Chassidut on Tehillim – How to Pray Properly
Tehillim 39:8
וְעַתָּ֣ה מַה־קִּוִּ֣יתִי אֲדֹנָ֑׳ תּ֝וֹחַלְתִּ֗י לְךָ֣ הִֽיא
– “Ve-atah mah kiveiti Adonai, tochalti lekha hi” – (and now, what have I hoped for, O L-rd? My hope is in You).
Rabbi Zusha explains this pasuk as follows: “When a person asks the Almighty for sustenance, an accuser may arise in the Heavenly Tribunal and argue that this person is not worthy of special care. But when a person prays for ‘trust in G-d and reliance on Him alone,’ no one will dare object. And together with trust in the Creator’s mercy, everything else will come as well.”
(Based on the book by Rabbi Yaakov Doktor “Brothers”)
