- The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver.
The heart of the wicked is of little worth. - I ate no pleasant food. No meat or wine came into my mouth. I didn’t anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.
- The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels:
they go down into a person’s innermost parts. - Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
- Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”
May Yahweh our God be with us as he was with our fathers. Let him not leave us or forsake us.