Who can compare to the Lord our God, who sits on a high throne?

Give me a desire for your rules, rather than for wealth gained unjustly.

Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.

How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!

To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, and a discerning plan to the young person.

lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter – one that remains trustworthy.

The Lord gave the prophet Jeremiah a message for them. He told him to tell them,

“The Lord God of Israel has a message for you, Baruch.

The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.

ז (Zayin) Remember my impoverished and homeless condition, which is a bitter poison.

י (Yod) Let a person sit alone in silence, when the Lord is disciplining him.

Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from hunger.

The Lord says, “Look! I will make you a weak nation; you will be greatly despised!

For this reason his parents said, “He is a mature adult, ask him.”)

They called out to ask if Simon, known as Peter, was staying there as a guest.

saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them.”

As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

He displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his majestic greatness for a lengthy period of time – a hundred and eighty days, to be exact!

A song of ascents, by David. O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor do I have a haughty look. I do not have great aspirations, or concern myself with things that are beyond me.