Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
9 Taste and see how good Adonai is.
Blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him.
10 Fear Adonai, His kedoshim,
For those who fear Him lack nothing.
11 Young lions may lack, and go hungry,
but those who seek Adonai want for no good thing.
12 Come, children, listen to me:
I will teach you the fear of Adonai.
13 Who is the one who delights in life,
and loves to see good days?
14 Keep your tongue from evil,
and your lips from speaking treachery.
Job: Everything is in His Hand
12 Job responded and said:
2 “Without a doubt you are the people
and wisdom will die with you!
3 But I have a mind as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know these things?
4 “I have become a laughingstock to my friend,
though I called on God and He answered—
a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!
5 Contempt for calamity is the thought of one at ease,
prepared for those whose foot slips.
6 The tents of marauders prosper,
and there is security for those who provoke God—
for those whom God brings in His hand.
7 But now ask the animals and they will teach you,
or the birds of the sky and they will tell you,
8 or speak to the earth and it will teach you,
or the fish of the sea and they will inform you.
9 Which of these does not know
that the hand of Adonai has done this?
10 In His hand is the life of every creature,
and the breath of all the human race.
11 Does not the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?
12 Is not wisdom with the aged
and understanding bring long life?
13 “With Him are wisdom and power;
counsel and understanding are His.
14 If He tears down, it cannot be rebuilt;
one He imprisons cannot be released.
15 If He holds back the waters, they dry up;
if He releases them, they destroy the earth.
16 With Him are power and sound wisdom;
both deceived and deceiver are His.
17 He leads counselors away stripped
and makes judges into fools.
18 He loosens the bonds of the kings,
and binds a loincloth around their waists.
19 He leads priests away stripped
and overthrows the rulers.
20 He silences the lips of trusted advisors
and removes the discernment of elders.
21 He pours contempt on nobles
and loosens the belts of the mighty.
22 He reveals the deep things of darkness[a]
and brings utter darkness into light.
23 He makes nations great
and destroys them.
He enlarges the nations
and leads them away.
24 He deprives the heads of the people of earth of understanding,
and causes them to wander in a pathless wasteland.
25 They grope in darkness with no light;
He makes them stagger like a drunkard.
17 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep your eye on those who are causing divisions and stumbling blocks, contrary to the teaching that you learned. Turn away from them. 18 For such people do not serve our Lord the Messiah, but only their own belly. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting. 19 Your obedience has become known to all, so I rejoice over you—but I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil. 20 Now the God of shalom will soon crush satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Yeshua be with you.
Tree of Life (TLV) Translation of the Bible. Copyright © 2015 by The Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society.