Resilience (Patreon)

מזמור לדוד ה׳ רעי לא אחסר: בנאות דשא ירביצני על־מי מנחות ינהלני: נפשי ישובב ינחני במעגלי־צדק למען: גם כי־אלך בגיא צלמות לא־אירא רע כי־אתה עמדי שבטך ומשענתך המה ינחמני:

“A psalm of David [i.e., a psalm for reposing the Shekhinah upon David (He would play and the Shekhinah would come to rest upon him)]. The L-RD is my shepherd [(in this desert in which I walk; therefore,)] I shall not want. In green pastures He makes me sit & rest; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my [beleaguered] soul. He leads me in straight paths [(protecting me from my foes)], for His Name’ sake. Even though I walk in the vale of darkness [(the desert of Ziph [viz. I Samuel 23:15])], I will fear no evil, because You are with me. Your encampment [of afflictions] and Your staff [of succor] — they comfort me [(both tending to forgiveness of sin)].”

— Psalms 23:1-4

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Gold is the colour of endurance, resilience and emerging purified from the flames of the crucible.