Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
ה (He)
33 Teach me, O Lord, the lifestyle prescribed by your statutes,[a]
so that I might observe it continually.[b]
34 Give me understanding so that I might observe your law,
and keep it with all my heart.[c]
35 Guide me[d] in the path of your commands,
for I delight to walk in it.[e]
36 Give me a desire for your rules,[f]
rather than for wealth gained unjustly.[g]
37 Turn my eyes away from what is worthless.[h]
Revive me with your word.[i]
38 Confirm to your servant your promise,[j]
which you made to the one who honors you.[k]
39 Take away the insults that I dread.[l]
Indeed,[m] your regulations are good.
40 Look, I long for your precepts.
Revive me with your deliverance.[n]
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:33 tn Heb “the way of your statutes.”
- Psalm 119:33 tn Heb “and I will keep it to the end.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative. The Hebrew term עֵקֶב (ʿeqev) is understood to mean “end” here. Another option is to take עֵקֶב as meaning “reward” here (see Ps 19:11) and to translate, “so that I might observe it and be rewarded.”
- Psalm 119:34 tn The two prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose/result after the introductory imperative.
- Psalm 119:35 tn Or “make me walk.”
- Psalm 119:35 tn Heb “for in it I delight.”
- Psalm 119:36 tn Heb “turn my heart to your rules.”
- Psalm 119:36 tn Heb “and not unjust gain.”
- Psalm 119:37 tn Heb “Make my eyes pass by from looking at what is worthless.”
- Psalm 119:37 tn Heb “by your word.”
- Psalm 119:38 tn Heb “word.”
- Psalm 119:38 tn Heb “which [is] for your fear,” that is, the promise made to those who exhibit fear of God.
- Psalm 119:39 tn Heb “my reproach that I fear.”
- Psalm 119:39 tn Or “for.”
- Psalm 119:40 tn Or “righteousness.”
Ezekiel Israel’s Watchman
33 The Lord’s message came to me: 2 “Son of man, speak to your people,[a] and say to them, ‘Suppose I bring a sword against the land, and the people of the land take one man from their borders and make him their watchman. 3 He sees the sword coming against the land, blows the trumpet,[b] and warns the people,[c] 4 but there is one who hears the sound of the trumpet yet does not heed the warning. Then the sword comes and sweeps him away. He will be responsible for his own death.[d] 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, so he is responsible for himself.[e] If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life. 6 But suppose the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people. Then the sword comes and takes one of their lives. He is swept away for his iniquity,[f] but I will hold the watchman accountable for that person’s death.’[g]
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 33:2 tn Heb “sons of your people.”
- Ezekiel 33:3 tn Heb “shofar,” a ram’s horn rather than a brass instrument (so throughout the chapter).
- Ezekiel 33:3 tn Sounding the trumpet could warn of imminent danger (Neh 4:18-20; Jer 4:19; Amos 3:6).
- Ezekiel 33:4 tn Heb “his blood will be on his own head.”
- Ezekiel 33:5 tn Heb “his blood will be on him.”
- Ezekiel 33:6 tn Or “in his punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity/punishment” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here and in vv. 8 and 9; 3:18, 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 18:17, 18, 19, 20; 24:23; 39:23. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment” for iniquity or “guilt” of iniquity.
- Ezekiel 33:6 tn Heb “his blood from the hand of the watchman I will seek.”
29 “Woe to you, experts in the law[a] and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You[b] build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves[c] of the righteous. 30 And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors,[d] we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up then the measure of your ancestors! 33 You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?[e]
34 “For this reason I[f] am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law,[g] some of whom you will kill and crucify,[h] and some you will flog[i] in your synagogues[j] and pursue from town to town, 35 so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah,[k] whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 I tell you the truth,[l] this generation will be held responsible for all these things![m]
Footnotes
- Matthew 23:29 tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
- Matthew 23:29 tn Grk “Because you.” Here ὅτι (hoti) has not been translated.
- Matthew 23:29 tn Or perhaps “the monuments” (see L&N 7.75-76).
- Matthew 23:30 tn Grk “fathers” (so also in v. 32).
- Matthew 23:33 tn Grk “the judgment of Gehenna.”sn See the note on the word hell in 5:22.
- Matthew 23:34 tn Grk “behold I am sending.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).
- Matthew 23:34 tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
- Matthew 23:34 sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.
- Matthew 23:34 tn BDAG 620 s.v. μαστιγόω 1.a states, “of flogging as a punishment decreed by the synagogue (Dt 25:2f; s. the Mishna Tractate Sanhedrin-Makkoth, edited w. notes by SKrauss ’33) w. acc. of pers. Mt 10:17; 23:34.”
- Matthew 23:34 sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.
- Matthew 23:35 sn Spelling of this name (Βαραχίου, Barachiou) varies among the English versions: “Barachiah” (RSV, NRSV); “Berechiah” (NASB); “Berachiah” (NIV).
- Matthew 23:36 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amēn), I say to you.”
- Matthew 23:36 tn Grk “all these things will come on this generation.”
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