Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

97 Hashem reigneth; let ha’aretz rejoice; let the multitude of isles thereof be glad.

² Anan and darkness are round about Him; tzedek and mishpat are the foundation of His kisse.

³ Eish goeth before Him, and burneth up His enemies on every side.

⁴ His lightnings light up the tevel; ha’aretz saw, and trembled.

⁵ The harim melted like wax at the presence of Hashem, at the presence of Adon kol HaAretz.

⁶ HaShomayim declare His tzedek, and kol ha’amim see His kavod.

⁷ Shamed be all they that serve pesel, that boast themselves of elilim; worship Him, kol elohim.

⁸ Tziyon heard, and was glad; and the banot Yehudah rejoiced because of Thy mishpatim, Hashem.

⁹ For Thou, Hashem, art Elyon above kol ha’aretz; Thou art exalted far above kol elohim.

¹⁰ Ye that love Hashem, hate rah; He preserveth the nefashot of His chasidim; He delivereth them out of the yad resha’im.

¹¹ Ohr dawns for the tzaddik, and simchah for the yishrei lev (upright in heart).

¹² Rejoice in Hashem, ye tzaddikim; and give thanks at the remembrance of His kodesh (holiness).

⁷ For so it was, that the Bnei Yisroel had sinned against Hashem Eloheihem Who had brought them up out of Eretz Mitzrayim, from under the yad of Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim, had feared elohim acherim,

⁸ Walked in the chukkot of the Goyim, whom Hashem cast out from before the Bnei Yisroel, and [in the chukkot] of the Malkhei Yisroel, which they had made up.

⁹ And the Bnei Yisroel did secretly those things that were not right against Hashem Eloheihem, and they built for them [idolatrous] high places in all their towns, from the migdal of the notzerim (watchmen) to the fortified city.

¹⁰ And they set up for them matzevot and Asherim on every high hill, under every lushly foliaged green tree;

¹¹ And there they burned ketoret in all the high places, as did the Goyim whom Hashem drove out before them; and wrought devarim ra’im (wicked things) to provoke Hashem to anger;

¹² For they served the gillulim (idols), whereof Hashem had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

¹³ Yet Hashem testified warnings against Yisroel, and against Yehudah, by all the nevi’im, and by all the khozer (seers), saying, Turn ye from your derakhim hara’im and be shomer over My mitzvot and My chukkot, according to all the torah which I commanded your Avoteichem, and which I sent to you by My avadim the Nevi’im.

¹⁴ Notwithstanding they would not listen, but stubbornly stiffened their necks, like the neck of their avot, that did not believe in Hashem Eloheihem.

¹⁵ And they rejected His chukkot, and His brit (covenant) that He made with their avot, and His edot (testimonies, warnings) which He testified against them; and they followed after hevel, and became hevel, and went after the Goyim that were all around them, concerning whom Hashem had charged them, that they should not do like them.

¹⁶ And they forsook all the mitzvot of Hashem Eloheihem, and made them massekhah, even two agalim, and made Asheirah, and worshiped all the Tzava HaShomayim, and served Ba’al.

¹⁷ And they caused their banim and their banot to pass through the eish, and practiced kesamim and practiced witchcraft, and sold themselves to do rah in the eyes of Hashem, to provoke Him to anger.

¹⁸ Therefore Hashem was very angry with Yisroel, and removed them out of His sight; there was none left but the shevet of Yehudah only.

¹⁹ Also Yehudah kept not the mitzvot of Hashem Eloheihem, but walked in the chukkot of Yisroel which they had made up.

²⁰ And Hashem rejected all the zera Yisroel, afflicted them and delivered them into the yad of plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight.

²⁵ And having found him across the sea, they said to him, Rebbe, when did you come here?

²⁶ In reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, Omein, omein, I say to you, you are seeking me not because you saw otot (miraculous signs), but because you ate of the loaves and were glutted.

²⁷ Do not work for the okhel that is perishing, but for the okhel remaining to Chayyei Olam, which the Ben HaAdam [Moshiach] will give to you, for Elohim HaAv has set His chotam (seal) on this one [YESHAYAH 55:2].

²⁸ Therefore, they said to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, What may we do that we may work the pe’ulot Hashem?

²⁹ In reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, This is the mitzvah of Hashem, that you may believe in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach whom Hashem has sent.

³⁰ They said, therefore, to him, What ot (sign) then do you perform that we may see and may have emunah in you? What work do you do?

³¹ Avoteinu ate the manna in the wilderness [BAMIDBAR 11:7-9; SHEMOT 16:4,15; NECHEMYAH 9:15], as it has been written, LECHEM from SHOMAYIM he gave them to eat. [TEHILLIM 78:24; 105:40]

³² Therefore, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Omein, omein, I say to you, it was not Moshe who has given you the lechem out of Shomayim, but HaAv of me gives you the lechem ha’amitti (the true bread) out of Shomayim.

³³ For the lechem of Hashem is that which comes down out of Shomayim and giving Chayyim (Life) to HaOlam.

³⁴ Therefore, they said to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Adoni, always give us this lechem.

³⁵ Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Ani Hu [SHEMOT 3:14] the lechem haChayyim; the one coming to me never hungers, and the one with emunah in me will never thirst again.