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1 Do Now: Mizmor 145 What is the main idea of the Mizmor?
What is the structure of the Mizmor? What key words are used in the Mizmor? What other poetic devices do you see? Do you see any flow of ideas or progression from beginning to end? What else do you notice that is worth mentioning?

2 Missing Nun אמר רבי יוחנן: מפני מה לא נאמר נו"ן באשרי? - מפני שיש בה מפלתן של שונאי ישראל, דכתיב: (עמוס ה') נפלה לא תוסיף קום בתולת ישראל. במערבא מתרצי לה הכי: נפלה ולא תוסיף לנפול עוד, קום בתולת ישראל. אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק: אפילו הכי חזר דוד וסמכן ברוח הקדש, שנאמר (תהלים קמ"ה) סומך ה' לכל הנפלים.

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4 Refrain Greatness Goodness Refrain Greatness Goodness Refrain

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6 Progression of Ps 145 Where static parallelism prevails, one may discover that developmental movement is projected from the line to the larger structure of the poem, as in Psalm 145, where the poet moves through a series or relatively synonymous lines in a progression from the general praise of God to an affirmation of His compassion, His Kingship, His daily providing for those who truly call unto Him. (Alter, p )

7 Do Now: Split up into pairs. Compare the Massoretic version of Mizmor 145, the one in the Tanakh, with the version from the Dead Sea Scroll. Make note of the differences and try to explain how they came about.


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