Welcome to Daily Bitachon. We should throw a little party, because we just finished the Pesukei Bitachon of the Maharal, after also going through the list of the Rabbi Yosef of Salant. We are now going to start a different list of Pesukim , Perek Shira , which, as we'll see shortly, is connected to our Pesukei Bitachon . Perek Shira is a compilation of Pesukim that are said by the animals and different creations of God, the songs they sing. There's an introduction to Perek Shira that says, in the name of the holy Rabbenu Hakadosh, that ‘ Whoever involves himself in Perek Shira in this world (and in some of the texts it says every day ) merits to learn, to teach, to keep the Mitzvot. It protects from the Yetzer Hara and from any bad occurrences, from punishment in the World to Come, and from the difficulties of the times of Mashiach (which we are currently in), he will live a long life, merit the days of Mashiach and Olam Haba. That's a mouthful of praise, but the sefer Eliya Rabbah , makes bit of a diyuk : it doesn't say whoever reads it, it says whoever involves himself in it. That means you have to delve into it to get the benefits of Perek Shira. The Eliya Rabbah says one benefit is learning the Mussar and the message of of these songs. The Eliya Rabbah also tells us ( Or HaChaim siman א ) that one does not have to finish Perek Shira every day. It doesn't say that. It says whoever involves themself in it. So, a snippet a day keeps all the bad things away. What exactly is Perek Shira ? The Arizal tells us, based on our rabbis, that every blade of grass (which really means every creature), has an angel that tells it to grow. That angel is in charge of the development and life of that creature. But he says the angel does not have the power to bestow life on this creature until it sings a song in front of God, and singing its song is what brings blessing down on this creation. Of course, grass doesn't sing, but rather, these are the songs of the representative angels of these creatures. Rav Chaim Volozhin says in Nefesh HaChaim (first gate, chapter 11), that when a man says Perek Shira down here, he is actually causing the whole world to be sustained, as he empowers the angels to sing these songs to God. The reason for this is that man includes all the forces in creation; man has inside of him a cow, a bear and a lion- every creation is inside of man. The Zohar says that when God said, Na’aseh Adam/ Let us make man Rashi says it means He was talking to the angels. But the Zohar says, Let us make man means God was talking to all of creation saying, Let's put a little bit of everybody into man. Therefore, man has all the creatures inside of him, and when he sings these songs, he gives the power to the ministering angels of all creations, so they can sing their songs and bring benevolence down into the world. The sefer Yad Mitzrayim, written by a student of the Gaon of Vilna, tells us that because man has all of creation inside of him, man was capable of naming every animal and every creature- because he was connected to it. He infused energy into creation. Furthermore, David Hamelech, who is a continuation of Adam HaRishon and came to fix what Adam HaRishon ruined, was the one that sang all the songs. So, because he brought life into creation, he was able to bring life into himself. David Hamelech was not supposed to live but his bringing life into the world caused him to have life as well. Thus, when David Hamelech says, Lo Amut/I will not die, Ki Ehyeh /I will live, it means, Even though I really do not have life naturally, I will live, because , as the pasuk continues, Asaper Ma’aseh Ya/ I will tell over the deeds of God, and that will give me life. Many commentaries say that after David wrote Tehilim , he wrote Perek Shira. And now that we’ve finished these many pesukim , primarily from Tehilim, which are mainly pesukei bitachon, of reliance on Hashem, we will go through Pirkei Shira, because that's what follows bitachon. As we once said, from Rav Chaim of Brisk, V’Ani B’Hasdecha Batachti/I rely on Your kindness. Yagel Libi B’Yeshuatecha/My heart will be rejoiced in Your salvation . Ashir LaHashem Ki Gamal Ali/ I will sing songs to Hashem because He's bestowed upon me. -So first there’s bitachon, relying on Hashem, -and being happy with the salvation before it actually happens because you’re a Baal bitachon. -And the ultimate is Ashira La Hashem/I will sing to Hashem. This is our introduction to Perek Shira. B’Ezrat Hashem , we will go through close to100 pesukim over the next few months, with Hashem's help.