Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁷ Shema, Hashem, when I call with my voice; chaneini also upon me, and answer me.

⁸ When my lev said of Thee, Seek ye My face, my lev said unto Thee, Thy face, Hashem, will I seek.

⁹ Hide not Thy face far from me; turn not Thy eved away in anger; Thou hast been my ezer; leave me not, neither forsake me, Elohei Yishi (G-d of my Salvation).

¹⁰ When avi and immi forsake me, then Hashem will take me up.

¹¹ Teach me Thy Derech, Hashem, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.

¹² Deliver me not over unto the desire of mine enemies; for edei sheker are risen up against me, and such as breathe out chamas.

¹³ Did I not believe to see Hashem’s goodness in the Eretz Chayyim!

¹⁴ Wait for Hashem: Chazak! And strengthen thine lev. Wait, I say, for Hashem.

¹¹ And there came Malach Hashem, and sat under a terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, that belonged unto Yoash the Aviezri; and bno Gid’on threshed chittim (wheat) in the winepress, to hide it from Midyan.

¹² And the Malach Hashem appeared unto him, and said unto him, Hashem is with thee, thou Gibbor HeChayil.

¹³ And Gid’on said unto him, Oh Adoni, if Hashem be with us, why then is all this befallen us? And where be all His nifla’ot (miracles) which Avoteinu told us of, saying, Did not Hashem bring us up from Mitzrayim? But now Hashem hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of Midyan.

¹⁴ And Hashem turned to him, and said, Go in this thy ko’ach, and thou shalt save Yisroel from the yad Midyan; have not I sent thee?

¹⁵ And he said unto Him, O Adoni, wherewith shall I save Yisroel? Hinei, my eleph is poor in Menasheh, and I am the least in the Bais Avi.

¹⁶ And Hashem said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt strike down Midyan as ish echad.

¹⁷ And he said unto Him, If now I have found chen in Thy sight, then show me an ot that Thou speakest with me.

¹⁸ Depart not from here, now, until I come unto Thee, and bring forth my minchah, and set it before Thee. And He said, I will tarry until thou come again.

¹⁹ And Gid’on went in, and made ready a kid, and matzot of an ephah of flour; the basar he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto Him under the terebinth tree, and presented it.

²⁰ And the Malach HaElohim said unto him, Take the basar and the matzot, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.

²¹ Then the Malach Hashem put forth the tip of the staff that was in his yad, and touched the basar and the matzot; and there rose up eish from the rock, and consumed the basar and the matzot. Then the Malach Hashem departed out of his sight.

²² When Gid’on perceived that he was the Malach Hashem, Gid’on said, Alas, Adonoi Hashem! I have seen Malach Hashem face to face.

²³ And Hashem said unto him, Shalom l’chah; fear not; thou shalt not die.

²⁴ Then Gid’on built a Mizbe’ach there unto Hashem, and called it Hashem Shalom; unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Aviezri.

⁶ Let no one deceive you with empty dvarim. For, because of these things the Charon Af Hashem comes upon the Bnei HaMeri (sons of Rebellion).

⁷ Therefore, do not be shuttafim (partners) with them.

⁸ For you were once Choshech, but now you are Ohr (Light) in Hashem. Fier zich (comport oneself) in your derech as yeladim of HaOhr.

⁹ For the p’ri HaOhr is in doing chesed and tzedek and emes,

¹⁰ Proving that which is well-pleasing be’einei Hashem (in the eyes of G-d).

¹¹ And do not involve yourself in the ma’asei haChoshech (works of darkness), those works without p’ri; but rather even expose them.

¹² For as to the things being done by them under cover of secrecy, it brings bushah (shame) and is a bizayon (disgrace) even to speak of them.

¹³ But everything being exposed by HaOhr (Light) becomes visible,

¹⁴ For everything becoming visible is HaOhr (Light); therefore here is the meaning of these words, KUMI, ("Rise up!" YESHAYAH 51:17; 60:1), sleeper, and arise from the MESIM” YESHAYAH 26:19) AND Moshiach WILL SHINE ON YOU (YESHAYAH 60:1 2). [MALACHI 4:2]