Week 32 (Book 7): The Mule Is Saying

The Mule is saying,

The bows of the mighty are broken;
And those who stumbled, are girded with strength.
All the kings of earth shall acknowledge You, G-d,
For they have heard the sayings of Your mouth.

Your neck is like an ivory tower;
Your eyes are [like] pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-Rabbim
Your face is as the tower of Lebanon, facing towards Damascus
Your head upon you is like Carmel

Give us joy corresponding to the days You afflicted us,
The years we have seen adversity.
For their vine is of the vine of Sodom,
And of the field of Gemorrah;

Because they came not to the aid of the Lord,
To the aid of the Lord against the mighty.
For who is G-d, save the Lord?
And who is a rock, save our G-d?

And the braided locks of your head are like purple;
The king is bound in the tresses.
Let Your work be revealed to Your servants,
And Your splendor be upon their children.

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel.
Their grapes are grapes of rosh,
And they have bitter clusters.

Speak to them, saying, "In the afternoon you shall eat meat
And in the morning you shall be sated with bread,"
Satiate us in the morning with Your kindness,
Then we shall sing and rejoice throughout our days.

And you shall know that
I am the Lord, your G-d.
How fair and how pleasant you are,
A love of delights!

Week 33 (Book 7): The Donkey is Saying

The Donkey is Saying,

Yours, G-d, is the greatness, and the might
And the splendor, and the victory, and the glory
This, your stature, is like a palm tree
And your breasts are like clusters [of dates]

Sing to Him, play music to Him, speak of all His wonders
For everything in the Heavens and earth [is Yours]
Yours, G-d, is the kingship, and the exaltation over all

Blessed above women shall Jael
The wife of Heber the Kenite, be

Their wine is the bitterness of serpents
And the bitterness of the ruthless cobras

While the barren hath borne seven
She that had many children hath languished
And let your breasts be now like clusters of the vine
And the fragrance of your countenance like apples

Above women in the tent shall she be blessed
G-d is He who has fortified me with strength
And He loosened perfectly my path

And may the pleasantness of the Lord our G-d be upon us

It came to pass in the evening that
The quails went up and covered the camp
But I shall not cancel My kindness from him
And I shall not betray My faith

And in the morning there was a layer
Of dew around the camp. The layer of dew went up 
I said: Let me climb up the palm tree
Let me seize its boughs

And behold, on the surface of the desert, a fine
Bare [substance] as fine as frost on the ground
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread
And they that were hungry have ceased

Give thanks to the Lord, call out in His name
Make His deeds known among the peoples
And the work of our hands establish for us

And the work of our hands establish it

Week 34 (Book 7): The Ox is Saying

The Ox is saying,

Remember the wonders that He has wrought
His miracles, and the judgments of His mouth
When the children of Israel saw, they said to one another, "It is manna"
Because they did not know what it was

And your palate is like the best wine, 

That glides down smoothly to my beloved,

May the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice
Search for the Lord and His might 

Seek His countenance always

Making the lips of the sleeping speak

Glory in His holy Name; And Moses said to them

It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat

This is the thing that the Lord has commanded
I will not abrogate My covenant
Nor change that which has issued from My lips
Is it not stored up with Me, sealed up in My treasuries?

Then Moses and the Children of Israel sang this song to G-d
And they said, "I shall sing to G-d, for He has triumphed
He has thrown the horse and its rider into the sea"
He makes my feet like hinds; And sets me upon my high places

Gather of it each one according to his eating capacity
An omer for each person, according to the number of persons
Each one for those in his tent you shall take

Water he requested, (but) milk she gave him
In a lordly bowl she brought him cream
The Lord kills and makes alive
He brings down to the grave and raises up

Week 35 (Book 7): The Wild Animals Say

The Wild Animals say,

One thing have I sworn by My holiness,
That I will not fail David.
He trains my hand for war,
So that mine arms do bend a brass bow.

She put forth her hand to the pin,
And her right hand to strike the weary;
For the appointed day of their reckoning is near,
And what is destined for them hastens.

The Lord impoverishes and makes rich.
He humbles; He also exalts.
Vengeance is poised with Me,
And it will pay at the time their foot stumbles.

And the children of Israel did so
They gathered, both the one who gathered much
And the one who gathered little.
And they measured [it] with an omer.

