시편 17:8의 무사르

When the priests say, "May He bless you," each and every one in the congregation quietly says: Look down from Your holy abode, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the soil You have given us, a land flowing with milk and honey, as You swore to our fathers (Deuteronomy 26:15). And when they say, "the Lord," the congregation says: The Lord, the Lord, mighty, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in love and truth (Exodus 32:6). And when they say, "and may He guard you," the congregation says: Guard me like the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings (Psalms 17:8). And when they say, "May [the Lord] shine" the congregation says: O Lord, my God, I cried out to You, and You healed me (Psalms 30:3). And when they say, "to you," the congregation says: To You, O Lord, do I lift my soul (Psalms 25:1). And when they say, "and give you grace" the congregation says: Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, for my soul trusts in You; and in the shadow of Your wings will I take refuge (Psalms 57:2). And when they say, "May He lift," the congregation says: He shall lift [bear] a blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation (Psalms 24:5). And when they say, "the Lord," the congregation says: The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup, You maintain my lot (Psalms 16:5). And when they say, "His face," the congregation says: Yet turn Your face to the prayer of Your servant and Your people, Israel (see I Kings 8:28). And when they say, "to you," the congregation says: To You did I lift my eyes (Psalms 123:1). And when they say, "and give," the congregation says: give [put] my tears into Your flask, into Your record (Psalms 56:9). And when they say, "to you," the congregation says: To You, Lord is greatness, might, splendor, triumph, and majesty; yes, all that is in heaven and on earth (I Chronicles 29:11). And when they say, "peace," the congregation says: Great peace to the lovers of Your Torah and may there be no stumbling block in their way (Psalms 119:165).

Summing up, we find that the paragraph dealing with circumcision contains three great gifts 1) The kingdom of David will endure forever. 2) The gift of the land of Israel to the Jewish people will be a permanent possession of the people. 3) The Presence of G–d will rest visibly over the people and the land of Israel. Concerning the first promise Abraham is told ומלכים ממך יצאו והקמותי את בריתי, "kings will come forth from you; and I will maintain My covenant" (17,5). Correspondingly, we find in connection with the dynasty of David: כרתי ברית לבחירי, נשבעתי לדוד עבדי, עד עולם אכין, זרעך ובניתי לדור ודור כסאך סלה, "I have made a covenant with My chosen one; I have sworn to My servant David. I will establish your offspring forever, I will confirm your throne for all generations selah” (Psalms 89 4/5). Concerning giving the land of Israel to Abraham's descendants, G–d said: ונתתי לך ולזרעך אחריך את ארץ מגורך … לאחוזת עולם, "I will give to you and to your descendants after you the whole land of Canaan the land you sojourn in, as an eternal possession" (17,8). This means that even while we are in exile, the land will never be an inheritance of our enemies, but they will only be there on a temporary basis since it will be desolate while they occupy it. Once we shall return to it as an eternal possession the Presence of the שכינה will become manifest, and there will be fulfilled the last line of G–d's promise to Abraham "I shall be their G–d."