We continue our series on explaining the Pesukim (verses) of Tehillim. Today we will discuss two Pesukim in Perek Kaf He (chapter 25), Pasuk Aleph (verse one) and Pasuk Bet (verse two). David HaMelech says: LeDavid, Elecha Adonai nafshi essa. Elohai, Becha batachti al evosha. Al yaaltzu oyvai li. LeDavid means a song by David. Elecha Adonai nafshi essa: To you Hashem, I will lift up my soul. Elohai means my God. Becha batachti al evosha: In you I have trusted, do not allow me to be ashamed. Al yaaltzu oyvai li means do not allow my enemies to rejoice over me.
David HaMelech, in these two Pesukim of Tehillim, is explaining to us how a person could lift up his soul. There are times when a person feels that his soul is down. His soul has worries. His soul has sadness. His soul is broken, and it is at a low point, at a very, very deep and low state in life. David HaMelech says, “Elecha Adonai nafshi essa”—to you Hashem, I lift up my soul. David HaMelech is teaching us: How does a person lift up his soul? How does he remove the worries from his soul? How does he remove? How does he remove sadness from his soul? David says, “My God, in you I have trusted. Let me not be ashamed.” When a person puts his trust in Hashem, his soul becomes uplifted. He no longer has the worries that overtake him. He no longer has the sadness. He no longer has the sadness and the depression that take him down. The way a person lifts his soul is Nafshi essa—I want to lift my soul. How does a person do that? By Elohai, Becha batachti: I trust in you, Hashem.
The great rabbi from Apta, who is known as the Ohev Yisrael, says a beautiful insight on this Pasuk (verse). The rabbi says, “These four words, Becha batachti al evosha. In you I trust. Please do not allow me to be ashamed.” He says these four words begin with the letters Bet Bet Alef Alef: Becha batachti al evosha. The rabbi says there is another place in the Torah where we find four words that begin with these four letters, Bet Bet Alef Alef. Where is that? He says the first four words of the entire Torah: Bereshit Bara Elohim Et (In the beginning God created). Those four words begin with Bet Bet Alef Alef. Bet Bet Alef Alef. Bereshit Bara Elohim Et. What is the connection? What is David HaMelech trying to allude to here? The rabbi says David HaMelech is trying to tell us that there are times in life when we get worried and have concerns. What is going to be? What is going to happen? What is going to be in my business? How are we going to be able to handle the situation that is taking place now? What is going to happen to my livelihood? The person gets nervous and scared, and he doesn’t know what is going to be. So David HaMelech says, “You have to trust in Hashem. Becha batachti al evosha.” You trust in Borei Olam (creator of the world). David HaMelech says that in order to trust in Borei Olam, we must be reminded of Bereshit Bara Elohim Et HaShamayim Ve Et HaAretz (In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth). It is Borei Olam who created this entire world. Our God is Almighty. Borei Olam has the power to do anything that He wants. Borei Olam is not limited. Borei Olam is the Almighty, all-powerful. Borei Olam is the creator of the world. Borei Olam is the creator of man. Borei Olam is the creator of all creations: the sun and the moon, the earth and the heavens, the ocean and all its creations. If Borei Olam created this entire, perfect world, don’t you think Borei Olam has a way of figuring out what is going to be with your problem? What’s going to be with your business? What’s going to be with your Shidduch (match)? What’s going to be with your cure? David says we have to remember Bet Bet Alef Alef, Bereshit Bara Elohim Et HaShamayim Ve Et HaAretz. Borei Olam created this entire world with all its great wisdom, and therefore Borei Olam can easily get anyone out of any problem that he is going through. As the saying goes, “Don’t tell God how big your problems are. Tell your problems how big God is.” Borei Olam can easily get anyone out of any problem that he is going through. As long as that person puts his trust in Hashem, Borei Olam is right there to get him out of that problem. And that, says David HaMelech, is the most successful way for a person to uplift his soul: by Elecha Adonai, by me putting my trust in you, Hashem. Nafshi essa, that will lift my soul. Have a wonderful day.