75: Yiras Shamayim as the great stabilizer in our lives • Intro to Pesukei DeZimra V

"Yiras Hashem means, strictly, to see God everywhere and to feel your own littleness in His greatness.” (Horeb, Yirah)

“…contemplate the all-conquering omnipotence of God. Here, too, we learn that unshakable trust which enables us to withstand all the vicissitudes of life and even death itself, and which enables all those pervaded with the genuine fear of God to unlearn the fear of human power or natural force, and in its place to acquire the skill of passing calmly and serenely through all the trials that are part of daily living.” (Hirsch Siddur, Gevuros)

74: Give Voice to Creation! • Intro to Pesukei DeZimra IV

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Zimra: Pruning and directing growth; joyous song

"...[behold] how He, and He alone, is in everything, in the greatest as in the smallest, and the whole universe is enclosed in His greatness, so do you everywhere stand Sinai, let God everywhere reveal Himself to you, in everything great and small. Seek Him everywhere. Everything which has been, which is, which will be -- above all, everything which has happened and will happen to you, refer everywhere and always to God, and think of it as being only from God. So will every creature, even the smallest, every change, even the slightest, every fleeting moment, recall 'God' to you. The omnipotent, holy God will be everywhere present to you in His all-embracing greatness, so that you may be servants to Him and not sin...."  (Horeb, Yirah)