Tehillim 55 – Absalom and David – Betrayal

This video is class 34 of 135 in the series Wisdom of Tehillim.

Tehillim 1 & 2 – The Virtues of the Individual and of the Nation
Tehillim 3 – David’s Triumphs and Tragedies Leading to Avshalom’s Rebellion
Tehillim 4 – A Prayer of the Persecuted
Tehillim 7 – In light of Samuel I, Chapter 24 – Evil begets Evil
Tehillim 9 – מלחמה בעמלק – A Call for Vengeance and Vindication of Victims
Tehillim 5 – A Prayer in the Darkness
Tehillim 11- Faith in the Face of Evil
Tehillim 6 – The Power Gift of Tears
Tehillim 13-14 Struggling with Faith
Tehillim 1 and 15 – Ashrei
Tehillim 8 – What is the Human Being? A Little Less than the Angels
Tehillim 17 – The Confessional Prayer of the Guilt-Ridden
Tehillim 18 – Song of the Rescued
Tehillim 10 – A Lamentation for a Corrupt World
Tehillim 20 – In Times of Trouble – A Prayer for Victory
Tehillim 12- The Perilous Power of Perverting Language
Tehillim 21 – Coronation Anthem: The Idealized King
Tehillim 22 – Ayelet HaShachar
Tehillim 23 – For You are With Me – In Life and In Death
Tehillim 25 – Mizmorei Teshuva
Tehillim 26 – Dare We Be Judged
Tehillim 28 – מחלוקת – David’s Prayer in the Eye of the Storm
Tehillim 29 – Voice of G-d in the Storm
Tehillim 31 – David Flees from His Enemies
Tehillim 19 – The Illumination of the Sun and of the Torah
Tehillim 32 – אשרי נשוי פשע -Confession of the Baal Teshuva
Tehillim 34 – Hashem Is Close to the Persecuted
Tehillim 35 – A Song in the Face of Eternal Hatred and Persecution
Tehillim 37 – The Righteous Inherit the Earth
Tehillim 24 – מלך הכבוד
Tehillim 38 – The Agony and Loneliness of Dying
Tehillim 40 – You Lifted Me Up – Expressions of Gratitude
Tehillim 41 – Bikur Cholim and the Terminally Ill
Tehillim 44 – Foreseeing the Galut Calamities
Tehillim 46 – ה’ צבא-ות עמנו – Even in Political Upheaval and Natural Disasters
Tehillim 47 – Coronating the King of Kings – A Universal Mission
Tehillim 48 – Jerusalem: The Eternal City
Tehillim 30 – למען יזמרך כבוד ולא ידום – Reviving – A Song for Chanuka
Tehillim 50 – Divine Judgment: A Mockery of Hypocrisy
Tehillim 51 – David Confesses
Tehillim 33 – An Anonymous Song – Natural Law vs. Miracles
Tehillim 52 – Who is Doeg HaEdomi? – Tehilllim 52 in light of the Book of Shmuel
Tehillim 55 – Absalom and David – Betrayal
Tehillim 56 – Michtam: A Prayer for the Persecuted
Tehillim 57 – Shaul’s Persecution of David
Tehillim 36 – Evil Flourishes When Language is Perverted
Tehillim 59 – Michtam – David on the Run
Tehillim 60 – A Soldier’s Plea: At the Brink of Disaster
Tehillim 61 – The Fugitive and the Victor
Tehillim 39 – The Silent Cry of the Suffering Mortal
Tehillim 62 -אך דומיה נפשי
Tehillim 66 – Menashe the Evil (King of Judea) as a Repentant
Tehillim 42 – 43 One Song
Tehillim 71 – David’s Life – A Paradigm for a Nation Reborn
Tehillim 72 – The Benevolent King: David’s Charge to Shlomo – לב שומע
Tehillim 74 – Witness to the Churban
Tehillim 77 – The Hidden Hand of G-d
Tehillim 45
Tehillim 79 – נקמת דם עבדיך השפוך
Tehillim 80 – Assaf the Psalmist Prophet: Siege of Jerusalem – Past is Prologue
Tehillim 81 – Rejoicing on the Somber Day of Judgment
Tehillim 49 – Contemplating Death
Tehillim 82 – The Divine Charge to Judges
Tehillim 84 – A Homeless People After the Churban
Tehillim 88 – Facing Deathly Suffering – A Metaphor
Tehillim 89 – Chesed and Emet -The Eternal Covenant
Psalms 53 and 14 – Comparison of Unidentical Twins
Tehillim 83 – אל דמי לך – A Prayer for Times of War
Tehillim 54 – Betrayal By One’s Kinsmen
Tehillim 92 – ‘טוב להודות לה – Structure and Mystical Meaning
