LaKatzir
(The Harvest)
– Hebrew Recording (CD)
14 songs
in Hebrew (8 of these are the Hebrew version of songs on Ancient Gates).
Penetrating and invigorating music for native Hebrew speakers. Thundering
bagpipes, blazing guitars, meditative oud and qanun, mournful nay, reflective
piano and mandolin convey the heart of Israel’s Father for His people.
Index of Tracks (click to jump to lyrics)
- Where is Their God?
- Dead End
- As I Live
- Restore Us
- Lord of the Harvest
- Good to Israel
- Lift up, O Gates
- Outstanding Child
- Let the Nations Praise You
- Remove the Veil
- With One Glance of Your Eyes
- Your Light
- Save Us, Lord
- Give Us Peace
- Copyright
- List of Singers
- Recording Information
- Credits
- Thanks
- Endnote
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Why should the nations
say, “Where is their God?”
Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
God, the nations
have come into Your inheritance
They shed blood like water
The blood of Your servants
How long will Your jealousy burn like fire?
Pour out Your wrath on the nations who haven’t know You!
Rescue us, God,
for the glory of Your Name
Atone our sins for Your name’s sake.
How long will You be angry with the prayer
of Your people?
Stir up Your power and we will be saved!
Will Your
covenant faithfulness be spoken about in the grave?
Will Your faithfulness be recounted in Abaddon?
Guardian of Israel hear our prayer!
Revive us, revive us and we will thank You!
Revive us, revive us and we will thank You!
We are Your
people and the sheep of Your pasture.
Go towards us so as to save us.
Lord of armies, look upon us again,
Then forever, from generation to generation,
We will declare Your praise!
Forever, from generation to generation,
We will declare Your praise!
Why should the nations
say, “Where is their God?”
Based on Psalm 79:1-3,5-6,9-10,13;
Psalm 80:2-5,12,15,19; Psalm 88:12
Words & music by Rachel Boskey
To the right, to
the left, forward and back,
We’re not able to move
The space is small and narrow.
The situation is getting worse
It’s reaching a crisis.
How can we take any more?
Father, how can we?
We can’t take any more, Father, we can’t.
(Our Father in Heaven, to where shall we turn?)
Chorus:
Because You are the One who brought
us back.
You are the One who planted us in our land.
We have no way out; we have no answer.
We’re standing on
a narrow bridge and there’s nowhere to turn.
Confused, desperate, all the solutions have run out.
We’re pointing an accusing and vengeful finger
At each other!
You are trapping
us in Your mighty arms,
Shaking us to the foundations.
Only the skies are left to us.
Lift up our eyes unto You .
Chorus:
Because You are…
Our Father! Don’t
shut the gates.
Open a window in heaven, rain down compassion.
Don’t shut the gates
Rain down Your mercies on us.
Don’t shut the gates.
Rain down Your compassions, rain down compassion.
Don’t shut the gates
Rain down Your mercies upon us.
Chorus:
Roll up the heavens
and reveal Your face.
Reveal Yourself before us!
Roll up the heavens, reveal Your face.
For You are the Mighty God,
The Mighty God and mighty to save.
Words & music
by Rachel Boskey
This people whom
I have created for Myself
They will declare My praise.
You’re the people I have created for Myself .
You will declare My praise.
You will declare My praise.
As I live, declares
the Lord
I will be king over you, I will be king over
you
With a strong hand and an outstretched arm
I will be king over you. I will be king over you.
I will make you
to pass under the rod.
I will cut a new covenant with you
You will know that I am the Lord
I am the Lord, declares the Lord
And you will know that I am the Lord.
Surely all of you
will know me
From the smallest ones to the largest ones
For I will forgive your iniquities.
As I live, declares the Lord
And you will know that I am the Lord.
As I live…
Based on Isaiah
43:21; Ezekiel 20:33,37 -38; Jeremiah 31:31,34
Words & music by Rachel Boskey
Lord, hear, Lord,
forgive Lord, give ear
Do it and don’t delay
For Your sake Lord
For Your sake my God
Do it and don’t delay
Because Your name is declared
Over your city and over Your people.
