=vbm%20psalm%2030&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCkQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvbm-torah.org%2Farchive%2Ftehillim%2F32miz30.doc&ei=UzaLT-HVKMig4gTxhri2CQ&usg=AFQjCNFCQDYArmly4mBMJPmlVRnKjXKWZw&cad=rja