Tzur Hashlishi (Third Rock)
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bn_songbookReb. Zalman Schachter-Shalomi suggested the image of the Earth as seen from space as a face of the divine, which for me flowed naturally into this line from Psalm 92: "my rock, in which there is no flaw".
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
after and ttto: "Tzadik Katamar", Psalm 92:13-16, tune trad.
listen to this song
/ G DG D Em / CG DEm Am D / G C D Bm /1. C Am G D :/2. C Am GD G /
lyrics by Benjamin Newman
after and ttto: "Tzadik Katamar", Psalm 92:13-16, tune trad.
listen to this song
אמיץ כעוף יעלה בכח כעמוד אש מאחוריו
כבר לבבו בתוך הכוכבים ובשמים חלומותיו
עוד יראון מן היריח תכשיט כחול וירוק לפניהם
הצור השלישי מן השמש הוא צורי ולא עולתה בו
/ G DG D Em / CG DEm Am D / G C D Bm /1. C Am G D :/2. C Am GD G /
Amitz ka'of ya'aleh, bako'ach ka'amud esh me'achorav.
K'var levavo betoch hakochavim, uvashamayim chalomotav.
Od yir'un min ha'y'riach tachshit kachol v'yarok lif'neihem.
Hatzur hashlishi min hashemesh hu — tzuri, velo avlata bo.
(The bold shall rise up like a bird, with power like a pillar of fire behind him.
Already his heart is among the stars, and his dreams in heaven.
From the moon they shall yet see a blue and green jewel before them.
It is the third rock from the sun — my rock, in which there is no flaw.)
