David, Beloved

[bnewman]

 An invocation of the Biblical King David, as an archetype.  The name "David" means "beloved".  King David stands, in the Jewish imagination, for the type of energy and leadership we need to make the world a better place, yet he was by no means perfect.

lyrics by Benjamin Newman

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David, beloved, true and devoted

Leader and fighter, singer-songwriter

Fight for what's right in me, dance for delight in me

Sing the Lord's song in me, show the Lord strong in me

 

David, anointed, yet oft disappointed

Sometimes falling and failing, in the end still prevailing

If you stumble and sin in me, turn around, make amends in me

Get up, try again in me, 'til at last you win in me

 

Though the passage of time conceals your seed's line

Every one of us carries a spark that's divine

When we know who we are — when I know who I am —

David, melech Yisrael, chai vekayam!