Book of Common Prayer
25 (Of Dovid) [Aleph] Unto Thee, Hashem, do I lift up my nefesh.
2 [Bais] O Elohai, I trust in Thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine oyevim triumph over me.
3 [Gimel] Yea, let none that wait [hoping in] Thee be ashamed; let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
4 [Dalet] Show me Thy ways, Hashem; teach me Thy paths.
5 [Heh Vav] Lead me in Thy emes, and teach me; for Thou art the Elohei of my Salvation; on Thee do I wait kol hayom.
6 [Zayin] Remember, Hashem, Thy rachamim and Thy lovingkindnesses; for they have ever been of old.
7 [Chet] Remember not the chattot of my youth, nor my peysha’im; according to Thy chesed remember Thou me for the sake of Thy goodness, Hashem.
8 [Tet] Tov and yashar is Hashem; therefore will He teach chatta’im in the Derech.
9 [Yod] The meek will He guide in mishpat; and the aniyim will He teach His way.
10 [Kaph] All the paths of Hashem are chesed and emes unto such as keep His Brit (covenant) and His Edot (covenant demands, urgings, reminders, testimonies).
11 [Lamed] For the sake of Thy Shem, Hashem, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
12 [Mem] What man is he that feareth Hashem? Him shall He teach in the Derech that he shall choose.
13 [Nun] His nefesh (soul) shall dwell in prosperity; and his zera shall inherit the earth.
14 [Samech] The secret of Hashem is with them that fear Him; and He will show them His Brit (covenant).
15 [Ayin] Mine eyes are ever toward Hashem; for He shall pluck my feet out of the reshet (net).
16 [Peh] Turn Thee unto me, and be gracious unto me; for I am yachid (alone, lonely) and afflicted.
17 [Tzade] The tzoros of my lev are multiplied; O bring Thou me forth out of my distresses.
18 [Resh] Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and take away all my chattot.
19 Resh] Look upon mine enemies; for they are increased; and they hate me with sinas chamas.
20 Shin] Be shomer over my nefesh, and deliver me; let me not be ashamed; for I take refuge in Thee.
21 [Tav] Let tohm (integrity, guilelessness) and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on Thee.
22 Redeem Yisroel, O Elohim, out of all his tzoros.
9 (For the one directing. To The Death of the Son. Mizmor of Dovid) I will give thanks to Thee, Hashem, with kol lev of me; I will show forth all Thy marvellous works.
2 (3) I will be glad and rejoice in Thee; I will sing praise to Thy Shem, O Thou Elyon.
3 (4) When mine oyevim are turned back, they shall fall and perish at Thy presence.
4 (5) For Thou hast maintained my mishpat and my cause; Thou as Shofet Tzedek dost sit on the kisse.
5 (6) Thou hast rebuked the Goyim, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their shem l’olam va’ed.
6 (7) Choravot lanetzach (endless ruins) have come to the enemy: and Thou hast rooted out cities; their memory is perished with them.
7 (8) But Hashem shall reign l’olam; He hath established His kisse (throne) for mishpat.
8 (9) And He shall judge the tevel (world) in tzedek, He shall govern the nations with justice.
9 (10) Hashem also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of tzoros.
10 (11) And they that know Shemecha will put their trust in Thee; for Thou, Hashem, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.
11 (12) Sing praises to Hashem, enthroned in Tziyon; declare among the nations His deeds.
12 (13) When He avenges [shefach] dahm, He remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the aniyim (humble, afflicted, the helpless ones).
13 (14) Have mercy upon me, Hashem; consider my sufferings which I suffer of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the sha’arei mavet (gates of death);
14 (15) That I may show forth all Thy praise in the Sha’arei Bat Tziyon. I will rejoice in Thy Yeshuah (salvation).
15 (16) The Goyim are sunk down in the shachat (pit) that they dug; in the reshet (net) which they hid is their own foot caught.
16 (17) Hashem is known by the mishpat which He executeth; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgayon. Selah.
17 (18) The resha’im shall be turned into Sheol, and all the Goyim that forget Elohim.
18 (19) For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the tikveh of the poor shall not perish forever.
19 (20) Arise, Hashem; let not enosh (mankind) prevail; let the Goyim be judged in Thy sight.
20 (21) Put them in terror, Hashem; that the Goyim may know themselves to be but enosh. Selah.
15 (Mizmor Dovid) Hashem, who shall abide in Thy Ohel? Who shall dwell in Thy Har Kodesh?
2 He that walketh blamelessly, and worketh tzedek, and speaketh emes from his lev.
3 He that backbiteth not with his leshon, nor doeth ra’ah to his re’a, nor taketh up a slur to discredit his neighbor.
4 In whose eyes a vile person is despicable; but he honoreth them that fear Hashem. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
5 He that putteth not out his kesef to neshekh (usury), nor taketh bribes against the naki (innocent). He that doeth these things shall never be shaken.
