Expanses, expanses,
Expanses divine my soul craves.
Confine me not in cages,
Of substance or of spirit.
My soul soars the expanses of the heavens.
Walls of heart and walls of deed
Will not contain it.
Morality, logic, custom -
My soul soars above these,
Above all that bears a name,
Above all that is exalted and ethereal.
I am love-sick -
I thirst, I thirst for God,
As a deer for water brooks.
Expanses divine my soul craves.
Confine me not in cages,
Of substance or of spirit.
My soul soars the expanses of the heavens.
Walls of heart and walls of deed
Will not contain it.
Morality, logic, custom -
My soul soars above these,
Above all that bears a name,
Above all that is exalted and ethereal.
I am love-sick -
I thirst, I thirst for God,
As a deer for water brooks.
- Psalms 1,2: Two Aspects of Spiritual Growth
- Psalm 2: Rejoice with Trembling
- Psalm 3: David's Song
- Psalm 3: Enemies from Within
- Psalm 4: Restraining Evil Impulses
- Psalm 5: Awakening Love and Awe
- Psalm 6: Crying Without Tears
- Psalm 9: Nations Who Forget God
- Psalm 10: You Prepare Their Heart
- Psalm 12: Circles and Straight Lines
- Psalm 13: Trust, Happiness, and Song
- Psalm 19: The Power of Holy Speech
- Psalm 19: Words Acceptable to God
- Psalm 20: Grasping the Middle of the Beam
- Psalm 24: Climbing and Standing
- Psalm 24: Opening the Temple Gates
- Psalm 26: Connected to the Klal
- Psalm 26: Two Levels of Love
- Psalm 27: Unanswered Prayers
- Psalm 29: Shabbat and Water
- Psalm 30: Mizmor Shir: Melody and Song
- Psalm 31: "My Times Are in Your Hand"
- Psalm 31: Like a Lost Vessel
- Psalm 32: The Joy of Tzaddikim
- Psalm 32: Praying for Results
- Psalm 33: Our Inner Source of Trust
- Psalm 34: Who Wants a Good Life?
- Psalm 34: Freeing Ourselves from Bad Habits
- Psalm 34: Amen – Response of the Inner Soul
- Psalm 35: From My Very Bones
- Psalm 36: "Man and Beast, You Deliver"
- Psalm 37: "My Feet Will Not Stumble"
- Psalm 39: When Will I Die?
- Psalm 41: Supporting the Sick
- Psalm 43: Fight Against A Merciless Nation
- Psalm 49: Parables and Riddles
- Psalm 50: Torah from Zion
- Psalm 63: Two Songs, Two Worlds
- Psalm 68: Song from the Womb
- Psalm 68: The Golden Dove
- Psalm 68: Each Day's Blessings
- Psalm 69: A Favorable Time for Prayer
- Psalm 72: Prayer at Sunrise
- Psalm 73: The Complacency of the Wicked
- Psalm 81: Aiming for Greatness
- Psalm 81: The Strange God within Us
- Psalm 82: The Holiness of the Synagogue
- Psalm 84: Preparing for Prayer
- Psalm 84: Better than a Thousand
- Psalm 86: A Sign of Forgiveness
- Psalm 87: The Beloved Gates of Halacha
- Psalm 87: Children of Zion
- Psalm 89: Knowing the Teru'ah-Blast
- Psalm 90: Teach us to Count Our Days
- Psalm 91: "Dwelling On High"
- Psalm 92: Faith in the Nights
- Psalm 94: Fortunate Misfortune
- Psalm 95: Bowing Before Our Maker
- Psalm 97: Light Sown for the Tzaddik
- Psalm 99: The Leadership of Moses and Aaron
- Psalm 100: Serving God in Joy
- Psalm 100: Manifest Kindness
- Psalm 103: Reaching Inwards to God
- Psalm 104: The Inner Meaning of Hallelujah
- Psalm 104: The Hidden Light of Creation
- Psalm 104: God's Messengers
- Psalm 104: Let Sin Be Uprooted
- Psalm 105: Deepening Our Wonder
- Psalm 105: Our Ties to the Land of Israel
- Psalm 111: The Divine in the Details
- Psalm 112: No Fear!
- Psalm 115: The Earth He Entrusted to Humanity
- Psalm 115: Why Do We Love Life in This World?
- Psalm 119: King David's Nightly Schedule
- Psalm 119: A Time to Act for God
- Psalm 122: The Peace of Torah Scholars
- Psalm 125: Judging Scholars Favorably
- Psalm 126: We Were Like Dreamers
- Psalm 128: Striving for Excellence
- Psalm 128: Seeing the Goodness of Jerusalem
- Psalm 130: Prayer Out Of The Depths
- Psalm 132: Searching for the Temple Site
- Psalm 135: Deliverance from Powerful Enemies
- Psalm 135: Eternal Inheritance
- Psalm 140: The Tzaddik and the Yashar
- Psalm 144: Our Leaders are Burdened
- Psalm 144: No Breach in Our Street
- Psalm 145: The Two Features of Ashrei
- Psalm 145: To Pray "in Truth"
- Psalm 146: God Raises the Bowed
- Psalm 149: The Double-Edged Sword of Shema
