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The righteous stumbleth and holdeth the Lord righteous: He falleth and looketh out for what God will do to him;

He maketh atonement for (sins of) ignorance by fasting and afflicting his soul,

And the Lord counteth guiltless every pious man and his house.

And the Lord counteth guiltless every pious man and his house.

The sinner stumbleth and curseth his life, The day when he was begotten, and his mother's travail.

The sinner stumbleth and curseth his life, The day when he was begotten, and his mother's travail.

He falleth—verily grievous is his fall—and riseth no more. The destruction of the sinner is for ever,

And he shall not be remembered, when the righteous is visited.

But they that fear the Lord shall rise to life eternal, And their life (shall be) in the light of the Lord, and shall come to an end no more.

But they that fear the Lord shall rise to life eternal, And their life (shall be) in the light of the Lord, and shall come to an end no more.

And his hand is first upon him as (though he acted) in zeal, And (yet) he is himself guilty in respect of manifold sins and of wantonness.

And his hand is first upon him as (though he acted) in zeal, And (yet) he is himself guilty in respect of manifold sins and of wantonness.

And his hand is first upon him as (though he acted) in zeal, And (yet) he is himself guilty in respect of manifold sins and of wantonness.

By night and in secret he sinneth as though unseen, With his eyes he talketh to every woman of evil compacts.

Let God remove those that live in hypocrisy in the company of the pious, (Even) the life of such an one with corruption of his flesh and penury.

Let God reveal the deeds of the men-pleasers, The deeds of such an one with laughter and derision;

And their eyes (are fixed) upon any man's house that is (still) secure, That they may, like (the) Serpent, destroy the wisdom of . . . with words of transgressors,

He fills one (house) with lawlessness, And (then) his eyes (are fixed) upon the next house, To destroy it with words that give wing to (desire). (Yet) with all these his soul, like Sheol, is not sated.

Let his portion, O Lord, be dishonoured before thee; Let him go forth groaning and come home cursed.

Let his life be (spent) in anguish, and penury, and want, O Lord; Let his sleep be (beset) with pains and his awaking with perplexities.

Let his life be (spent) in anguish, and penury, and want, O Lord; Let his sleep be (beset) with pains and his awaking with perplexities.

Let his life be (spent) in anguish, and penury, and want, O Lord; Let his sleep be (beset) with pains and his awaking with perplexities.

Let him come home empty-handed to his house, And his house be void of everything wherewith he could sate his appetite.

Let the flesh of the men-pleasers be rent by wild beasts, And (let) the bones of the lawless (lie) dishonored in the sight of the sun.

For they have laid waste many houses of men, in dishonor, And scattered (them) in (their) lust;

And they have not remembered God, Nor feared God in all these things;

But they have provoked God's anger and vexed Him. May He remove them from off the earth, Because with deceit they beguiled the souls of the flawless.

The Lord shall deliver them from guileful men and sinners, And deliver us from every stumbling-block of the lawless (men).

The Lord shall deliver them from guileful men and sinners, And deliver us from every stumbling-block of the lawless (men).

Let God destroy them that insolently work all unrighteousness, For a great and mighty judge is the Lord our God in righteousness.

For Thou art good and merciful, the refuge of the poor;

For man and his portion (lie) before Thee in the balance; He cannot add to, so as to enlarge, what has been prescribed by Thee. O God,

when we are in distress we call upon Thee for help, And Thou dost not turn back our petition, for Thou art our God.

For if I hunger, unto Thee will I cry, O God; And Thou wilt give to me.

Birds and fish dost Thou nourish, In that Thou givest rain to the steppes that green grass may spring up, (So) to prepare fodder in the steppe for every living thing;

And if they hunger, unto Thee do they lift up their face.

Kings and rulers and peoples Thou dost nourish, O God; And who is the help of the poor and needy, if not Thou, O Lord

Kings and rulers and peoples Thou dost nourish, O God; And who is the help of the poor and needy, if not Thou, O Lord

Kings and rulers and peoples Thou dost nourish, O God; And who is the help of the poor and needy, if not Thou, O Lord

Kings and rulers and peoples Thou dost nourish, O God; And who is the help of the poor and needy, if not Thou, O Lord

And Thou wilt hearken -for who is good and gentle but Thou— Making glad the soul of the humble by opening Thine hand in mercy.

And Thou wilt hearken -for who is good and gentle but Thou— Making glad the soul of the humble by opening Thine hand in mercy.

Man's goodness is (bestowed) grudgingly and . . .; And if he repeat (it) without murmuring, even that is marvelous.

Man's goodness is (bestowed) grudgingly and . . .; And if he repeat (it) without murmuring, even that is marvelous.

But Thy gift is great in goodness and wealth, And he whose hope is (set) on Thee shall have no lack of gifts.

But Thy gift is great in goodness and wealth, And he whose hope is (set) on Thee shall have no lack of gifts.

Sufficient are moderate means with righteousness, And hereby the blessing of the Lord (becomes) abundance with righteousness.

They that fear the Lord rejoice in good (gifts), And Thy goodness is upon Israel in Thy kingdom. Blessed is the glory of the Lord for He is our king.

His ways are made even by the Lord, And the works of his hands are preserved by the Lord his God.