And whoever gathered much
Did not have more, and whoever gathered little did not have less;
I am my beloved's, and his desire is upon me.
Each one according to his eating capacity, they gathered.

Blessed is the One Who is good and bestows good.
The seed of Abraham His servant, the children of Jacob, His chosen ones.
He is the Lord our G-d; throughout all the earth are His judgments.
He remembered His covenant forever, the word He had commanded to the thousandth generation,

Week 36 (Book 7): The Gazelle Is Saying

The Gazelle Is Saying

Come, my beloved, 

Let us go out to the field, let us lodge in the villages

And I shall sing of Your strength 

I shall rejoice of Your kindness in the morning

For You were a refuge to me, 

and a hiding place on the day of my oppression.

And You have given me the shield of Your salvation; 

And You have increased Your humility for me. 

He lifts the poor from the dust; 

From the dunghill, He raises the pauper, 

When the Lord will judge His people, 

And will reconsider His servants, 

To seat them with princes, 

And a seat of honor He causes them to inherit, 

When He sees that the power is increasing, 

And none is controlled or strengthened. 

And Moses said to them, 

Let no one leave over [any] of it until morning. 

For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, 

And He placed the world upon them.

But [some] men did not obey Moses

And left over [some] of it until morning, 

And it bred worms and became putrid, 

And Moses became angry with them.     

She struck Sisera, pierced his head, 

And wounded and penetrated his temple.

The covenant which He made with Abraham, 

And His oath to Isaac.  He established it 

For Jacob as a statute, for Israel as an everlasting Covenant, 

Stating, "To you I shall give the land of Canaan” His seed will endure forever and his throne will be  As the sun before Me; the portion of your inheritance.

Week 37 (Book 7): The Elephant Is Saying

The Elephant Is Saying

You have enlarged my step[s] beneath me 

And my ankles have not slipped

How great are your works, G-d 

Your thoughts are tremendously deep

Let us arise early to the vineyards; 

Let us see whether the vine has blossomed

They gathered it morning by morning 

For not by strength will man prevail.

And they walked from nation to nation, 

From one kingdom to another people.

A double portion of bread, two omers for one, 

And all the princes of the community came and reported to Moses.

Each one according to his eating capacity 

And [when] the sun grew hot, it melted

Then He will say, "Where is their deity 

The rock in which they trusted?”

At her feet he sank, fell, lay; 

At her feet he sank (and) fell;

The feet of His pious ones He will guard, 

And the wicked shall be cut off in darkness 

The tiny grapes have developed, 

The pomegranates have lost their flowers

Like the moon, which is established forever, 

And it is a witness in the sky, eternally true. 

When they were few in number, hardly dwelling in it.

It came to pass on the sixth day that they gathered 

He let no man oppress them, and He reproved kings on their account.

There I will give you my love.

Week 38 (Book 7): The Lion is saying

The Lion is saying

He shall arouse zeal, He shall cry, 

Even roar, He shall prevail over His enemies.

I have pursued my enemies 

And have destroyed them; 

Those who strive with the Lord will be broken; 

Upon him will He thunder in Heaven; 

So they left it over until morning

As Moses had commanded 

He called a famine upon the land; 

He broke every staff of bread.

Who ate the fat of their sacrifices 

And drank the wine of their libations? 

Through the window looked forth, 

The mother of Sisera [peered] through the window;

Let them arise and help you! Let them be your shelter! 

And all the rest leave over to keep until morning  

Where he sank, there he fell down dead.

The Lord will judge the ends of the earth. 

And He will grant strength to His King, 

And raise the horn of His anointed one. 
    

"Do not touch My anointed ones, 

And do not harm My prophets.”

But You abandoned and You rejected; 

You became wroth with Your anointed.   

He sent a man before them; 

Joseph was sold as a slave.

So he said to them

That is what the Lord spoke 

Tomorrow is a rest day 

A holy Sabbath to the Lord 

The pots [of figs] have given forth [their] fragrance

And on our doorways are all manner of sweet fruits,

Bake whatever you wish to bake 

And cook whatever you wish to cook

G-d shall go out as a mighty man, 

Never turning back until they were consumed. 

And it did not become putrid

And not a worm was in it

Both new and old, Which I have hidden away for you, my beloved.