Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

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).

2 ^1 (2:5) I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and, hinei, a man with a measuring line in his hand!

^2 (2:6) Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Yerushalayim, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

^3 (2:7) And, hinei, the malach that spoke with me went forth, and another malach went out to meet him,

^4 (2:8) And said unto him, Run, speak to this na’ar (young man, i.e., see 2:1 [2:5]) saying, Yerushalayim shall be inhabited like unwalled cities because of the multitude of men and cattle therein;

^5 (2:9) For I, saith Hashem, will be unto her a chomat eish (wall of fire) round about, and will be the kavod in the midst of her.

5 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and hinei a megillah flying!

² And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered: I see a megillah flying; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

³ Then said he unto me, This is ha’alah (the curse) that goeth forth over the face of kol ha’aretz; for every ganav that stealeth shall be purged out [i.e., banished] according to what it says on one side of the megillah; and every perjurer that sweareth falsely shall be purged out according to what it says on the other side. [Shemot 20:15,7]

⁴ I will send it [ha’alah, the curse] forth, saith Hashem Tzva’os, and it shall enter into the bais haganav, and into the bais of him that sweareth falsely biShmi (by My Name); and it [ha’alah] shall remain inside his bais, and shall destroy it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

¹² Now we ask you, Achim b’Moshiach, to have discerning binah (understanding) and discern the ones laboring among you who are your Mashgichim Ruchaniyim (Spiritual Overseers) in Adoneinu. I’m referring to the ones who admonish and warn you.

¹³ And esteem them most exceedingly in ahavah (agape), because of their avodas kodesh work. Let there be shalom bayis (family peace) also in the kehillah.

¹⁴ And we exhort you, Achim b’Moshiach, warn the batlanim (unemployed or lazy loafers, idlers), comfort the congregant who is pachdan (fainthearted), those who are weak take an interest in, have zitzfleisch (patience) with all.

¹⁵ See that no one returns ra’ah for ra’ah, but always pursue haTov both for one another and for all.

¹⁶ Have simcha always.

¹⁷ Daven unceasingly.

¹⁸ In everything offer hodayah, for this is the ratzon Hashem in Moshiach Yehoshua for you.