צור השלישי (tzur hashlishi/the third rock)

In Hebrew liturgy, G!d is not infrequently referred to as a "rock" — a strong place, a solid foundation. The psalmist in particular ofter addresses G!d as "my rock". Some time last year, a certain Shabbat song with the refrain "rock from whose [bounty] we have eaten" got me thinking about my favorite rock, which is my refuge, my foundation, and, indeed, the rock from whose bounty I eat.

Yesterday, following a long and fascinating conversation with debka_notion, preparations for songleading for student-led Reform services this morning (which had the tune in my head), and having recently reread Jewish with Feeling, in which Reb. Zalman talks about more or less exactly this image, I wrote this filk of the last four verses of Psalm 92:

"צור השלישי" (Tzur Hashlishi/The Third Rock from the Sun)

אמיץ כעוף יעלה בכח כעמוד אש מאחוריו
כבר לבבו בתוך הכוכבים ובשמים חלומותיו
עוד יראון מן היריח תכשיט כחול וירוק לפניהם
הצור השלישי משמש הוא צורי ולא עולתה בו

G DG D Em / CG DEm Am D / G C D Bm /[1. C Am G D :/[2. C Am GD G

Amitz ka'of ya'aleh, bako'ach ka'amud esh me'achorav.
K'var levavo betoch hakochavim, uvashamayim chalomotav.
Od yir'un min ha'y'riach tachshit kachol v'yarok lif'neihem.
Hatzur hashlishi mishemesh hu — tzuri, velo avlata bo.

(The bold shall rise up like a bird, with power like a pillar of fire behind him.
Already his heart is among the stars, and his dreams in heaven.
From the moon they shall yet see a blue and green jewel before them.
It is the third rock from the sun — my rock, in which there is no flaw.)

[ edit: minor changes to the Hebrew incorporating some of the suggestions here, posted MP3 ]