Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

8 Doth not Chochmah cry out? And Tevunah (understanding) put forth her voice?

² In the top of high hills, beside the derech (road) in the bais netivot (meeting place of trodden paths, crossroads) nitzavah (she [Lady Wisdom, the lady street preacher] stands).

³ She crieth out at the she’arim (gates), at the entry of the city, at the entrance at the petachim (doorways):

⁴ Unto you, O ishim, I call out; and my voice is to the Bnei Adam.

²² Hashem possessed me in the reshit of His derech, before His works of old.

²³ I was set up [to reign] me’olam (from eternity), from the beginning, or ever eretz was.

²⁴ When there were no tehomot, I was brought forth; when there were no springs abounding with mayim.

²⁵ Before the harim were settled, before the geva’ot (hills) was I brought forth;

²⁶ While as yet He had not made eretz, nor the outer places, nor the beginning of the dust of the tevel.

²⁷ When He set in place Shomayim, I was there; when He drew a khoog (circle, horizon) upon the face of the tehom,

²⁸ When He established the clouds above, when He strengthened the fountains of the tehom,

²⁹ When He gave to the yam His chok (decree, limits), that the mayim should not pass its limits, when He appointed the foundations of the Eretz;

³⁰ Then I was etzel (at the side of, beside [see Yn 1:1]) Him, as an Amon (master craftsman, builder, architect, artist); and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him [Mishle 30:4] ;

³¹ Rejoicing in the tevel of His Eretz; and my delights were with the Bnei Adam.

8 (For the one directing. According to the gittit. Mizmor of Dovid). Hashem Adoneinu, how excellent is Shimecha in kol ha’aretz Who hast set Thy glory above HaShomayim.

^2 (3) Out of the mouth of olelim and infants hast Thou established strength because of Thine enemies, that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

^3 (4) When I consider Thy heavens, the ma’asim of Thy fingers, the yarei’ach and the kokhavim, which Thou hast ordained;

^4 (5) What is enosh (mankind), that Thou art mindful of him? And the ben adam, that Thou visitest him?

^5 (6) For Thou hast made him a little lower than elohim [or Elohim, Gn 1:27], and hast crowned him with kavod and hadar.

^6 (7) Thou madest him to have dominion over the ma’asim of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:

^7 (8) All sheep and oxen, yea, and the behemot sadeh;

^8 (9) The fowl of the air, and the dag (fish) of the yam, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

^9 (10) Hashem Adoneinu, how excellent is Shimecha in kol ha’aretz!

5 Therefore, having been acquitted and declared not guilty, declared to be YITZDAK IM HASHEM (IYOV 25:4) on the yesod (basis) of our emunah (faith), we have shalom (peace) in relation to Hashem though Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua Adoneinu,

² Through whom also we have HaSha’ar laHashem (gate to appoach G-d’s presence, access of the Tzaddikim TEHILLIM 118:20) by emunah into this unmerited Chen v’Chesed in which we stand and glory in tikvah of the kavod Eloheinu.

³ Not only so, but we also glory in tzoros (troubles, afflictions), knowing that tzarah (trouble) produces zitzfleisch (patience),

⁴ Zitzfleisch produces tested character and midos, and tested character and midos produce tikvah.

⁵ And tikvah does not in the end lead to our being meyayesh (despairing) in disillusionment and bushah (shame) (TEHILLIM 25:3), because the Ahavas Hashem (G-d’s love) has been poured out in our levavot through the Ruach Hakodesh given to us.

¹² Yet many things I have to tell you, but you are not able to bear them now.

¹³ But when that One has come, the Ruach Hakodesh, the Ruach HaEmes, He will guide you in all truth. [TEHILLIM 25:5] For He will not speak on His own authority, but what things He will hear, He will speak, and the things that are to come He will announce to you.

¹⁴ That One will give kavod to me, because He will receive of what is mine, and will announce it to you.

¹⁵ All things which HaAv has are mine; therefore, I said that of mine He receives and will announce it to you.