For if You
should make note of iniquities
Lord, who could stand?
But with You , with You is Forgiveness
That You may be feared, Lord.
You’ve chosen us,
You’ve desired us,
You’ve set us apart from among all peoples,
You’ve loved, us You have given an inheritance
To be Your people and a light to the nations.
Ours is the status
of sons, ours is the glory
The Temple service and the promises
To us was the giving of the Torah
Ours are the Patriarchs, ours are the covenants
Ours is the Messiah, Son of David.
But we have betrayed
You , we have abandoned You.
As sheep without
a shepherd, we wander astray
Blind, failing, stumbling,
And now Lord, You are our Father,
Will You remember our iniquities forever?
Heal us, save us
Then we will be healed and we will be saved.
Heal us, save us, restore us Lord
Restore us, restore us Lord
Restore us, heal us, restore us Lord.
For if You
should make note of iniquities
Lord, who could stand?
the
harvest
But with You , with You is Forgiveness
That You may be feared, Lord.
Look upon us Your people, You are our God.
Based on Daniel
9:19; Lamentations 5:21; Jeremiah 17:14; Isaiah 64:7-8; Matthew 9:36;
15:6; Jeremiah 5:11; 11:11; Romans 9:4-5; Seder Kiddush l’layil Shabbat
(Kiddush prayers for the Sabbath eve); Psalm 130:3-4; Daniel 9:19
Words & music
by Rachel Boskey
Lord, Lord of Adonai, Lord of the harvest
Lord, incline Your ear
Incline your ear, Adonai.
For the fields of
Your people are full
And the standing grain is ripe
The fields of Your people are full
And the standing grain is ripe, is ripe.
The fields of Your
people are full
Lord, the standing grain is ripe.
Lord, the standing grain is ripe.
Incline Your ear.
With the tears of
Your blood You have sown
Seeds of hope in a people which has been desolated.
Go forth and call out Your first fruits
In every heart which ripe and hungry.
The fields of Your
people are full
Lord, the standing grain is ripe.
Lord, the standing grain is ripe.
Let us again be
as dreamers
When You cause the remnant of Zion to return
to You.
Grant flash floods in the Negev
In great joy save Your people.
In great joy save Your people.
Gather up the sheaves
of true prepared hearts
Into sheaves of Your mercy and compassion
Grant flash floods in the Negev
In great joy save Your people.
In great joy
save Your people.
The fields of Your
people are full
Lord, the
standing grain is ripe.
Lord, the standing grain is ripe.
Incline Your ear.
Adonai, incline Your ear, Adonai!
Based on Psalm 126;
Matthew 9:38
Words by Hannah Shilo © 1998.
Music by Rachel Boskey
We bend the knee
before You and bow down
We lift our eyes up to You alone and plead
for mercy.
Under Your hand we humble ourselves
Hear our voice.
Heal Your
land, heal it.
Raise
up high a banner and flag
And all the nations will see
Make of us a holy anthem
Surely Adonai is good to Israel.
Surely Adonai
is good to Israel
You Adonai
are good to Israel
You Adonai
are good to Israel,
So
good to Israel .
You are good to
Israel.
We long for the day when
You will wipe away the tears of the people.
The Throne of the Lamb will be on Mount Zion,
The Lamb high and lifted up.
He
is the High Priest
Who sits at Your right hand.
His precious
blood purifies and heals Your land.
Raise
up high…
Based on Psalm 73:1-2;
2 Chronicles 7:14; Romans 10:12|
Words & music by Rachel Boskey
Lift up your heads,
O gates
And the King of Glory will enter
Who is this – the King of Glory?
The Lord of armies!
Lift up your heads,
O gates
And the King of Glory will enter
What is His Name and what is the name of His Son?
Tell me if you know.
What is His Name and what is the name of His Son?
Yeshua the Messiah!
