Book of Common Prayer
145 I cried with my kol lev; hear me, Hashem; I will keep Thy chukkot.
146 I cried unto Thee; save me, and I shall be shomer over Thy edot (testimonies).
147 I rose before the dawn, and cried out for help; I hoped in Thy Davar.
148 Mine eyes are awake through the ashmurot (night watches), that I might meditate on Thy word.
149 Hear my voice according unto Thy chesed; Hashem, revive me according to Thy mishpat.
150 They draw near that follow after wicked schemes; they are far from Thy torah.
151 Thou art karov (near), Hashem; and all Thy mitzvot are emes.
152 Concerning Thy edot (testimonies), I have known of old that Thou hast founded them forever. RESH
153 Consider mine oni (affliction), and deliver me; for I do not forget Thy torah.
154 Plead my cause; for me make go’el redemption; revive me according to Thy word.
155 Yeshuah (salvation) is far from the resha’im, for they seek not Thy chukkot.
156 Great are Thy rachamim, Hashem; revive me according to Thy mishpatim.
157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not turn aside from Thy edot.
158 I beheld the bogedim, and was grieved because they were not shomer over Thy word.
159 Consider how I love Thy pikkudim; revive me, Hashem, according to Thy chesed.
160 Thy word is emes from the beginning; and every one of Thy righteous mishpatim endureth forever. SHIN
161 Sarim (princes) have persecuted me without a cause; but my lev standeth in awe of Thy Davar.
162 I rejoice at Thy imrah (word), as one that findeth great plunder.
163 I hate and abhor sheker; but Thy torah do I love.
164 Shevah times a day do I praise Thee because of Thy righteous mishpatim.
165 Great shalom have they which love Thy torah; nothing shall cause them to stumble.
166 Hashem, I have hoped for Thy Yeshuah (salvation), and do Thy mitzvot.
167 My nefesh is shomer over Thy edot (testimonies); and I love them exceedingly.
168 I have kept Thy pikkudim and Thy edot; for all my ways are before Thee. TAV
169 Let my cry come near before Thee, Hashem; give me understanding according to Thy Davar.
170 Let my techinnah come before Thee; deliver me according to Thy word.
171 My lips shall utter tehillah, when Thou hast taught me Thy chukkot.
172 My leshon shall speak of Thy word; for all Thy mitzvot are tzedek.
173 Let Thine Yad help me; for I have chosen Thy pikkudim.
174 I have longed for Thy Yeshuah (salvation), Hashem; and Thy torah is my delight.
175 Let my nefesh live, and it shall praise Thee; and let Thy mishpatim sustain me.
176 I have gone astray like a seh oved (lost sheep); seek Thy eved; for I do not forget Thy mitzvot.
128 (Shir HaMa’alot) Ashrei kol yerei (fearers of) Hashem; that walketh in His drakhim.
2 For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be tov with thee.
3 Thy isha shall be as a fruitful gefen inside thine bais; thy banim like olive shoots around thy shulchan.
4 Hinei, thus shall the gever be blessed that feareth Hashem.
5 Hashem shall bless thee out of Tziyon; and thou shalt see the tov of Yerushalayim all the days of thy life.
6 Yea, thou shalt see thy bnei banim, and shalom upon Yisroel.
129 (Shir HaMa’alot) Many a time have they afflicted me from my ne’ur, may Yisroel now say;
2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my ne’ur (youth); yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The choreshim (plowers) plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
4 Hashem is tzaddik; He hath cut asunder the cords of the resha’im.
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Tziyon [i.e, all anti-Semites].
6 Let them be as the khatzir (grass) upon the housetops, which withereth before it groweth up;
7 With it the kotzer (reaper) filleth not his yad; nor he that gathereth sheaves, his bosom.
8 Neither do they which go by say, Birkat Hashem be upon you; we bless you b’Shem Hashem.
130 (Shir HaMa’alot) Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, Hashem.
2 Adonoi, hear my voice; let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my techinnot (supplications).
3 If Thou, Hashem, shouldest record iniquities, Adonoi, who could stand?
4 But there is selichah (forgiveness) with Thee; therefore, Thou art feared.
5 I wait for Hashem, my nefesh doth wait, and in His Devar do I hope.
6 My nefesh waiteth for Adonoi more than the shomrim that watch for the boker; I say, more than the shomrim that watch for the boker.
7 Let Yisroel hope in Hashem; for with Hashem there is chesed, and with Him is plenteous pedut (redemption).
8 And He shall redeem Yisroel from all his iniquities.
12 And Shmuel said unto kol Yisroel, Hinei, I have paid heed unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have set a Melech over you.
2 And now, hinei, the Melech walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, hinei, my banim are with you; and I have walked before you from my youth unto hayom hazeh.
3 Hineni (here I am); testify against me before Hashem, and before His Moshiach. Whose shor (ox) have I taken? Or whose chamor (donkey) have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose yad have I accepted any kofer to blind mine eyes therewith? And I will restitution make to you.
