Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

37 By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity,

² For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.

³ Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell [in] the land, and enjoy faithfulness,

⁴ And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

⁵ Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh,

⁶ And hath brought out as light thy righteousness, And thy judgment as noon-day.

⁷ Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

⁸ Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

⁹ For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.

¹⁰ And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.

¹¹ And the humble do possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.

³⁹ And the salvation of the righteous [is] from Jehovah, Their strong place in a time of adversity.

⁴⁰ And Jehovah doth help them and deliver them, He delivereth them from the wicked, And saveth them, Because they trusted in Him!

44 And he commandeth him who [is] over his house, saying, `Fill the bags of the men [with] food, as they are able to bear, and put the money of each in the mouth of his bag;

² and my cup, the silver cup, thou dost put in the mouth of the bag of the young one, and his corn-money;' and he doth according to the word of Joseph which he hath spoken.

³ The morning is bright, and the men have been sent away, they and their asses --

⁴ they have gone out of the city -- they have not gone far off -- and Joseph hath said to him who [is] over his house, `Rise, pursue after the men; and thou hast overtaken them, and thou hast said unto them, Why have ye recompensed evil for good?

⁵ Is not this that with which my lord drinketh? and he observeth diligently with it; ye have done evil [in] that which ye have done.'

⁶ And he overtaketh them, and speaketh unto them these words,

⁷ and they say unto him, `Why doth my lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word;

⁸ lo, the money which we found in the mouth of our bags we brought back unto thee from the land of Canaan, and how do we steal from the house of thy lord silver or gold?

⁹ with whomsoever of thy servants it is found, he hath died, and we also are to my lord for servants.'

¹⁰ And he saith, `Now, also, according to your words, so it [is]; he with whom it is found becometh my servant, and ye are acquitted;'

¹¹ and they hasten and take down each his bag to the earth, and each openeth his bag;

¹² and he searcheth -- at the eldest he hath begun, and at the youngest he hath completed -- and the cup is found in the bag of Benjamin;

¹³ and they rend their garments, and each ladeth his ass, and they turn back to the city.

¹⁴ And Judah -- his brethren also -- cometh in unto the house of Joseph, and he is yet there, and they fall before him to the earth;

¹⁵ and Joseph saith to them, `What [is] this deed that ye have done? have ye not known that a man like me doth diligently observe?'

¹⁶ And Judah saith, `What do we say to my lord? what do we speak? and what -- do we justify ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants; lo, we [are] servants to my lord, both we, and he in whose hand the cup hath been found;'

¹⁷ and he saith, `Far be it from me to do this; the man in whose hand the cup hath been found, he becometh my servant; and ye, go ye up in peace unto your father.'

¹² I write to you, little children, because the sins have been forgiven you through his name;

¹³ I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him who [is] from the beginning; I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil. I write to you, little youths, because ye have known the Father:

¹⁴ I did write to you, fathers, because ye have known him who [is] from the beginning; I did write to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God in you doth remain, and ye have overcome the evil.

¹⁵ Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

¹⁶ because all that [is] in the world -- the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life -- is not of the Father, but of the world,

¹⁷ and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain -- to the age.