[Avodah] Kabbalat Shabbat poetry

[Zev Sero]

I don't know about RPS's observation, but this gives me an opportunity
to point out something I noticed years ago about the transitions
between Psalms 96-97 and 98-99.  The first time Hashem judges with
"emunah", i.e. chesed.  Therefore He comes twice, with enthusiasm, and
the result is "tagel ha'aretz". The second time He comes with "mesharim";
this time He comes only once, with less fuss, as in "smol doche" with
the "yad rafeh"; and the result is "yirgezu amim".

Now I'm not proposing this as actual pshat; I think of it more as a
mnemonic for not getting lost between these two transitions when
davening without a siddur; but it is interesting.

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Zev Sero               Something has gone seriously awry with this Court's
zev at sero.name          interpretation of the Constitution.
                       	                          - Clarence Thomas