Russian:
Be lifted up, O ancient gates
And our King will enter, Our king will enter.
Be lifted up, O ancient gates
And our King will enter, Our king will enter.
Who is this, our powerful King?
The Lord of Heavenly armies.
Who is this, our powerful King?
The Lord of Heavenly armies.
Do you know His name
And what is His Son is named?
Do you know His name?
Yeshua
our Messiah!
Based on Psalm 24:9-10;
Prov.30:4
Words &
music by Avner Boskey
Russian translation
by Mariana Gol
Outstanding Child
Chorus:
Outstanding child, little Jewish boy
Yeshua Son of David, Yeshua Son of my people
Our family member forever
Son of Miriam, Son of our father Abraham
Hope of Israel, hope for every man
Messiah Son of David, Redeemer of the world.
You have the highest
genealogical connections, Son of God
A tight connection to the One who sits on high.
Yet in love burning and eternal
You clothed Yourself in flesh and blood
You tasted
the death which destroys.
Chorus:
Death didn’t stop You, Firstborn from the dead
Glory of Israel,
King of the Jews
And like Joseph
in Egypt, we will recognize
You a second time.
Again You
will bring atonement to our people
And
world redemption.
A Man of miracles,
a Jewish hero,
Yeshua Son of David, Yeshua Son of my people
Our Firstborn Brother, with us forever
Son of Miriam, Son of the Creator of the World.
The Hope of Israel, hope for every man
Messiah Son of David, Redeemer of the world.
Based on Matthew1:1;
Acts 28:20; Hebrews 2:9,14 ; Colossians 1:18; Luke 2:32; 23:38.
Words &
music by Rachel Boskey
May our God be gracious
to us and bless us
May His face shine upon us
Selah, selah.
That Your ways may be known on earth
Your
salvation among all the nations.
Chorus:
Let the peoples praise You, God,
Let the peoples praise You all of them!
Let all the
peoples praise You .
Let the nations
be glad and sing for joy
Because You will judge the nations with uprightness
And guide the nations on the earth.
Selah, selah.
That Your
ways may be known on earth
Your
salvation among all the nations.
Chorus
in Arabic:
Let the peoples praise You, God…
The earth has yielded
its produce
God, our God, will bless us.
God will bless us
So that all the ends of the earth will fear Him.
That Your
ways may be known on earth
Your
salvation among all the nations.
Chorus:
Let the peoples praise You, God . . .
Based on Psalm 67
Words & music by Avner Boskey
My sight is dim
and my soul is dull
As a result of iniquity my understanding is darkened.
The veil on my heart blinds me
Remove the veil!
Turn my heart to You, Lord.
Remove the veil
that I might see You .
Remove the
veil that separates me from You .
Remove the
veil that I might see You
Your
splendor and glory, Lord.
As a lost sheep
without a shepherd
I turned away from You , from You to my own
way
But Your precious blood, spotless Lamb,
Leads me in the way, beyond the veil
To You, my Lord.
Based on Eph.4:17-18;
2 Cor.3 :14-16; Heb.12:19-20.
Words &
music by Rachel Boskey
Grace, mercy and
compassion
In Your blood, Yeshua
Atonement for sin and healing
Through You, O Wounded One.
Let us enter into the river
The river of redemption.
There/in
Him is found abundance and splendor,
Joy
and salvation.
From sleep You
awaken my soul
With Your
light You light up inside my heart.
A spirit of
grace, a spirit of grace You’ve poured out
on my head
And You’ve
softened my heart.
A spirit of
grace, a spirit of grace You’ve poured out
on my head
And You’ve
softened my heart.
With one glance
of Your eyes
You’ve conquered my heart.
With the purity of Your truth
You have redeemed my thinking.
With an ocean of Your kindness
You’ve filled
up my spirit.
With the greatness
of Your love You’ve saved my soul.
And on the altar
of my heart You sprinkled Your blood.
With pure water You’ve purified me.
A new heart, a new heart and a new spirit
You’ve placed inside of me.
