Four Poems on Obedience: A Jewish Perspective

<div> <p> </p> <div> <div><div><i><em>Part of a series of poems on the three major monotheistic faiths. The other poetic sequences in the series are on Christianity and Islam.</em></i></div></div><figure><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2xlbcwR3FN8VjgGrj1NcEK?si=TZ_e4VfpRcWFRkGUQm74BQ&amp;ref=sacredweb.com"><img src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b5/26b5a426-214e-4897-b490-fa1deaa9b7ae/content/images/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-02-at-12.54.43---PM.png" alt="" width="1474"></a></figure><p>1</p><p>When God prescribes a bound</p><p>The tempter lurks within -</p><p>The self whom we confound</p><p>Deceives by passion’s sin.</p><p>Adam and Eve learned this.</p><p>Freedom is illusory </p><p>And no tongue can taste bliss</p><p>From life’s forbidden tree.</p><p><br>2</p><p>Inside the Ark is found</p><p>The covenanted Heart,</p><p>The Promised Land’s true ground</p><p>Transcending ink or chart.</p><p>When this pure truth‘s forgot,</p><p>Innocent blood is spilled,</p><p>The Commandments we blot</p><p>And Babel’s Tower build.</p></div><p></p><p>3</p><p>Moses pleaded with Pharaoh but knew</p><p>The seas are parted from within.</p><p>The tormentor in the end shall rue,</p><p>Reaping the consequence of sin.</p><p>So Joshua circled Jericho</p><p>And Jonah went to Nineveh.</p><p>The Ocean summons, and we flow,</p><p>Feeling its tug in our river.<br></p><p>4</p><p>If God’s obedient servants are,</p><p>Like Job, powerless playthings caught</p><p>In an invisible war, are</p><p>Deeds and prayers then all for naught?</p><p>Heaven exacts a price on earth</p><p>To hold faith in a greater good</p><p>Than we measure by outer worth,</p><p>More than we know - or ever could.</p> <div> <div> <a href="https://www.sacredweb.com/poetry/four-poems-on-love-a-christian-perspective/"> </a><div><a href="https://www.sacredweb.com/poetry/four-poems-on-love-a-christian-perspective/"> <img src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b5/26b5a426-214e-4897-b490-fa1deaa9b7ae/content/images/size/w400/2026/02/IMG_0991.jpeg" alt=""> </a></div><a href="https://www.sacredweb.com/poetry/four-poems-on-love-a-christian-perspective/"> </a> <a href="https://www.sacredweb.com/poetry/belled-cattle/"> </a><div><a href="https://www.sacredweb.com/poetry/belled-cattle/"> <img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1762381650880-9f09ce6b33a0?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDEyfHxDb3clMjB3aXRoJTIwY29iZWxsfGVufDB8fHx8MTc4MTEwNzI0OXww&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=400" alt=""> </a></div><a href="https://www.sacredweb.com/poetry/belled-cattle/"> </a> <a href="https://www.sacredweb.com/volume-54/heartsong-a-poem/"> </a><div><a href="https://www.sacredweb.com/volume-54/heartsong-a-poem/"> <img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1590190537798-4db559287bba?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDR8fEJ1cm5pbmclMjBjYW5kbGV8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzY5NzEyNTg5fDA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=400" alt=""> </a></div><a href="https://www.sacredweb.com/volume-54/heartsong-a-poem/"> </a> <a href="https://www.sacredweb.com/volume-54/the-souls-clothing-a-poem/"> </a><div><a href="https://www.sacredweb.com/volume-54/the-souls-clothing-a-poem/"> <img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1459624470348-67edb45d81b1?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDY2fHwlMjBsaWdodHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3Njk3MTYyNDd8MA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=400" alt=""> </a></div><a href="https://www.sacredweb.com/volume-54/the-souls-clothing-a-poem/"> </a> <a href="https://www.sacredweb.com/volume-54/words-a-poem/"> </a><div><a href="https://www.sacredweb.com/volume-54/words-a-poem/"> <img src="https://storage.ghost.io/c/26/b5/26b5a426-214e-4897-b490-fa1deaa9b7ae/content/images/size/w400/2026/01/IMG_0965-1-1.jpeg" alt=""> </a></div><a href="https://www.sacredweb.com/volume-54/words-a-poem/"> </a> </div></div> </div> <p><a href="https://www.sacredweb.com/poetry/four-poems-on-obedience-a-jewish-perspective/" target="_blank">- Enlace a artículo -</a></p> <p>Más info en https://ift.tt/uZQJMmY / Tfno. & WA 607725547 Centro MENADEL (Frasco Martín) Psicología Clínica y Tradicional en Mijas. #Menadel #Psicología #Clínica #Tradicional #MijasPueblo</p> <p>*No suscribimos necesariamente las opiniones o artículos aquí compartidos. No todo es lo que parece.</p>