Tehillim 94 – Struggling with Evil and Injustice
Tehillim 101 – The Tenets of a Benevolent Ruler
Psalm 58 – Epigram Poem
Tehillim 102 – תפילה לעני – A Nation Reborn from the Ashes
Tehillim 105 – ושבועתו לישחק – The Exodus as a Promise to the Patriarchs
Tehillim 106 – A Historic Retrospective from Galut
Tehillim 107 – They Cried Out in Their Troubles – the Gratitude of the Redeemed
Tehillim 108 – Awakening the Dawn: A Montage Foretelling the Future
Tehillim 63 – My Soul Thirsts for You
Tehillim 61 – Promises Made and Kept – A Prayer for an Aging King.mp3
Tehillim 111-112 – Twin Psalms: Two Sides of a Coin: G-d and the Tzaddik
Tehillim 113 – יהי שם ה’ מבורך- Convocation or Evocation
Tehillim 65 – In Praise of Silence
Tehillim 64 – Living in Fear of Ever-Increasing Slander
Tehillim 115 – Hallel: Praise of the Living
Tehillim 118 – מן המיצר – The Survivor’s Celebration
Tehillim 69 – Drowning in Diaspora
Tehillim 67 – The Menorah – A National and Universal Symbol.mp3
Tehillim 120 & 124 – Song of Ascents
Tehillim 121- I Lift My Eyes
Tehillim 122 & 125 – Memories of Jerusalem
Tehillim 70 – A Cry for Help – לעזרתי חושה
Tehillim 126 – From Galut to Geula
Tehillim 132 – The Divine Promise to the Davidic Dynasty
Tehillim 76 – In the Wake of the Assyrian Siege
Tehillim 137 – On the Rivers of Babylon
Tehillim 143 – Rising Above the Pain and Anger
Tehillim 144 – War and Peace
Tehillim 73 – The Little Job – צדיק ורע לו – The Suffering of the Innocent
Tehillim 75 – Echoes of Shirat Chana (Shmuel I, Chapter 2)
Psalm 112 – במצוותיו חפץ מאד – The Legacy of the Righteous
Tehillim 116 – חנון ה׳ – Out of the Clutches of Death
Tehillim 117 – A bridge to Psalm 118 – Universal or Nationalistic Praise
Tehillim 123 – כשפחה על יד גבירתה – The Handmaiden near her Mistress
Tehillim 87 – Zion and Jerusalem – Geography or Ideals
Tehillim 85 – Shivat Zion – Then and Now
Tehillim 90 – תפילה למשה – The Eternal Human Soul in a Frail Body
Tehillim 86 – Begging for Forgiveness
Tehillim 91 – יושב בסתר עליון – Under G-d’s Wing.mp3
Tehillim 93 – The Image of Crashing Waves Parallels in Tanakh
Tehillim 95 – לכו נרננה- Opening Kabbalat Shabbat
Tehillim 96 – A New Song for the Holy Nation
Tehillim 97 – The Fiery Battle Between Good and Evil
Tehillim 98 – Universal Celebration of Divine Revelation
Tehillim 99- Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh – Hashem’s Kingdom in Zion
Tehillim 100 – A Song of Thanksgiving
Tehillim 110 – My Lord, the King
Tehillim 127 – The Gift of Children
Tehillim 129 – We Have Prevailed
Tehillim 131 – לא גבה לבי – The Humility of the Heroic Simple Jew
Tehillim 138-Chesed v’Emet
Tehillim 141 – Between a Rock and A Hard Place – Navigating the Moral Minefield
Tehillim 103 and the 13 Midot of Chesed
Tehillim 104 – ברכי נפשי
Tehillim 109 – The Curses of the Persecuted
Tehillim 128 – A Life Well-Lived
Tehillim 133 – Brotherhood without Rivalry
Tehillim 134 and 135 – The Linkage between Psalm 134 and 135 – The End of Shir HaMaalot – A Sequel to Hallel
Tehillim 136 – Hashem’s Love is Eternal and Universal
Tehillim 139 – G-d’s Servant – Predetermined or Free to Choose
Tehillim 140 – Condemnation of the Cruel Persecutor
Tehillim 145 – תהילה לדוד – G-d’s Goodness
Tehillim 146 – אל תבטחו בנדיבים
Tehillim 149-150 – A Symphony of Praise at the Final Redemption
Destruction and Exile – Reflected in Tehillim

Series Navigation<< Tehillim 52 – Who is Doeg HaEdomi? – Tehilllim 52 in light of the Book of Shmuel << Tehillim 33 – An Anonymous Song – Natural Law vs. MiraclesTehillim 56 – Michtam: A Prayer for the Persecuted >>

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