Episode 13: The ideal and the real

Remember Psalm 1? That psalm taught us that there are two paths in life, one of righteousness and blessing, and the other of wickedness and destruction. The way of blessedness comes through meditation on Torah. In that sense, we might think of Psalm 119 as the sequel to Psalm 1—but one that introduces a realistic perspective that laments how even those who are devoted to Torah still suffer.