My Shelters
(To SUKKOT)
YAHWEH NISSI ~ GOD My BANNER
Seven Days of Dwelling in Tents
The Eighth Brings Special Return
Wind and Weather love YOUR Way
Impetuously they blow and brace
Gracefully YOU Stay
Poised ~ Grounded ~ Immovable
Stretch YOUR Wings around me
Wrap me in YOUR Banner of Love
Motion ~ Sway ~ Entangle me
Hover where I am and Stand
And All Will Be Just As It Should
Cover me!
EL KEREN YISHI ~ GOD My HORN OF SALVATION
Seven Days of Dwelling in Tents
The Eighth Brings Special Return
I call out to YOU by way of Shofar
YOU Hear and Answer ~ no hesitation
Attending to me; Immediately
Sounding ~ Apprising ~ Heralding
Summon Angel Armies
Tumble the tallest and thickest of walls
Frighten the defeated enemy
Announce Our Victory
And All Will Be Just As It Should
Cover me!
EL ZIMRATH ~ GOD My SONG
Seven Days of Dwelling in Tents
The Eighth Brings Special Return
It’s Most Magnificent to sing from YOU
Breathtaking to feel YOUR Exchange
Euphoric ~ Exultant ~ Secure
Harmonious to the Touch and Core
Enrapture me in YOUR Metronome
Carry me at YOUR Pace
Channel Seraphic Sounds and Chords
Perpetually take YOUR Place…in me
And All Will Be Just As It Should
Cover me!
EL MAOZ ~ GOD My FORTRESS
Seven Days of Dwelling in Tents
The Eighth Brings Special Return
YOU are my Stronghold
My Deliverer and Hiding Place
Where Weapons are stored ~ Ancient and New
Sacred ~ Resilient ~ Indestructible
Cover me with YOUR MIGHTY HANDS
Fortify me in YOUR FINGERS of Ten
Clench me with YOUR Iron Fists
Strengthen me in The Power of YOUR Might
And All Will Be Just As It Should
Cover me!
EL TSURI ~ GOD My ROCK
Seven Days of Dwelling in Tents
The Eighth Brings Special Return
When I am running scared ~ enemies all around
Stuck on mountaintops and valleys low
I hasten to YOUR Side
Finding Solace in YOUR Clefts
Quench me with YOUR Water of Life
Douse me with the same
Write YOUR Words in my heart afresh
Instruct ~ Advise ~ Renew
And All will be Just as it should
Cover me!
EL TEHOM ~ My GOD OF THE DEEP
Seven Days of Dwelling in Tents
The Eighth Brings Special Return
Beneath YOUR Deepest Waters
There YOUR Finest Treasures are found
Of Life and Death ~ Covenant and Curse
The Ultimate Transforming Power of YOUR Word
Transport me to YOUR Deepest Depths
Engulf me in All YOUR Ways
Unfold The Mysteries I long to know
Time ~ Reality ~ Truth
And All Will Be Just As It Should
Cover me!
EL MISQAB ~ GOD My TOWER
Seven Days of Dwelling in Tents
The Eighth Brings Special Return
When I am lost and wandering
In depths of disappointment and darkest despair
YOUR Staircase of Righteousness finds me there
Then I take Flight to Hidden Heights
Enchant me with YOUR Splendor
Beckon me to YOUR Spire of Light
Safely guide me to YOUR Crystal Shores
Rescue ~ Distinguish ~ Preserve
And All Will Be Just As It Should
Cover me!
EL CHAQAQ ~ GOD My JUDGE & LAW
Seven Days of Dwelling in Tents
The Eighth Brings Special Return
The Only ONE, and System and Source
The String Holding everything in place
The Glue that Binds ~ The Pin that Fastens
The Maker and Breaker of Time ~ Tenet & Tent of Life
Stitch the fabric flesh of my repentant heart
Examine YOUR Word in me
Stir up YOUR Precepts within my soul
Reckon ~ Evaluate ~ Pardon
And All Will Be Just As It Should
Cover me!
