Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
Restore Us, Revive Us
Psalm 80
1 For the music director, on “Lilies,”[a] a testimony: a psalm of Asaph.
2 Give ear, Shepherd of Israel,
You who lead Joseph like a flock.
You who are enthroned upon the cheruvim, shine forth!
8 Elohei-Tzva’ot, restore us, and make Your face shine,
and we will be saved.
9 You pulled out a vine from Egypt.
You drove out nations and planted it.
10 You cleared a place for it,
and it took deep root and filled the land.
11 The mountains were covered by its shade,
the mighty cedars with its branches.
12 It sent out its branches to the sea,
and its shoots to the river.
13 Why have You broken down its fences,
so all who pass by the way pick its fruit?
14 A boar from the forest ravages it,
whatever moves in the field feeds on it.
15 Elohei-Tzva’ot, please return!
Look down from heaven and see!
Now take care of this vine—
16 the shoot Your right hand planted—
the son You strengthened for Yourself.
17 It is burned with fire, it is cut down.
They perish from the rebuke of Your face.
18 Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand—
the son of man
You made strong for Yourself.
19 Then we will not turn away from You.
Revive us, and we will call on Your Name.
Downfall of Jerusalem and Judah
3 For behold! The Lord, Adonai-Tzva’ot,
takes from Jerusalem and from Judah
supply and support,
every supply of bread
and every supply of water,
2 mighty man and man of war,
judge, and prophet,
fortune-teller and elder,
3 captain of 50 and man of rank,
counselor, crafty magician and cunning charmer.
4 I will set children as their rulers.
Capricious ones will govern them.
5 The people will oppress one another—
each one by his fellow,
each one by his neighbor.
The child will be insolent to the aged,
and dishonarable to the honorable.
6 When a man takes hold of his brother
in the house of his father, saying:
“You have a cloak, you be our ruler!
This ruin is under your charge.”
7 In that day he will protest, saying:
“I’m no healer!
In my house is no bread or cloak.
Don’t make me a ruler of people!”
8 For Jerusalem has stumbled,
and Judah is fallen.
For their tongue and their actions
are against Adonai,
defying the eyes of His glory.
9 The expression of their faces
bears witness against them.
They display their sin like Sodom—
they do not hide it.
Oy, their souls!
For they brought evil on themselves.
The Judge Arises
10 Say to the righteous, he will be well,
eating the fruit of their deeds.
11 Oy, the wicked! It will be bad for him,
for the dealing of his hands will be done to him.
12 My people! Children are their oppressors
and women rule over them.
My people! Your guides mislead you
and destroy the way of your paths.
13 Adonai arises to contend a case,
and stands to judge the people.
14 Adonai will enter into judgment
with the elders of His people and with the princes:
“You have devoured the vineyard.
The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by crushing My people
and grinding the face of the poor?”
says Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot.
16 Moreover Adonai says:
“Since the Daughters of Zion are proud,
and walk with outstretched necks and seductive eyes,
walking and mincing as they go,
making a jingling with their feet,
17 therefore Adonai will smite with a scab the forehead of the Daughters of Zion.
Adonai will expose their secret parts.
Suffering Perfects Yeshua’s Followers
32 But remember the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings. 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to abuses and afflictions, and other times you became partners with those who were treated this way. 34 For you suffered along with the prisoners and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and lasting possession. 35 Therefore, do not lose your boldness, which has great reward. 36 For you need perseverance so that, after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise. 37 For yet
“in a very little while,[a]
the Coming One will come,
and He will not delay.[b]
38 But My righteous one shall live by emunah;
and if he shrinks back,
My soul takes no pleasure in him.”[c]
39 But we are not among the timid ones on the path to destruction, but among the faithful ones on the path to the preservation of the soul.
Tree of Life (TLV) Translation of the Bible. Copyright © 2015 by The Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society.