As an abandoned
woman, so was I before You.
You hid your face from me.
But in eternal mercy, in eternal mercy
You’ve gathered me to Yourself .
English
verse:
In Your eyes such captivating love
You penetrate my heart
Your purity, Your reality
Have set my mind apart.
Oceans of Your kindness
Come crashing down on me
Your love’s the sweetest thing I know
Your love
has set me free
Based on Romans13:11;
Zechariah 12:10; Song of Songs 4:9; Hebrews 9:13-14; Ezekiel 36:24-27;
Isaiah 54:6-8.
Words & music by Rachel Boskey
English verse by Avner Boskey
The light that shines
at night
The light that blazes more brightly than the sun
The fire that burns in the darkness
The flame in Your eyes.
Your light shines
at night.
Your light blazes more brightly than the sun.
The fire that burns in the darkness
The love in Your eyes.
So we won’t fear
if distress comes.
We won’t fear
if the earth quakes.
We won’t fear
if mountains fall into the heart of the seas.
No, we won’t
fear.
For Your light brightens
the night.
Your light blazes more brightly than the sun.
The fire that burns in the darkness
The love in
Your eyes.
So we will smile
at the days to come
Because in You is the fountain of hope.
Because of
You we can look at the future with joy
Because we’ll
behold You .
Your light is the
true light,
A great light for all men.
The light that shines out into the distance
The light of Your face.
The eternal
source within my heart
The light
of Your face.
The eternal
source within my heart
The love which
is in Your eyes.
Based on Psalm 44:3;
Song of Songs 8:6; Proverbs 31:25; John 1:4,5,9,14; Revelation 1:14.
Words & music by Rachel Boskey
Lord, please save
Save Your people.
Save us from our sins, Lord please save .
Remove from our hearts every other god.
Give us a new heart.
Remove from our hearts every other god.
Give us a new heart.
Guard us,
guard our souls, Lord, from all evil.
Guard our souls, guard our lives, Lord, from
all evil.
Rescue us from the hand of the enemy
And lift Your people up.
Rescue us from the hand of the enemy
And lift Your people up.
Lord, reveal to
us the glory of Your face.
Show Your face, Lord, to Your people.
Reveal to us the beauty of Your Servant
And then we will know Him
Reveal to us the beauty of Your Servant
And then we will know Him
Heal us, Lord, heal
Your people.
Heal us, Lord
in the greatness of Your love.
Anoint us
with Your anointing oil and we will be pure.
Anoint us
with Your anointing oil and we will be pure.
Lord, love us, love
Your people
Lord, love us as a groom loves his bride.
Wrap us in garments of salvation,
In pure raiment for Your sake.
Wrap us in garments of salvation,
In pure raiment for Your sake.
Save us, heal us
in Your love
Your love,
Your love, Lord.
Based on Jeremiah
31:7; Psalm 31:16; Deuteronomy 6:14; Jeremiah 25:6; Psalm 27:4-8; 90:17;
Isaiah 49:5; Exodus 30:25; Revelation 3:5; 19:8,14.
Words
& music by Rachel Boskey
May the Lord bless
you and guard you.
May the Lord shine His face, His face upon you.
And may He be gracious, be gracious to you.
May the Lord lift up His face
His face upon you, His face upon you.
And may He give you, may He give you peace,
May He give
you peace.
Bless us, our God,
and guard us.
Lord, shine Your face upon us.
And be gracious to us, be gracious to us.
Lord, lift up Your face upon us, upon us
And give us peace, give us peace,
Give us peace.
Based
on Numbers 6:24-26.
Words & music by Rachel Boskey
All
songs © & (p) David’s Tent Music 2001, P.O. Box 121971, Nashville
TN 37212-1971 USA and all rights reserved, except for the words of
the songs ‘Lord of the Harvest’ (Hannah Shilo © 1998) which appear here
with the kind permission of the author.
All songs licensed
through ASCAP/ACUM.