4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken anything from any yad ish.
5 And he said unto them, Ed Hashem (Hashem is witness) against you, and His Moshiach is ed (witness) this day, that ye have not found anything in my yad. And they answered, He is Ed (witness).
6 And Shmuel said unto HaAm, It is Hashem that made Moshe and Aharon, and that brought avoteichem up out of Eretz Mitzrayim.
16 Now therefore stand and see this davar hagadol (great thing), which Hashem will make before your eyes.
17 Is it not ketzir chittim (wheat harvest) today? I will call unto Hashem, and He shall send kolot (thunder) and matar (rain); that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is rabbah (great), which ye have made in the eyes of Hashem, in requesting for you a Melech.
18 So Shmuel called unto Hashem; and Hashem sent kolot and matar that day; and kol HaAm greatly feared Hashem and Shmuel.
19 And kol HaAm said unto Shmuel, Pray for thy avadim unto Hashem Eloheicha, that we die not; for we have added unto kol chattoteinu (all our sins) this ra’ah (evil), to ask for us a Melech.
20 And Shmuel said unto HaAm, Fear not; ye have done kol hara’ah hazot (all this wickedness); yet turn not aside from following Hashem, but serve Hashem with kol levavchem;
21 And turn ye not aside; for then should ye go after hatohu (the vain, empty thing, idol), which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are tohu (vain, empty).
22 For Hashem will not forsake His people for the sake of Shmo Hagedol; because it hath pleased Hashem to make you His people.
23 Moreover, as for me, chalilah (far be it) from me that I should sin against Hashem in ceasing to pray for you; but horeiti (I will teach) you the derech hatovah v’hayesharah (the good and upright way);
24 Only fear Hashem, and serve Him in emes with kol levavchem; for consider what great things He hath done for you.
25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your Melech.
14 And when Moshiach’s Shlichim heard in Yerushalayim that Shomron has accepted the dvar Hashem, they sent Kefa and Yochanan to them,
15 Who, having come down, davened for them that they might receive the Ruach Hakodesh.
16 For the Ruach Hakodesh had not yet fallen upon any one of them, but only they had received a tevilah of teshuva in a mikveh mayim b’Shem Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua Adoneinu.
17 Then Kefa and Yochanan were laying their hands upon them, and they were receiving the Ruach Hakodesh.
18 And when Shimon saw that through the laying on of hands of Moshiach’s Shlichim that the Ruach Hakodesh is given, he brought to them kesef,
19 Saying, "Give me also this samchut that on whomever I may lay my hands such may receive the Ruach Hakodesh."
20 But Kefa said to him, "May your kesef perish with you because the matnat Hashem you thought by kesef to acquire. [2Kg 5:16; Dt 5:17]
21 "There is not to you a chelek (allotted portion) nor share in this matter, for your lev (heart) is krum (deviant) and not upright before Hashem. [Neh 2:20; Ps 78:37]
22 "Therefore make teshuva from your wickedness and daven (pray) to Hashem if efsher (perhaps) you will receive selicha (forgiveness) for the intent of your lev,
23 "For I see you are in bitter gall and the bond of haresha." [Dt 29:18 TARGUM HASHIVIM; Jer 4:18; Isa 58:6]
24 And in reply Shimon said, "Daven for me to Hashem that nothing may come upon me of which you have spoken." [SHEMOT 8:8; BAMIDBAR 21:7; MELACHIM ALEF 13:6; YIRMEYAH 42:2]
25 The ones then having testified and spoken the dvar Adonoi were returning to Yerushalayim and to many villages of the Shomronim preaching the Besuras HaGeulah.
23 And the whole multitude of them got up and led Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach before Pilate.
2 And they began to accuse him saying, This one we found misleading our nation and making it asur to pay taxes to Caesar and calling himself Moshiach and that he is to be a Melech.
3 And Pilate crossexamined him, saying, Are you the Melech HaYehudim? And in reply, he said to him, You say so?
4 And Pilate said to the Rashei Hakohanim and the multitudes, I find no ashmah (guilt) in this man.
5 But they were insisting, saying, He incites the people, from where he began with his torah (teaching), throughout all of Yehudah, from the Galil even to this place.
6 And when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Gelili (an inhabitant of the Galil).
7 And having learned that he is under the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Yerushalayim during those days.
8 And Herod, having laid eyes on Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach, had great simcha. For he was for a long time wanting to see him, because he keeps hearing things about him and was hoping to watch some ot (miraculous sign) being performed by him.
9 And Herod was questioning him with many words, but he answered him nothing.
10 And the Rashei Hakohenim and the Sofrim had stood by vehemently accusing Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.
11 And having treated him with contempt, Herod with his chaiyalim also ridiculed him, having clothed him in an elegant royal robe. So they thus sent back him to Pilate.
12 And Herod and Pilate became fast friends with one another on that very day, for they were previously at enmity toward each other.
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