Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

146 Praise Hashem. Praise Hashem, O my nefesh.

² While I live will I praise Hashem: I will sing praise unto Elohai while I have any being.

³ Put not your trust in princes, nor in the ben adam, in whom there is no teshuah (salvation).

⁴ His ruach departs, he returneth to his adamah; in yom hahu his plans come to nothing.

⁵ Ashrei is he that hath El Ya’akov for his ezer, whose hope is in Hashem Elohav:

⁶ Oseh Shomayim vaAretz, the yam, and all that therein is: HaShomer Emes l’olam (Who keepeth Truth forever):

⁷ Oseh mishpat for the oppressed; Who giveth lechem to the hungry. Hashem mattir asurim (sets free the prisoners):

⁸ Hashem openeth the eyes of the ivrim: Hashem raiseth them that are bowed down: Hashem loveth the tzaddikim:

⁹ Hashem shomer over the gerim; He relieveth the yatom (fatherless, orphan) and almanah; but the Derech Resha’im He frustrates.

¹⁰ Hashem shall reign l’olam, even thy G-d, O Tziyon, l’dor vador. Praise Hashem.

¹¹ The ish oisher is chacham in his own eyes, but the dal meiven (poor man with understanding) searcheth him out.

¹² When tzaddikim do triumph, there is rabbah tiferet (great glory), but when the resha’im rise, the people go into hiding.

¹³ He that covereth his peysha’im (sins) shall not prosper, but he who confesseth and forsaketh them shall find mercy.

¹⁴ Ashrei adam that is reverent always, but he that hardeneth his lev shall fall into ra’ah.

¹⁵ As a roaring ari, and a charging dov (bear), so is a wicked moshel (ruler) over the am dal (poor people).

¹⁶ The nagid (ruler) lacking tevunot (understanding) is also a great oppressor, but he that hateth betza (ill-gotten gain) shall prolong his yamim (days).

¹⁷ If an adam is burdened with dahm (blood, murder) of any nefesh, let him be a fugitive ad bor (till the pit, death); let no ish help him.

¹⁸ He who walketh tamim (blamelessly) shall be saved, but he that is perverse in his drakhim shall fall suddenly.

¹⁹ He that tilleth his adamah shall have plenty of lechem, but he that chaseth after empty things shall have poverty enough.

²⁰ An ish emunot (faithful man, loyal man) shall abound with birkhot, but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not go unpunished.

²¹ To show partiality is not tov; for a piece of lechem that gever will transgress.

²² He that hasteth to be rich hath a rah ayin, and considereth not that want shall come upon him.

²³ He that rebuketh an adam afterwards shall find more chen (favor) than he that flattereth with the lashon.

²⁴ He who robbeth aviv or immo, and saith, It is no peysha (transgression), the same is the chaver (fellow, companion) of an ish mashchit (man of destruction).

²⁵ The covetous stirreth up strife, but he that putteth his trust in Hashem shall be prospered.

²⁶ He that trusteth in his own lev is a kesil (fool), but he who walketh in chochmah, he shall be delivered.

²⁷ He that giveth unto the rahsh (poor) shall not lack, but he that hideth his eynayim meeteth many curses.

²⁸ When the resha’im rise, adam hide themselves, but when they perish, the tzaddikim increase.

⁴³ And all were amazed at the gedulat Hashem. And while all were beholding the peledike way he was doing everything, he said to his talmidim,

⁴⁴ Let these divrei Hashem lodge in your ears: for the Ben HaAdam [Moshiach, DANIEL 7:13] is about to be delivered into the hands of Bnei Adam.

⁴⁵ But they had no binah concerning this dvar of Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach, and it had been nistar from them in order that they might not have binah, and they were afraid to ask him about this dvar.

⁴⁶ Now an argument arose among his talmidim, as to who would be the greatest.

⁴⁷ And Moshiach, having perceived the machshavah of their levavot, took a yeled into his arms and stood the yeled next to him.

⁴⁸ And Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Whoever receives this yeled in ha-Shem of me [Moshiach], is mekabel (receiving, accepting) of me. And whoever is mekabel of me is mekabel of the One [Hashem] who sent me. For whoever is the least among all of you, this one is the Gadol.