Gimel
The 8 Opening Words
Each verse in this stanza opens with the letter Gimel. These are the 8 words — one per verse — that form the hidden sentence.
The Hidden Sentence
When you read only the opening word of each verse, a sentence emerges from the letter Gimel:
"Deal bountifully — reveal to the stranger who is crushed — You rebuked — roll away reproach — even still, even still."
The Teaching
The house within (Bet) is now carried through the wilderness. Because His Strength dwells in you, you are a stranger in this world — crushed with longing, yet Yahuah deals bountifully and rolls away reproach. The camel presses on: even still, even still.
- Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
- Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
- I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
- My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
- Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
- Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
- Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
- Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
This Letter in the Complete Message
Here is where this letter's voice falls in the full 22-sentence narrative:
Deal bountifully with Your servant and reveal truth to the stranger who is crushed — You rebuked the proud and rolled away reproach — even still, even still pressing forward.
The narrative continues through 19 more letters — up to Tav, the final seal.