Rachel
Boskey – lead vocals, piano, keyboards
Avner Boskey bass, synth bass, organ, keyboards, synth tympani,
mandolins, vocals
Daniel Boskey – drums (7-9)
Nimrod Elisar – drums (1,3,5,11 -12), frame drum (1), Octopad (3), Bukharin daira (9),
bongos, Yemenite copper plate, darbukas, tambourine, percussion
Avi Singolda – all guitars, full stop!
Kamal Zayid – oud
Avraham Salman qanun
Aris – bouzouki
Amir Shahs’har – Persian ney flute
Yilmaz Tascesme – Oriental violin (9)
Ayal Shiloah – classical violin (6,11 )
Gideon
Pick cello
Uri
Miles accordion, large & small Scottish bagpipes, Irish whistle
Peter
Wertheimer – flute, soprano sax
Haim
Yuval oboe
Michal
Adler-Gronich – chromatic harmonica
Smadar
Shahs’har – ululations
Ancient
of Days peals of thunder
Background
vocals (2,4 ) – Navah Loden
Guest
vocals (7) – Baht Rivka Epstein (v.1), Pnina Zuban (v.5)
Men’s
Russian chorus (7) – Alexander Bogomolny, Marina Prosovsky, Avner
Boskey
Guest
Arabic vocals (9) Nizar Tuma
Women’s
chorus (6,10 ) – Becca Weiler, Navah Loden, LeeAnn Klein, Marina
Prosovsky
Mass
choir on ‘Save Us, Lord’ Avner, Rachel, Daniel & David
Boskey, Navah Loden, Becca Weiler, Marina Prosovsky, Ephraim Malespin,
Arni & Yonatan Klein, Daniel Kern.
Youth
choir on ‘Give Us Peace’ – Daniel, David, Asaph & Elisha Boskey,
Maggie Gasiorowski, Devora Mizrachi, Anina
Serby.
Recorded, mixed & mastered at Gal Kol Studios, Bnei Brak, Israel 2000-2001
Studio & mixing engineer – Nati Patishi
Mixdown – Nati Patishi & Avner Boskey
Digital mastering – Shmuel Abuav & Avner Boskey
Production & arrangements – Avner Boskey
Cover
art: Marybeth Studio, Corona, CA, USA
Sleeve design
& graphics giantJELLYFISH Design, Tel Aviv design@giantjellyfish.com
Photography:
Yasu Higa
For more information
please write to:
Avner & Rachel Boskey P.O. Box 121971, Nashville TN 37212-1971
USA david@davidstent.org
Thanks
to all those who contributed time, support, and linguistic counsel (especially
Arieh Bar-David, Ornah Greenman, Ya’el, Mona Peled & Hannah Shilo),
intercession, encouragement, hospitality, and watching over our home
when we were in the studio.
Thanks to all the
talented musicians! Special thanks to Avi Singolda, who embroidered
beauty into every song; to Nimrod Elisar, drummer extrordinaire with
a crazy sense of humor; to Amir Shahs’har, who contributed an incredible
amount with an overflowing heart; to Avraham Salman, the humble genius;
to Peter Wertheimer, a true Renaissance man; and to Daniel Boskey, for
giving us the privilege of playing with you on your first recording!
Heartfelt thanks to Nati Patishi, who nearly lived with us 24/7 throughout
this recording, and wove a carpet of great beauty out of it all.
Thanks to Sharon
Marcus for her help in translating these lyrics into English.
And above all, thanks
to Yeshua, the Lord of the harvest and our outstanding Messiah!
This recording is
dedicated to the coming generation, the people of the harvest. The ingathering
of the people of Israel and
the harvest of all the nations —life from the dead — await
you!
The songs on this
recording were written between Spring 1998
and Spring 2000.
Yeshua
answered and said: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. The
field is the world. The good seed is the sons of the kingdom. And the
bad weeds are the sons of evil. The enemy who sows them is the accuser
(satan ). The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters
are the angels” (Matt.13:37-39)