Shalom to you on this last day of the Feast Of Unleavened
Bread. We hope the following Scriptures are an inspiration to you as they
were to us.
Psalm 44
For the sons of Korah, Maschil
(Instruction)
"We have heard with our ears, O Elohim, our fathers
have told us, what work Thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
Thou didst drive out the heathen with Thy hand, and plantedst them; Thou didst
afflict the people, and cast them out. For they got not the land in
possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but Thy
right hand, and Thine arm, and the light of Thy countenance, because Thou hadst
favor unto them.
"Thou art my King, O Elohim: command deliverances
for Jacob. Through Thee will we push down our enemies: through Thy Name
will we tread them under that rise up against us. For I will not trust in
my bow, neither shall my sword save me. But Thou hast saved us from our
enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. In Elohim we boast all
the day long, and praise Thy Name forever. Selah.
"But Thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and
goest not forth with our armies. Thou makest us to turn back from the
enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. Thou hast given us
like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
Thou sellest Thy people for nought, and dost not increase Thy wealth by their
price. Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision
to them that are round about us. Thou makest us a byword among the
heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. My confusion is
continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, for the voice
of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and
avenger.
"All this is come upon us; yet have we not
forgotten Thee, neither have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant. Our heart
is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Thy way; though Thou
hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of
death. If we have forgotten the Name of Elohim, or
stretched out our hands to a strange el; shall not Elohim search this out?
For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
"Yea, for Thy sake are we killed all the day long;
we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
"Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Yahweh? Arise,
cast us not off forever. Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest
our affliction and our oppression? For our soul is bowed down to the dust:
our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
"Arise for our help, and redeem us for Thy mercies'
sake.
"To the chief Musician upon
Shoshannim."
"upon Shoshannim = relating to lilies (a poetic name
for Spring). Used at the Passover, the Spring festival"
(footnote 34 in "The Word Of Yahweh")
Psalm 49
A psalm for the sons of
Korah
"Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all
inhabitants of the world: both low and high, rich and poor, together. My
mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of
understanding. I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark
sayings upon the harp.
"Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when
the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
"They that trust in their wealth, and boast
themselves in the multitude of their riches; none of them can by any means
redeem his brother, nor give to Elohim a ransom for him: (for the redemption of
their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) that He should still live for
ever, and not see corruption.
"For He seeth that wise men die, likewise the
fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their
dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own
names. Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not; he is like the beasts
that perish. This their way is folly: yet their posterity approve their
sayings. Selah. Like sheep they are laid in the
grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them
in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their
dwelling.
"But Elohim will redeem my soul from the power of
the grave: for He shall receive me. Selah.
"Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the
honor of His house is increased; for when he dieth he shall carry nothing away:
his honor shall not descend after him. Though while he lived he blessed
his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. He
shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. Man
that is in honor, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that
perish."
Psalm 50
A psalm of Asaph
"The mighty Elohim, even Yahweh, hath spoken, and
called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, Elohim hath shined.
"Our Elohim shall come, and shall not keep silence:
a fire shall devour before Him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about
Him. He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that He
may judge His people. Gather My saints together unto Me; those that have
made a covenant with Me by sacrifice. And the heavens shall declare his
righteousness: for Elohim is judge Himself. Selah.
"Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and
I will testify against thee: I am Elohim, even thy Elohim. I will not
reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, continually before
Me. I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy
folds. For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a
thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts
of the field are Mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the
world is Mine, and the fulness thereof. Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or
drink the blood of goats?
"Offer unto Elohim thanksgiving; and pay thy vows
unto the Most High: and call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee,
and thou shalt honor Me.
"But unto the wicked Elohim saith, What hast thou
to do to declare My statutes, or that thou shouldst take My covenant in thy
mouth, seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee?
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consented with him, and hast been partaker
with adulterers. Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth
deceit. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest
thine own mother's son. These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;
thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and
set them in order before thine eyes.
"Now consider this, ye that forget Eloah, lest I
tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
"Whoso offereth praise honors Me: and to him that
ordereth his conversation aright will I show the salvation of
Elohim."