Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
102 (A tefillah of one afflicted; when he is faint, he pours out his si’akh [complaint] before Hashem) Hear my tefillah, Hashem, and let my cry for help come unto Thee.
2 (3) Hide not Thy face from me in the yom tzar (day of distress); incline Thine ear unto me; in the yom when I call, answer me speedily.
3 (4) For my yamim are consumed like ashan (smoke), and my atzmot burn like a furnace.
4 (5) My lev is struck, and withered like esev; so that I forget to eat my lechem.
5 (6) By reason of the voice of my groaning my atzmot have deveykus to my basar.
6 (7) I am like a bird of the midbar; I am like an owl of the desert.
7 (8) I keep watch, and am like a tzippor (bird) alone upon the gag (housetop, roof).
8 (9) Mine oyevim (enemies) reproach me kol hayom; and they that revile me curse by me.
9 (10) For I have eaten ashes like lechem, and mingled my drink with tears.
10 (11) Because of Thine za’am (indignation) and Thy ketsef (wrath, anger); for Thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
11 (12) My days are like a tzel (shadow) that lengtheneth; and I am withered like esev (grass).
12 (13) But Thou, Hashem, shall endure l’olam; and Thy memory unto dor vador.
13 (14) Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Tziyon; for the time to favor her, the mo’ed (set time, appointed time) has come.
14 (15) For Thy avadim cherish her avanim (stones), and pity her aphar.
15 (16) So the Goyim shall fear the Shem Hashem, and all the melachim of ha’aretz will revere Thy glory.
16 (17) When Hashem shall build up Tziyon, He shall appear in His Kavod.
17 (18) He will regard the tefillah of the destitute, and not despise their tefillah.
24 Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiyahu the Nechelami, saying,
25 Thus speaketh Hashem Tzva’os Elohei Yisroel, saying, Because thou hast sent sefarim in thy shem unto kol HaAm that are in Yerushalayim, and to Tzephanyah Ben Maaseiyah the kohen, and to all the kohanim, saying,
26 Hashem hath made thee kohen in the place of Yehoyada the kohen, that there should be pekidim (officers) in the Beis Hashem, over every ish that is meshuggah (mad, insane), and maketh himself a navi, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks, and in the neck iron.
27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Yirmeyah of Anatot, which maketh himself a navi to you?
28 For therefore he sent unto us in Bavel, saying, This captivity is long; build ye batim (houses), and dwell in them; and plant gannot (gardens), and eat the fruit of them.
29 And Tzephanyah the kohen read this sefer in the oznayim of Yirmeyah HaNavi.
30 Then came the Devar Hashem unto Yirmeyah, saying,
31 Send to all them of the Golus, saying, Thus saith Hashem concerning Shemaiyah the Nechelami; Because that Shemaiyah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in sheker;
32 Therefore thus saith Hashem: Hinei, I will punish Shemaiyah the Nechelami, and his zera; he shall not have an ish to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the tov that I will do for My people, saith Hashem; because he hath spoken sarah (rebellion) against Hashem.
10 For the rest, be continually empowered in the ko’ach of Hashem and in the oz of His gevurah. [TEHILLIM 27:14]
11 Put on the whole armor of Hashem for you to be able to stand against the nechalim (scheming deceitfulness, wiles, evil plots) of Hasatan.
12 Because we are not wrestling against basar vadahm (flesh and blood), but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of the choshech of the Olam Hazeh, against the kokhot ruchaniyim ra’im (evil spiritual forces) in Shomayim.
13 Therefore, take up the whole armor of Hashem, that you may be able to withstand in the Yom HaRah and, having done all, to stand.
14 Stand, therefore, having girded your waist with HaEmes and having put on the breastplate of Tzedek, [YESHAYAH 11:5; TEHILLIM 132:9; YESHAYAH 59:17]
15 And having put as shoes on your feet that which makes you ready to be a maggid of the Besuras HaGeulah. [YESHAYAH 52:7]
16 With all these things, take up the shield of emunah, by which you will be able to quench all the flaming darts of haRah (the Evil one);
17 And take the helmet of yeshu’ah and the cherev of the Ruach Hakodesh, which is the Dvar Hashem. [YESHAYAH 59:17; 49:2]
18 Daven in the Ruach Hakodesh always with all tefillos and techinnah (supplication). To that end keep shomer and always persevere in techinnah (supplication) for the Kadoshim;
19 And for me also, that to me may be given utterance in opening my mouth in boldness to make known the Sod HaBesuras HaGeulah,
20 On behalf of which I am an emissary in chains, that in it I may be bold as it is necessary for me to speak.
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