¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

² On^◦ the first day of the month, in the first^◦ month, shalt thou raise·​·up the Habitation of the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦.

³ And thou shalt set in it the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt shelter the veil over the ark.

⁴ And thou shalt bring·​·in the table, and shalt arrange its arrangement; and thou shalt bring·​·in the lampstand, and shalt cause the flame of its lamps to go·​·up^*.

⁵ And thou shalt put^◦ the altar of gold for incense before the ark of the Testimony, and shalt set the sheltering of the entrance to the Habitation.

⁶ And thou shalt put^◦ the altar of the burnt·​·offering before the entrance of the Habitation of the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦.

⁷ And thou shalt put^◦ the laver between the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦ and the altar, and shalt put^◦ waters therein.

⁸ And thou shalt set the court all around, and shalt put^◦ the sheltering at the gate of the court.

⁹ And thou shalt take the oil of anointing, and anoint the Habitation, and all that is in it, and thou shalt sanctify it, and all its vessels; and it shall be holy.

¹⁰ And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt·​·offering, and all its vessels, and shalt sanctify the altar; and the altar shall be a holy of holies.

¹¹ And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and shalt sanctify it.

¹² And thou shalt make Aaron and his sons come·​·near to^▵ the entrance of the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, and shalt bathe them with waters.

¹³ And thou shall clothe Aaron with the garments of holiness, and thou shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may be·​·a·​·priest to Me.

¹⁴ And thou shalt make his sons to come·​·near, and shalt clothe them with tunics.

¹⁵ And thou shalt anoint them, as^◦ thou didst anoint their father, and they shall be·​·priests to Me; and their anointing shall be for a priesthood of an age, to be to them for their generations.

¹⁶ And Moses did according·​·to all that Jehovah commanded him, so he did.

¹⁷ And it was in the first month, in the second year, on the first^◦ day of the month, that the Habitation was raised·​·up.

¹⁸ And Moses raised·​·up the Habitation, and put^◦ down its bases^◦, and set up its planks, and put^◦ in its bars, and raised·​·up its pillars.

¹⁹ And he spread the Tabernacle over the Habitation, and put the covering of the Tabernacle upon it above, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

²⁰ And he took and put the Testimony into the ark, and placed the poles upon the ark, and put the place of atonement upon the ark above.

²¹ And he brought the ark into the Habitation, and set the veil of the sheltering, and sheltered over the ark of the Testimony; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

²² And he put the table in the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, upon the thigh of the Habitation northward, outside the veil.

²³ And he arranged on it the arrangement of the bread before Jehovah; as^◦ Jehovah commanded Moses.

²⁴ And he set the lampstand in the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, opposite the table, on the thigh of the Habitation toward the south.

²⁵ And he caused the flame of the lamps to go·​·up^* before Jehovah; as^◦ Jehovah commanded Moses.

²⁶ And he put the altar of gold in the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦ before the veil;

²⁷ and he burnt·​·for·​·incense thereon fragrant incense, as^◦ Jehovah commanded Moses.

²⁸ And he set the sheltering of the entrance to the Habitation.

²⁹ And he set the altar of the burnt·​·offering at the entrance of the Habitation of the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, and he brought·​·up on it the burnt·​·offering and the gift·​·offering; as^◦ Jehovah commanded Moses.

³⁰ And he set the laver between the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦ and the altar, and put^◦ waters therein, to bathe.

³¹ And Moses and Aaron and his sons bathed out of it their hands and their feet.

³² When they came into the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, and when they came·​·near to the altar, they bathed; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

³³ And he raised·​·up the court all around the Habitation, and the altar, and put^◦ up the sheltering of the gate of the court. And Moses completed the work^▵*,

³⁴ And the cloud covered the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, and the glory of Jehovah filled the Habitation.

³⁵ And Moses was· not ·able to come into^◦ the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, for the cloud abode^◦ on it, and the glory of Jehovah filled the Habitation^*.

³⁶ And when the cloud went·​·up from over the Habitation, the sons of Israel journeyed in all their journeys.

³⁷ And if the cloud went· not ·up, then they journeyed not until the day that it went·​·up.

³⁸ For the cloud of Jehovah was upon the Habitation by·​·day, and there was fire in it by night, to the eyes of all the house of Israel, in all their journeys.

¹ I am the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

² He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.

³ Surely against me he turns his hand again and again all the day.

⁴ My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.

⁵ He has built against me, and surrounded me with gall and travail.

⁶ He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

⁷ He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.

⁸ Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.

⁹ He has walled up my ways with cut stone; he has made my paths crooked.

¹⁰ He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

¹¹ He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.

¹² He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

¹³ He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.

¹⁴ I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

¹⁵ He has filled me with bitterness, he has sated me with wormwood.

¹⁶ He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he has covered me with ashes.

¹⁷ You have removed my soul far off from peace; I forgot prosperity.

¹⁸ I said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from Yahweh.

¹⁹ Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

²⁰ My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.

²¹ This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.

²² [It is of] Yahweh's loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn't fail.

²³ They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

²⁴ Yahweh is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

²⁵ Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.

²⁶ It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.

²⁷ It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

²⁸ Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.

²⁹ Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

³⁰ Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him; let him be filled full with reproach.

³¹ For the Lord will not cast off forever.

³² For though he cause grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

³³ For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.

³⁴ To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

³⁵ To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

³⁶ To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn't approve.

³⁷ Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn't command it?

³⁸ Doesn't evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?

³⁹ Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

⁴⁰ Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.

⁴¹ Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.

⁴² We have transgressed and have rebelled; you have not pardoned.

⁴³ You have covered with anger and pursued us; you have killed, you have not pitied.

⁴⁴ You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.

⁴⁵ You have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.

⁴⁶ All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.

⁴⁷ Fear and the pit are come on us, devastation and destruction.

⁴⁸ My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

⁴⁹ My eye pours down, and doesn't cease, without any intermission,

⁵⁰ Until Yahweh look down, and see from heaven.

⁵¹ My eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.

⁵² They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.

⁵³ They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.

⁵⁴ Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

⁵⁵ I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.

⁵⁶ You heard my voice; don't hide your ear at my breathing, at my cry.

⁵⁷ You drew near in the day that I called on you; you said, Don't be afraid.

⁵⁸ Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul; you have redeemed my life.

⁵⁹ Yahweh, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.

⁶⁰ You have seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.

⁶¹ You have heard their reproach, Yahweh, and all their devices against me,

⁶² The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

⁶³ You see their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.

⁶⁴ You will render to them a recompense, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.

⁶⁵ You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.

⁶⁶ You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh.