¹ אני הגבר ראה עני בשבט עברתו׃

² אותי נהג וילך חשך ולא־אור׃

³ אך בי ישב יהפך ידו כל־היום׃ ס

⁴ בלה בשרי ועורי שבר עצמותי׃

⁵ בנה עלי ויקף ראש ותלאה׃

⁶ במחשכים הושיבני כמתי עולם׃ ס

⁷ גדר בעדי ולא אצא הכביד נחשתי׃

⁸ גם כי אזעק ואשוע שתם תפלתי׃

⁹ גדר דרכי בגזית נתיבתי עוה׃ ס

¹⁰ דב ארב הוא לי [כ= אריה] [ק= ארי] במסתרים׃

¹¹ דרכי סורר ויפשחני שמני שםם׃

¹² דרך קשתו ויציבני כמטרא לחץ׃ ס

¹³ הביא בכליותי בני אשפתו׃

¹⁴ הייתי שחק* לכל־עמי נגינתם כל־היום׃

¹⁵ השביעני במרורים הרוני לענה׃ ס

¹⁶ ויגרס בחץץ שני הכפישני באפר׃

¹⁷ ותזנח משלום נפשי נשיתי טובה׃

¹⁸ ואמר אבד נצחי ותוחלתי מיהוה׃ ס

¹⁹ זכר־עניי ומרודי לענה וראש׃

²⁰ זכור תזכור [כ= ותשיח] [ק= ותשוח] עלי נפשי׃

²¹ זאת אשיב אל־לבי על־כן אוחיל׃ ס

²² חסדי יהוה כי לא־תמנו כי לא־כלו רחמיו׃

²³ חדשים לבקרים רבה אמונתך׃

²⁴ חלקי יהוה אמרה נפשי על־כן אוחיל לו׃ ס

²⁵ טוב יהוה לקווק לנפש תדרשנו׃

²⁶ טוב ויחיל ודוםם לתשועת יהוה׃

²⁷ טוב לגבר כי־ישא על בנעוריו׃ ס

²⁸ ישב בדד וידם כי נטל עליו׃

²⁹ יתן בעפר פיהו אולי יש תקוה׃

³⁰ יתן למכהו לחי ישבע בחרפה׃ ס

³¹ כי לא יזנח לעולם אדני׃

³² כי אם־הוגה ורחם כרב [כ= חסדו] [ק= חסדיו]׃

³³ כי לא ענה מלבו ויגה בני־איש׃ ס

³⁴ לדכא תחת רגליו כל אסירי ארץ׃

³⁵ להטות משפט־גבר נגד פני עליון׃

³⁶ לעות אדם בריבו אדני לא ראה׃ ס

³⁷ מי זה אמר ותהי אדני לא צוה׃

³⁸ מפי עליון לא תצא הרעות והטוב׃

³⁹ מה־יתאוןן אדם חי גבר על־[כ= חטאו] [ק= חטאיו]׃ ס

⁴⁰ נחפשה דרכינו ונחקרה ונשובה עד־יהוה׃

⁴¹ נשא לבבנו אל־כפים אל־אל בשמים׃

⁴² נחנו פשענו ומרינו אתה לא סלחת׃ ס

⁴³ סכתה באף ותרדפנו הרגת לא חמלת׃

⁴⁴ סכותה בעןן לך מעבור תפלה׃

⁴⁵ סחי ומאוס תשימנו בקרב העמים׃ ס

⁴⁶ פצו עלינו פיהם כל־איבינו׃

⁴⁷ פחד ופחת היה לנו השאת והשבר׃

⁴⁸ פלגי־מים תרד עיני על־שבר בת־עמי׃ ס

⁴⁹ עיני נגרה ולא תדמה מאין הפגות׃

⁵⁰ עד־ישקיף וירא יהוה משמים׃

⁵¹ עיני עוללה לנפשי מכל בנות עירי׃ ס

⁵² צוד צדוני כצפור איבי חנם׃

⁵³ צמתו בבור חיי וידו־אבן בי׃

⁵⁴ צפו־מים על־ראשי אמרתי נגזרתי׃ ס

⁵⁵ קראתי שמך יהוה מבור תחתיות׃

⁵⁶ קולי שמעת אל־תעלם אזנך לרוחתי לשועתי׃

⁵⁷ קרבת ביום אקראך אמרת אל־תירא׃ ס

⁵⁸ רבת אדני ריבי נפשי גאלת חיי׃

⁵⁹ ראיתה יהוה עותתי שפטה משפטי׃

⁶⁰ ראיתה כל־נקמתם כל־מחשבתם לי׃ ס

⁶¹ שמעת חרפתם יהוה כל־מחשבתם עלי׃

⁶² שפתי קמי והגיונם עלי כל־היום׃

⁶³ שבתם וקימתם הביטה אני מנגינתם׃ ס

⁶⁴ תשיב להם גמול יהוה כמעשה ידיהם׃

⁶⁵ תתן להם מגנת־לב תאלתך להם׃

⁶⁶ תרדף באף ותשמידם מתחת שמי יהוה׃ ף

¹⁰ נאלמתי לא אפתח־פי כי אתה עשית׃

¹ Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.

² Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.

³ (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.

⁴ They don't eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)

⁵ The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"

⁶ He answered them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

⁷ But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'

⁸ "For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men--the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things."

⁹ He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

¹⁰ For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'

¹¹ But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;"'

¹² then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,

¹³ making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."

¹⁴ He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand.

¹⁵ There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

¹⁶ If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"

¹⁷ When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.

¹⁸ He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Don't you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can't defile him,

¹⁹ because it doesn't go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus purifying all foods?"

²⁰ He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.

²¹ For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

²² covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

²³ All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."

²⁴ From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn't want anyone to know it, but he couldn't escape notice.

²⁵ For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.

²⁶ Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

²⁷ But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

²⁸ But she answered him, "Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs."

²⁹ He said to her, "For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter."

³⁰ She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.

³¹ Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of Decapolis.

³² They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.

³³ He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue.

³⁴ Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"

³⁵ Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.

³⁶ He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.

³⁷ They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!"