12 And Iyov answered and said,
2 Doubtless then ye are the people, and chochmah shall die with you.
3 But I have levav (understanding) as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4 I am as a laughingstock to his neighbor: The man who calleth upon Eloah [they say of me], and He answereth him! [To them I am] a laughingstock, the tzaddik, the tamim (blameless one)!
5 Those at ease have buz (contempt) for a downfall which awaits the one whose regel is slipping.
6 The ohalim of shodedim (robbers) remain in peace; they that defy El are secure, who Eloah brought forth by His yad.
13 With Him is chochmah and gevurah; He hath etzah and understanding.
14 See, what He tears down cannot be reconstructed; He shutteth up an ish, and there can be no prison release.
15 See, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn eretz.
16 With Him is oz (strength) and tushiyyah (true wisdom); the deceived and the deceiver are His.
17 He leadeth yoatzim (counsellors) away stripped, and maketh the shofetim (judges) fools.
18 He looseth the shackle of melachim (kings), and girdeth their loins with loincloth.
19 He leadeth kohanim away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty.
20 He removeth the speech of the ne’emanim (trusted ones), and taketh away the understanding of the zekenim.
21 He poureth buz (contempt) upon nobles, and loosens the belt of the mighty.
22 He uncovers the depths of choshech, and bringeth tzalmavet to light.
23 He giveth prosperity to the Goyim, and then destroyeth them; He enlargeth them, and then carrieth the Goyim away.
24 He taketh away the lev (understanding) of the Rashei Am HaAretz, and sendeth them to tohu lo derech (trackless wilderness).
25 They grope in the choshech without ohr, and He maketh them to stagger like a shikkor (drunken man).
19 Then the ones, that is, those having been scattered because of the tzoros that happened in connection with Stefanos, came to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking to no one the dvar Hashem except only to Yehudim.
20 And there were some of them, anashim of Cyprus and Cyrene, who having come to Antioch, were speaking also to the Yevanim, proclaiming the Besuras HaGeulah of Adoneinu Yehoshua.
21 The hand of Adonoi was on them and a large number, having had emunah, turned to Moshiach Adoneinu.
22 The report about them was heard in the ears of the Kehillah of Moshiach in Yerushalayim, and they sent out Bar-Nabba to go to Antioch;
23 Who, having come, and having seen the Chen v’Chesed Hashem, rejoiced and was encouraging everyone with deveykus (devotion) to HaAdon to remain true to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu.
24 For Bar-Nabba was a mentsh, a gavra, an ish tov full of the Ruach Hakodesh and of emunah. And a great multitude was added to Adoneinu.
25 And Bar-Nabba left for Tarsus to look for Sha’ul,
26 And, having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came about that for an entire year, they met with Moshiach’s Kehillah there, and taught a large multitude. And it was in Antioch that the talmidim were first called Ma’aminim HaMeshichiyim (Messianic Believers).
27 Now in these yamim, nevi’im came down from Yerushalayim to Antioch.
28 One of them, by name of Agav, having got up, indicated through the Ruach Hakodesh a great famine was about to come all over the world. And this famine actually occurred during the time of Claudius.
29 Now the talmidim decided that according to their means, each of them would send support to the Achim b’Moshiach dwelling in Yehudah;
30 Which also they did, having sent to the Ziknei HaKehillot by the hand of Bar-Nabba and Sha’ul.
21 Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, therefore, again to them, I go away and you will seek me, and in your chet you will go to your mavet. Where I go you are not able to come. [Dt 24:16; Ezek 3:18]
22 Therefore, those of Yehudah were saying, Does he mean he will commit suicide, because he says, Where I go you are not able to come?
23 And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was saying to them, You are from mattah (below); Ani Hu from ma’lah (above). You are of the Olam Hazeh; I am not of the Olam Hazeh.
24 I said, therefore, to you that you will go to your mavet in your averos (sins), for if you do not have emunah (faith) that Ani Hu [YESHAYAH 41:4; SHEMOT 3:14-16], you will die in your chatta’im.
25 They were saying, therefore, to him, Who are you? Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Why should I even speak to you at all?
26 I have much to speak regarding you, much about you worthy of harsha’ah (condemnation), but the One having sent me is ne’eman and what I heard from Him these things I speak in the Olam Hazeh.
27 They did not have da’as that Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was speaking to them about Elohim HaAv.
28 Therefore, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, When you perform the hagbah (lifting up) of the Ben HaAdam, you will have da’as that Ani Hu [YESHAYAH 41:4; SHEMOT 3:14-16], and from myself I do nothing, but as HaAv of me taught me, these things I speak.
29 And the One having sent me is with me [MISHLE 8:30]. He did not leave me alone, because I always do the things that please Him. [Prov 8:30; Isa 50:5; 43:10 TARGUM HASHIVIM]
30 As Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was saying these things, many put their emunah in him.
31 Therefore, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was saying to the Yehudim who had emunah in him, If you remain in the dvar of me [Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach], then you are my talmidim indeed.
32 And you will have da’as of HaEmes (the Truth) and HaEmes will give you cherut (freedom). [VAYIKRA 25:10; YESHAYAH 61:1-3; 53:4-12]
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