[Avodah] Mood of Tehillim

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 10:47:34AM -0400, Saul Guberman wrote:
: To me, this is all situational dependent.  The tehillim of Hallel, Kabbalat
: Shabbat & before bentching are all upbeat tunes. The Mizmor L'David sung at
: Sueda Shilshit is not sung upbeat.

I see I failed to be clear.

When we say Tehillim in an eis tzarah, we assume the point is to plea
with the A-lmighty for help. It would seem that a number of the regular
choices, though, are really more aimed at getting strength from knowing
He is there for us. "Hashem Tzevakos imanu, misgav lanu..." And yet we
still say them in a sad, rather than reassuring, tone.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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