Psalms 90:7: “For we are consumed by thine anger, by thy wrath we are consumed.”
It is eleven o’clock in the evening and I need some sleep I have a bad chod with a shtop up nose and I cannot sleep thanks to my S-O C-A-L- L-E-D FRIENDS…. Yod, Chet Mem (Yachem – rage). “What!?, now don’t you dare approach my Looking Glass, I have a cold and feel miserable and no I do not want to go behind my Look Glass to Hebrew Esoteric Land and even if I did I would not travel with you guys Yod, Chet Mem –Yachem – rage.
Yod Chet and Mem look at me with said eyes. Chet begins to cry, Yod warps himself around Chet and glares at me as Mem (hidden knowledge) steps forward and points his finger at me and starts to scold me: “See what you have done now, shame on you, shame on your cold and shame on you mama. “You leave my mama out of this.” I declare. “You’re Yachem (rage) for crying out loud, I don’t need you guys around when I am trying to sleep off a miserable cold.” “Ohhhhhhh!” wailed Chet, “We are so, so misunderstood.”
All of a sudden I hear someone sneezing “Anaph! Anaph!?” “Oh no!!!” I cry, “What are you guys doing here?” As I look over I see Aleph, Nun and Pei (Aneph – nose, snort, breath through the nose, wrath) gather around my box of Kleenex. “Leave my Kleenex alone, I barely have enough for myself,” I scold. Aleph sniffs and frowns at me.
I look over at my Hebrew Bible which is opened to Psalms 90:7 recalling how I fell asleep searching for Hebrew words to prepare for an upcoming class in Hebrew Word study at my church in a couple weeks. “And I don’t need to use the words Yachem – rage and Aneph – nose or wrath either.” I say to my unwanted friends.
This evening I was pondering Psalms 90:7 and praying that God would direct me to a word or words in this verse. But all I could get was an inner prompting to choose the words Aneph (wrath) and Yachem (anger or rage). I did not see the value in these words so I decided to put them aside and not bring them up in class. However when I briefly fell asleep I had a dream where the words anger and rage kept popping up. I woke up and turned to look at my clock and there they were Yod, Chet, and Mem (Yachem – anger, rage) standing beside my clock grinning at me, waving and saying: “Choose us, choose us, oh choose us.” “Go on” I say, “Get out of here, I need my rest.” I tried to resume my study but again fell back to sleep and now I had a dream where Yachem (anger or rage – Yod, Cheth, Mem) was dressed rather seductively, speaking in a throating voice “Hello, big boy, why don’t you come and spend a little time with me.”
This was it, no more study tonight. I decided to just go to bed and get some sleep. Now at 11:00 PM I suddenly wake up in a cold sweat and there is Yachem – Yod, Chet Mem dancing on my chest chanting: “Choose us, choose us, oh choose us.”
“Alright!” I told them, “If you can show me something beyond my Looking Glass that tells me I should use you guys in my class them go ahead and lead the way. I follow Yakem (Yod, Chet, Mem) through the Looking Glass and there I found myself in a court room. The Shadow of Resh (being judgmental), which I recognize as the Bailiff was speaking: “Hear ye, Hear ye, the court is in session presided by the Honorable Ayin (spiritual insight).” We all stood as Judge Ayin took his seat and ask the Bailiff to read the charges.
“The accused, alias Chaim Bentorah” read Resh, “Is charged with knowingly ignoring the Creators soft prompting to use the defendants Yod, Chet Men (Yakem) in his class on Hebrew Word Study.” Judge Ayin looks me and asks: “How do you plead?” Before I can answer Kalah (Kap, Lamed, Hei – consume, finish, complete) says: “Not guilty your honor.”
“Kalah? My defense attorney is Kalah (consume, finish, complete)?” I shout, “What are my options, hanging or lethal injection?” Then I take a closer look a Kalah and ask: “Hey, didn’t I see you in Psalms 90:7, yeah, you’re that in verb in cahoots with Yakem (anger, rage). Conflict of interest” I declare, “Out of order!” says Judge Ayin eyeing me with those crab like eyes of his. “Quiet” whispers Kalah, “They are about to call the first witness.” I watch as Aneph (wrath, snort, nose, breath through the nose) takes the stand.
The plaintiff’s attorney, Bahal (consume, to be agitated or terrified), approaches the witness Aneph. “Bahal is the plaintiff’s attorney? Why he is the verb associated with Aneph (wrath) in Psalms 90:7.” I whisper to Kalah. I then look at the jury: “Kalah, I say in panic, “The jury is made up of the letters from Psalm 90:7, this whole trial is rigged. Do I have a choice between hanging and lethal injection at least?” “Would you just hush,” scolds Kalah, “We don’t use hanging or lethal injection in Esoteric Land.” “Well, that is a relief,” I sigh. Kalah continues: We use the guillotine to chop off your teaching ministry.” “Oh,” I say with a sneer, “Then there is nothing to cut off, I am safe.” Kalah only looks at me with a frown.
Bahal (agitated or terrified) speaks to Aneph (wrath, sorrow): “Aneph, would you give your story?” Aneph goes into long detail how I used to associate him with God’s wrath and how I eventually came realize that Aneph’s true meaning was a snorting or breathing hard and that although that could mean anger, it could also means a show of emotion which may also be frustration or sorrow and that in association with God it would mean that He is expressing his sorrow over our behavior and that in Psalms 90:7 we are being agitated or terrified (Bahal) by God’s Aneph (sorrow).
Aneph explains that his co-worker Yakem, in Psalms 90:7, has also been falsely accused of being anger when in truth he merely means be warm or hot. One becomes warm or hot when one is angry, hence the expression hot with anger but the body is only responding to a strong emotion. That emotion of grief, could also raise one’s body temperature. In truth, Yakem really means to express great emotion, it could be any emotion from anger to grief.”
Judge Ayin appears to become yakem (emotional) as his face turns red. He demands that my counsel, Kalah (consume, complete) and the counsel for Yakem (grief), Bahal (agitated, terrified) approach the bench. Judge Ayin speaks directly to my counsel, Kalah: “I feel great emotion over this lost opportunity, I am not angry, but grieved that your client, refuses to use a perfectly good and innocent word like Yakem (grief) in his ministry. It is this court’s ruling that your client uses Yakem(grief) in his next class or face the guillotine to separate him from his teaching ministry.” “I’ll take the guillotine” I shout.
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