Week 3 (Book 7): The Dove is Saying

 B”H

The Dove is saying: 

Like a swift or crane, so do I chatter; 

Hear, O kings, give ear, O princes;

When I call out the name of the Lord, 

Ascribe greatness to our G-d. 

The G-d of my father, and I will ascribe to Him exaltation.

The dove says before The Holy One, Blessed be He, 

[He is] my savior Who saves me from violence. 

To worship and to sacrifice unto Hashem of hosts in Shiloh. 

I moan like a dove, my eyes fail with looking upward; 

G-d is my rock, under whom I take cover; 

This is my G-d, and I will make Him a habitation, 

I have set the Lord before me at all times 

O G-d, I am oppressed, be my security." 

My shield, and the horn of my salvation, 

I, to the Lord I shall sing,

And this man went up out of his city from year to year 

Tell me, you whom my soul loves, 

You will not allow Your pious one to see purgatory.

May my sustenance be as bitter as an olive in Your hands, 

Rather than it being sweet as honey through flesh and blood. 

"Master of the World! 

My support, and my refuge; 

Because He is at my right hand, I shall not falter. 

For why should I be like one who veils herself 

I have made a covenant with My chosen one; 

If you do not know, O fairest of women, 

Go your way in the footsteps of the flocks 

My flesh, too, rests secure. 

I have sworn to David, My servant:

At the gathering of the steeds of Pharaoh's chariots 

Have I silenced you, my beloved.

Therefore my heart rejoices and my soul exults; 

And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, 

Were there priests unto Hashem.   

Where do you feed, where do you rest [the flocks] at noon, 

Beside the flocks of your companions?"

For You will not abandon 

My soul to the grave, 

And pasture your kids 

Beside the shepherds' dwellings.