Counting the Omer with an ancient litany entirely dedicated to the natural world. Perek Shira takes quotes from sacred texts and puts them in the mouths of all of Creation. Sun, Clouds, Grass, Rooster, Frog, . . . each has a voice, an homage, a lesson.
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Day 30, cont.
The vulture is says\ing: "God of Hosts, Lord of Israel, awake to make a reckoning with all the nations; do not pardon any wrongdoing traitors, selah." (Ps. 59:6)
Awake, O Judge, Arise! Pardon not the wrongdoer Reward not the goody-two-shoes Rather, Scavenge salvation Pick clean rotting hearts Renew the face of the earth!
Awake, O Judge, Arise!
ReplyDeletePardon not the wrongdoer
Reward not the goody-two-shoes
Rather,
Scavenge salvation
Pick clean rotting hearts
Renew the face of the earth!
~Vulture