When he passes through rivers and the tossing of the seas, he shall not be dismayed.

He ariseth from his sleep, and blesseth the name of the Lord:

When his heart is at peace, he singeth to the name of his God, And he entreateth the Lord for all his house.

And the Lord heareth the prayer of every one that feareth God, And every request of the soul that hopes for Him doth the Lord accomplish.

And the Lord heareth the prayer of every one that feareth God, And every request of the soul that hopes for Him doth the Lord accomplish.

For, if Thou sendest pestilence, Thou Thyself givest it charge concerning us; For Thou art merciful, And wilt not be angry to the point of consuming us.

And the nations shall not prevail against us. For Thou art our shield,

And when we call upon Thee, Thou hearkenest to us;

For Thou wilt pity the seed of Israel for ever And Thou wilt not reject (them): But we (shall be) under Thy yoke for ever, And (under) the rod of Thy chastening.

For Thou wilt pity the seed of Israel for ever And Thou wilt not reject (them): But we (shall be) under Thy yoke for ever, And (under) the rod of Thy chastening.

Distress and the sound of war hath my ear heard; The sound of a trumpet announcing slaughter and calamity,

Distress and the sound of war hath my ear heard; The sound of a trumpet announcing slaughter and calamity,

And I said in my heart; Surely () God judgeth us;

I said: They establish their ways in righteousness. I thought upon the judgments of God since the creation of heaven and earth; I held God righteous in His judgments which have been from of old.

They wrought confusion, son with mother and father with daughter;

They trode the altar of the Lord, (coming straight) from all manner of uncleanness; And with menstrual blood they defiled the sacrifices, as (though these were) common flesh.

Therefore God mingled for them a spirit of wandering; And gave them to drink a cup of undiluted wine, that they might become drunken.

He decreed () war against Jerusalem, and against her land.

He captured her fortresses and the wall of Jerusalem;

He destroyed their princes and every one wise in counsel; He poured out the blood of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, like the water of uncleanness.

He led away their sons and daughters, whom they had begotten in defilement.

They defiled Jerusalem and the things that had been hallowed to the name of God.

And the pious (servants) of God are like innocent lambs in their midst.

Turn, O God, Thy mercy upon us, and have pity upon us;

Gather together the dispersed of Israel, with mercy and goodness;

For Thy faithfulness is with us. And (though) we have stiffened our neck, yet Thou art our chastener;

But Thou art our God from the beginning, And upon Thee is our hope (set), O Lord;

And we will not depart from Thee, For good are Thy judgments upon us.

Ours and our children's be Thy good pleasure for ever; O Lord our Saviour, we shall never more be moved.

The Lord is worthy to be praised for His judgments with the mouth of His pious ones; And blessed be Israel of the Lord for ever.

And the righteous deeds of Thy pious ones (are) before Thee, O Lord, Where, then, can a man hide himself from Thy knowledge, O God

Our works are subject to our own choice and power To do right or wrong in the works of our hands

And in Thy righteousness Thou visitest the sons of men.

He that doeth righteousness layeth up life for himself with the Lord; And he that doeth wrongly forfeits his life to destruction;

For the judgments of the Lord are (given) in righteousness to (every) man and (his) house. Unto whom art Thou good, O God, except to them that call upon the Lord

For shame is upon us and upon our faces on account of all these things.

And to whom doth He forgive sins, except to them that have sinned

Thou blessest the righteous, and dost not reprove them for the sins that they have committed; And Thy goodness is upon them that sin, when they repent.

Thou blessest the righteous, and dost not reprove them for the sins that they have committed; And Thy goodness is upon them that sin, when they repent.

And, now, Thou art our God, and we the people whom Thou hast loved: Behold and show pity, O God of Israel, for we are Thine; And remove not Thy mercy from us, lest they assail us.

And, now, Thou art our God, and we the people whom Thou hast loved: Behold and show pity, O God of Israel, for we are Thine; And remove not Thy mercy from us, lest they assail us.

And, now, Thou art our God, and we the people whom Thou hast loved: Behold and show pity, O God of Israel, for we are Thine; And remove not Thy mercy from us, lest they assail us.

And, now, Thou art our God, and we the people whom Thou hast loved: Behold and show pity, O God of Israel, for we are Thine; And remove not Thy mercy from us, lest they assail us.

For Thou didst choose the seed of Abraham before all the nations, And didst set Thy name upon us, O Lord,

And Thou wilt not reject (us) for ever. Thou madest a covenant with our fathers concerning us;

And we hope in Thee, when our soul turneth (unto Thee). The mercy of the Lord be upon the house of Israel for ever and ever.

And we hope in Thee, when our soul turneth (unto Thee). The mercy of the Lord be upon the house of Israel for ever and ever.

Happy is the man whom the Lord remembereth with reproving, And whom He restraineth from the way of evil with strokes, That he may be cleansed from sin, that it may not be multiplied.

For He maketh straight the ways of the righteous, And doth not pervert (them) by His chastening.

And the mercy of the Lord (is) upon them that love Him in truth, And the Lord remembereth His servants in mercy.

And the mercy of the Lord (is) upon them that love Him in truth, And the Lord remembereth His servants in mercy.