Tehillim 22 A Lesson on Futility –Why We Need to Ask Why

Tehillim 22 A Lesson on Futility –Why We Need to Ask Why 

                              By Evelyn Hayes Pesach, 5774,  2014–04–16

Dear Gd, Why have You forsaken me?

Dear Gd, why aren’t You saving us?

Don’t You see my plight in the day and night?

Don’t You see their wrongs, the shame?

The Jew they blame.

Dear Gd, Why is this time different?

Dear Gd, Why are You indifferent?

All seeing, Israel trusted and You delivered them.

All knowing, I trust that You know and will stop prime evil

The Jew You bore.

Dear Gd, Save me from Yismael and Esau, Don’t let me decay

Dear Gd, Why do You hide Your face,

I am so pained,  A victim of their sword,

The lion, the dog, the horns of the reimim, the wild horde,

I am the Jew who hopes.

Dear Gd, It’s You I praise

Dear Gd, I will mend my ways

Don’t You want the Jew to be forever?

Don’t You see that he is never and will I be next?

There’ll be one Jew less.

Dear Gd, A Pesach sacrifice,

Dear Gd, Your people are despised.

Arise,  give us back our love, our land, Eretz Hakodesh

Arise,  give us Your blessings and protection

The Jew pledges righteousness.

Dear Gd, A Pesach exodus.

Dear Gd, Let our people renew their dreams

Dear Gd, Let Your people be redeemed

Let there be veneration for You and pride in us.

The Jew will seed another generation.

Dear Gd, there’s so much in our past

Dear Gd, the trials and tributes

Reflection, Introspection, determination

Not termination

The Jew will be Israel again.

By Yaakovs, Yosefs, Davids, Shlomos, Moshe Rabbeinu

By Torah affirmation, tehillim, truth

With Your aid, we will know victory

With Your strengthening, we will know victory

The Jew who follows You will lead the world.