Fear?

Fear is like a rocking chair

Both go back and forth

Yet get you no where[1]

“Fear makes you weak[2]”

And you often look like a geek

“Throw you worries onto G-d[3]”

And He will throw you a strong rod

Iyov said[4] “What you fear will come upon you”

So ask G-d to help you not have fear

And to Him you will become more near

Fear not a bear

You can drink a beer

Or throw a spear

Oh and don’t forget G-d we must fear[5]

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[1] I heard this from a close friend, the Rebbe once said a similar statement (not in the context of fear), (Lekutei Sichos Vol. 2 p. 368): “There is a saying that a clock goes back and forth yet gets nowhere”.

[2] Talmud Gitin 67b based on a verse in Tehilim 38:11

[3] Tehilim 55:23

[4] 3:25

[5] As the posuk says (Mishlei 28:14): “praise is the man who is always afraid”.