[Avodah] Mood of Tehillim

[Micha Berger]

To return from the drift to my original question... What is the indended
mood of saying tehillim be'eis tzarah. We read them all as baqashos. But
is that the intent?

Not speaking of the siddur, which is how this topic drifted before we
got too far on what I was trying to discuss.

Not all the standard peraqim people choose for such "eis tzarah gatherings
fit that kind of pleaing tune we usually give them.

Perhaps a sizable role for saying Tehillim be'eis tzarah is for chizuq.
Not "They have guns and tanks ch"v, Hashem we're counting on you!" But
really, as the words say, "They have guns and tanks, but I musn't worry
because I know I can count on you!"

The Chazon Ish's shitah on bitachon (as opposed to Novhardok) would tell
you that means learning not to worry about the possibility of not getting
what you want because you trust Hashem's choice stems from His plan.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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