Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

37 (Of Dovid) Fret not thyself because of re’im (evildoers); neither have thou kina (jealousy, envy) of the workers of iniquity.

² For they shall soon be cut down like the khatzir (grass), and wither as the green desheh (herb, plant).

³ Trust in Hashem, and do tov; so shalt thou dwell in the Eretz (land), ure’eh emunah (and thou be pastured securely).

⁴ Delight thyself also in Hashem, and He shall give thee the desires of thine lev.

⁵ Commit thy derech (road, way) unto Hashem; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.

⁶ And He shall bring forth thy tzedakah (righteousness) as the ohr (light), and thy mishpat (justice) as the tzohorayim (noonday).

⁷ Rest in Hashem, and wait patiently for Him; fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his derech, because of the ish who bringeth wicked schemes to pass.

⁸ Cease from anger, and forsake chemah (wrath); fret not thyself in any wise to do rah.

⁹ For evildoers shall be cut off; but those that wait upon Hashem, they shall inherit the Eretz (land).

¹⁰ For yet a little while, and the rasha shall not be; yes, thou shalt watch his place, and he will not be.

¹¹ But the anavim (meek ones) shall inherit Eretz; and shall delight themselves in rov shalom (great peace; see Psa 119:165).

³⁹ But the Teshu’at Tzaddikim is of Hashem; He is their ma’oz (stronghold, refuge) in the time of tzoros.

⁴⁰ And Hashem helps them, and delivers them; He shall deliver them from the resha’im, and save them, because they take refuge in Him.

[VAYIGGASH]

¹⁸ Then Yehudah came near unto him, and said, Oh, adoni, let thy eved speak now a davar in oznei adoni, and let not thine anger burn against thy eved; for thou art even like Pharaoh.

¹⁹ Adoni asked his avadim, saying, Have ye an av, or an ach?

²⁰ And we said unto adoni, We have an av, a zaken, and a yeled zekunim katan (child of his old age, a little one); and achiv is dead, and he alone is left of immo, and aviv loveth him.

²¹ And thou saidst unto thy avadim, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.

²² And we said unto adoni, The na’ar cannot leave aviv; for if he should leave aviv, aviv would die.

²³ And thou saidst unto thy avadim, Except achichem hakaton (your youngest brother) come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

²⁴ And it came to pass when we came up unto thy eved Avi we told him the divrei adoni.

²⁵ And avinu said, Shuvu, (go back, return) and buy us a little ochel.

²⁶ And we said, We cannot go down; if achinu hakaton (our youngest brother) be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the face of HaIsh, except achinu hakaton be with us.

²⁷ And thy eved Avi said unto us, Ye know that my wife bore me two banim;

²⁸ And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn to pieces; and I saw him not ad-hennah (until now);

²⁹ And if ye take this also from me, and ason (evil, harm) befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hair in ra’ah (misery) to Sheol.

³⁰ Now therefore when I come to thy eved Avi, and the na’ar be not with us; seeing that his nefesh is bound up in the nefesh of the na’ar;

³¹ It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the na’ar is not with us, that he will die; and thy avadim shall bring down the gray hair of thy eved avinu with yagon (sorrow) to Sheol,

³² For thy eved became surety for the na’ar unto Avi, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame before Avi kol hayamim.

³³ Therefore, let thy eved, now, abide instead of the na’ar, an eved to adoni; and let the na’ar go up with his achim.

³⁴ For how shall I go up to Avi, and the na’ar be not with me? Lest I see the rah that would overtake Avi.

⁵⁷ And why also for yourselves do you not judge what is yashar (straight, right)?

⁵⁸ For as you go with your ish riv (opponent in a lawsuit) to appear before the magistrate, on the derech make an effort to settle with him, lest he drag you to the shofet, and the shofet will hand over you to the shoter, and the shoter will throw you into the beit hasohar.

⁵⁹ I say to you, by no means may you come out, until even the last peruta (small coin) you pay back.