Baramhat 3, 1739

1O LORD, God of my salvation, I have cried out day and night before You.

2Let my prayer come before You; Incline Your ear to my cry.

3For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draws near to the grave.

4I am counted with those who go down to the pit; I am like a man who has no strength,

5Adrift among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You remember no more, And who are cut off from Your hand.

6You have laid me in the lowest pit, In darkness, in the depths.

7Your wrath lies heavy upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves.Selah

8You have put away my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an abomination to them; I am shut up, and I cannot get out;

9My eye wastes away because of affliction. LORD, I have called daily upon You; I have stretched out my hands to You.

10Will You work wonders for the dead? Shall the dead arise and praise You?Selah

11Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction?

12Shall Your wonders be known in the dark? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13But to You I have cried out, O LORD, And in the morning my prayer comes before You.

14LORD, why do You cast off my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me?

15I have been afflicted and ready to die from my youth; I suffer Your terrors; I am distraught.

16Your fierce wrath has gone over me; Your terrors have cut me off.

17They came around me all day long like water; They engulfed me altogether.

18Loved one and friend You have put far from me, And my acquaintances into darkness.

1Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,

2"Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."

3He answered and said to them, "Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

4For God commanded, saying, "Honor your father and your mother'; and, "He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.'

5But you say, "Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God"--

6then he need not honor his father or mother.' Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.

7Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:

8"These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.

9And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men."'

10When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, "Hear and understand:

11Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man."

12Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?"

13But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.

14Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch."

15Then Peter answered and said to Him, "Explain this parable to us."

16So Jesus said, "Are you also still without understanding?

17Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated?

18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.

19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

20These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."

1Give ear to my prayer, O God, And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.

2Attend to me, and hear me; I am restless in my complaint, and moan noisily,

3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they bring down trouble upon me, And in wrath they hate me.

4My heart is severely pained within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

5Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me.

6So I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.

7Indeed, I would wander far off, And remain in the wilderness.Selah

8I would hasten my escape From the windy storm and tempest."

9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

10Day and night they go around it on its walls; Iniquity and trouble are also in the midst of it.

11Destruction is in its midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from its streets.

12For it is not an enemy who reproaches me; Then I could bear it. Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me; Then I could hide from him.

13But it was you, a man my equal, My companion and my acquaintance.

14We took sweet counsel together, And walked to the house of God in the throng.

15Let death seize them; Let them go down alive into hell, For wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.

16As for me, I will call upon God, And the LORD shall save me.

17Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, And He shall hear my voice.

18He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, For there were many against me.

19God will hear, and afflict them, Even He who abides from of old.Selah Because they do not change, Therefore they do not fear God.

20He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; He has broken his covenant.

21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, But war was in his heart; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.

22Cast your burden on the LORD, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.

23But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in You.

1"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

2Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

3And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

4and said to them, "You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went.

5Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.

6And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, "Why have you been standing here idle all day?'

7They said to him, "Because no one hired us.' He said to them, "You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you will receive.'

8"So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, "Call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.'

9And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius.

10But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received each a denarius.

11And when they had received it, they complained against the landowner,

12saying, "These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.'

13But he answered one of them and said, "Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

14Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this last man the same as to you.

15Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?'

16So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen."

2For He says: "In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you." Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

3We give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed.

4But in all things we commend ourselves as ministers of God: in much patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses,

5in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings;

6by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love,

7by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

8by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

9as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed;

10as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

11O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you, our heart is wide open.

12You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.

13Now in return for the same (I speak as to children), you also be open.

1My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.

2For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

3Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body.

4Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires.

5Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!

6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.

7For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.

8But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

9With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God.

10Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

11Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening?

12Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.

1I will extol You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up, And have not let my foes rejoice over me.

2O LORD my God, I cried out to You, And You healed me.

3O LORD, You brought my soul up from the grave; You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

28"But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, "Son, go, work today in my vineyard.'

29He answered and said, "I will not,' but afterward he regretted it and went.

30Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, "I go, sir,' but he did not go.

31Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to Him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you.

32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but tax collectors and harlots believed him; and when you saw it, you did not afterward relent and believe him.