Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

107 O give thanks unto Hashem, for He is tov; ki l’olam chasdo (for His mercy endureth forever).

² Let the Geulei Hashem (the redeemed of Hashem) say so, whom He hath redeemed from the yad tzar;

³ And gathered them out of the lands, from the mizrach (east), and from the ma’arav (west), from the tzafon (north), and from the yam (sea).

⁴ They wandered in the midbar in a desolate region; they found no derech to an ir moshav (inhabited city).

⁵ Re’evim (hungry) and tzeme’im (thirsty), their nefesh fainted within them.

⁶ Then they cried unto Hashem in their tzoros, and He delivered them out of their distresses.

⁷ And He led them forth by the derech yesharah that they might go to an ir moshav.

⁸ Oh that men would praise Hashem for His chesed, and for His nifla’ot (wonderful works) to the Bnei Adam!

⁹ For He satisfieth the longing nefesh, and filleth the hungry nefesh with the tov.

¹⁰ Such as sit in choshech and in tzalmavet, being bound in oni and barzel (iron);

¹¹ Because they rebelled against the words of G-d, and despised the atzat Elyon (counsel of the Most High);

¹² Therefore He brought down their lev with amal (toil); they stumbled, and there was no ozer (helper).

¹³ Then they cried out unto Hashem in their tzoros, and He saved them out of their distresses.

¹⁴ He brought them out of choshech and tzalmavet, and broke apart their chains.

¹⁵ Oh that men would praise Hashem for His chesed, and for His nifla’ot (wonderful works) to the Bnei Adam!

¹⁶ For He hath broken down the dlatot nechoshet, and cut asunder the bars of barzel (iron).

¹⁵ Whereas thou has been forsaken and hated, so that none passed through thee, I will make thee a Ga’on Olam (Everlasting Pride), a joy dor vador.

¹⁶ Thou shalt also drink the cholov Goyim, and shalt nurse at the breast of melachim; and thou shalt know that I Hashem am thy Moshia and thy Go’el, the Avir Ya’akov (Mighty One of Jacob)..

¹⁷ Instead of nechoshet I will bring zahav, and for barzel (iron) I will bring kesef, and for etzim (wood) nechoshet, and for avanim (stones) barzel (iron); I will also make thy pekudim shalom, and thine nogesim tzedakah.

¹⁸ Chamas shall no more be heard in thy land, shod nor shever within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy chomot Yeshuah (Salvation), and thy she’arim Tehillah (Praise).

¹⁹ The shemesh shall be no more thy ohr yomam; neither for brightness shall the yarei’ach give light unto thee; but Hashem shall be unto thee an Ohr Olam, and thy G-d thy tiferet.

²⁰ Thy shemesh shall no more go down; neither shall thy yarei’ach wane; for Hashem shall be for thee an Ohr Olam, and the yamim of thy avelut shall be ended.

²¹ Thy people also shall be all of them tzaddikim; they shall inherit the Eretz l’olam, the Netzer [see Mt.2:23 OJBC] of My planting, the ma’aseh of My hands, that I may be glorified.

²² The katon shall become an elef, and the smallest a mighty nation; I Hashem will hasten it in its time.

¹² Then again he spoke to them, saying, Ani Hu HaOhr HaOlam Hazeh. The one following me will never walk in choshech, but will have the Ohr HaChayyim. [Isa 9:1; 42:8; 49:6, 60:1,3 Prov 4:18]

¹³ Therefore, the Perushim said to him, You give solemn edut (testimony) about yourself. But your edut is not ne’emanah.

¹⁴ In reply, he said to them, Even if I give solemn edut about myself, my edut is ne’emanah, because I have da’as of where I came from and where I go, but you have no da’as of where I come from or where I go.

¹⁵ You judge according to the basar; I do not judge anyone. [1Sm 16:7]

¹⁶ But even if I judge, my psak din, my mishpat, is emes, because it is not I alone but the One having sent me, HaAv.

¹⁷ And it has been written even in your Torah, that the edut (testimony) of two is ne’emanah. [Dt 17:6; 19:15]

¹⁸ Ani Hu the one giving solemn edut (testimony) about myself and the One having sent me, HaAv, gives solemn edut about me.

¹⁹ Therefore, they were saying to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Where is HaAv of you? In reply, he said, You have da’as of neither me nor HaAv of me. If you had had da’as of me, you would have had da’as of HaAv of me.

²⁰ These dvarim, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach spoke in the Beis HaOtzar while saying shiurim in the Beis Hamikdash, and no one arrested him, because his sha’ah had not yet come.