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!

¹⁸ And Judah cometh nigh unto him, and saith, `O, my lord, let thy servant speak, I pray thee, a word in the ears of my lord, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant -- for thou art as Pharaoh.

¹⁹ My lord hath asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father or brother?

²⁰ and we say unto my lord, We have a father, an aged one, and a child of old age, a little one; and his brother died, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father hath loved him.

²¹ `And thou sayest unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, and I set mine eye upon him;

²² and we say unto my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he hath left his father, then he hath died;

²³ and thou sayest unto thy servants, If your young brother come not down with you, ye add not to see my face.

²⁴ `And it cometh to pass, that we have come up unto thy servant my father, that we declare to him the words of my lord;

²⁵ and our father saith, Turn back, buy for us a little food,

²⁶ and we say, We are not able to go down; if our young brother is with us, then we have gone down; for we are not able to see the man's face, and our young brother not with us.

²⁷ `And thy servant my father saith unto us, Ye -- ye have known that two did my wife bare to me,

²⁸ and the one goeth out from me, and I say, Surely he is torn -- torn! and I have not seen him since;

²⁹ when ye have taken also this from my presence, and mischief hath met him, then ye have brought down my grey hairs with evil to sheol.

³⁰ `And now, at my coming in unto thy servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul),

³¹ then it hath come to pass when he seeth that the youth is not, that he hath died, and thy servants have brought down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to sheol;

³² for thy servant obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee -- then I have sinned against my father all the days.

³³ `And now, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the youth a servant to my lord, and the youth goeth up with his brethren,

³⁴ for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'

⁵⁷ `And why, also, of yourselves, judge ye not what is righteous?

⁵⁸ for, as thou art going away with thy opponent to the ruler, in the way give diligence to be released from him, lest he may drag thee unto the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and the officer may cast thee into prison;

⁵⁹ I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'