Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

1 Blessed is the ish that walketh not in the Etzah (counsel, scheme) of the Resha’im, nor standeth in the Derech Chatta’im, nor sitteth in the Moshav (seat) of the Leitzim (scornful, ones mocking and reviling).

² But his delight is in the Torat Hashem; and in His torah doth he meditate yomam v’lailah.

³ And he shall be like an etz planted by the streams of mayim, that bringeth forth its p’ri in its season; the leaf thereof also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

⁴ The Resha’im are not so, but are like the chaff which the ruach driveth away.

⁵ Therefore the Resha’im shall not stand in the Mishpat, nor Chatta’im (sinners) in the Adat Tzaddikim.

⁶ For Hashem knoweth the Derech Tzaddikim, but the Derech Resha’im shall perish. T.N. The next Psalm says that the whole world, all the earth, is, or will be, the possession of Moshiach, and that Hashem assures Moshiach of this; therefore, the Great Commission (Mt 28:19-20) was given to preach Moshiach to the ends of the earth that the whole world may hear.

¹⁸ There are shalosh which are too wonderful for me, indeed, four which I understand not;

¹⁹ The derech hanesher (way of the eagle) in the sky; the derech nachash upon a tzur (rock); the derech oniyah (way of a sailing vessel) in the midst of the yam (sea); and the derech gever (way of a man) with an almah (unmarried young virgin; see Gn 24:43,16,63-65.

²⁰ Such is the derech isha mena’efet (way of an adulterous woman): she eateth, and wipeth her peh (mouth), and saith, I have done no wrong.

²¹ For shalosh the eretz is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:

²² For an eved (slave) when he reigneth; and a naval (fool) when he is full with lechem;

²³ For an unloved woman when she is married; and a shifchah that displaces her gevirah (lady, mistress).

²⁴ There are four things which are little upon eretz, but they are exceeding chachamim:

²⁵ The nemalim (ants) are an am (people) not strong, yet they store up their lechem in the kayitz (summer);

²⁶ The badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their bais in the rocks;

²⁷ The arbeh (locusts) have no melech, yet they go forth all of them in ranks;

²⁸ The lizard can be held in the hands, yet is in heikhelot (palaces) of a melech.

²⁹ There are shloshah which are majestic in stride, indeed, four are stately in walk:

³⁰ A lion which is gibbor among behemah (beasts), and retreateth not from any;

³¹ The strutting rooster; the he-goat also; and a melech, when his army is with him.

³² If thou hast done foolishly in exalting thyself, or if thou hast devised rah, lay thine yad upon thy peh.

³³ Surely the churning of cholov (milk) bringeth forth khemah (butter), and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth dahm; so the stirring up of anger bringeth forth strife.

²⁵ For I do not want you to be unaware, Achim b’Moshiach, of this raz (mystery), lest you be wise in your own estimation, that a hardening in part has come over Yisroel, until the full number of the Goyim has come in;

²⁶ And so Klal Yisroel shall be delivered, as it is written: "Out of Tziyon shall come the Go’el (Deliverer, Redeemer); He will turn away, remove peysha from Ya’akov (Jacob),

²⁷ "And this will be My Berit (covenant) with them, when I take away their sins" YESHAYAH 59:20-21; 27:9.

²⁸ With regard to the Besuras HaGeulah they are oyevim (enemies) for your [you Goyim] sake, whereas with regard to the bechirah (election) they are beloved for the sake of the Avot (Fathers).

²⁹ For the matnat Hashem and the kri’at Hashem are irrevocable.

³⁰ For just as you Goyim were once without mishma’at to Hashem, but now have received chaninah (mercy, pardon) by their lack of mishma’at,

³¹ So also they have now been without mishma’at for your chaninah (mercy, pardon) in order that they also might receive chaninah (mercy) (Ro 9:15-16).

³² For G-d has confined all in disobedience in order that He might have chaninah (mercy) on all;