[Jewish] [Mindful Torah] Psalm for Wednesday: Psalm 94, verse 3

Rabbi Steven Nathan mindfultorah at gmail.com
Wed May 5 17:29:43 EDT 2010


Until when [will the] wicked, O God, until when [will the] wicked
rejoice?
In looking at this verse, I was struck by two things: the repetition of
the phrase "until when" (עד מתי) and the claim that the wicked are
rejoicing, and will continue to rejoice (יעלזו).
Of course, analyzing the psalm as a poem, the repetition of "until
when" with the name of God in between makes sense structurally. But, I
am not interested in the poetic structure at the moment (with apologies
to the other poets out there).


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