THE SONG OF THE SUN
The sun sings how glory belongs only to the Creator.
[Song 13] Sun (Ch. 2)
שֶׁמֶשׁ אוֹמֵר. שֶׁמֶשׁ יָרֵחַ עָמַד זְבֻלָה לְאוֹר חִצֶּיךָ יְהַלֵּכוּ לְנֹגַ הּ בְּרַק חֲנִיתֶּךָ: (חבקוק ג יא)
The Sun is saying: “The sun, [when covered by] the moon, stood in its abode; they speed at the light of your arrows, and at the shining of your glittering spear.”
Commentary
The sun is amongst the greatest of Hashem’s creations. It is essential to all life
and controls even the dimension of time. For this reason, gentiles worship it,
even to present times. The sun therefore refuses to rise each day until Hashem
forces it to do so.
Its song is that its splendor belongs not to it, but to its Creator.
We, too, should shine with all of our talents, yet attribute our successes to
Hashem. Thereby we fill the world with Hashem’s glory, and with the sun’s
song.
Inspirational commentary By Shmuel Ben-Tzion Kraines author of
The Song of Existence.
LIVING WITH THE SONG