[Sidenote Mal. 3:16-18]
Such things those who feared Jehovah spoke to one
another,
And Jehovah gave heed, and heard,
And a book of remembrance was written before him,
Regarding those who feared Jehovah,
And those who keep in mind his name;
And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts,
In the day that I make up mine especial treasure.
And I will spare them,
As a man spares his son who serves him.
Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous
and the wicked,
Between him who serves God and him who serves him
not.
[Sidenote: Mal. 4:1-3]
For behold the day is coming that shall burn like
a furnace,
And all the proud and those who work iniquity shall
be stubble,
And the day that is coming shall burn them up, saith
Jehovah of hosts,
So that there shall be left them neither root nor
branch.
But to you who fear my name there shall arise
The sun of righteousness with healing on his wings,
And ye shall go forth and leap like calves out of
the stall.
And ye shall tread down the wicked,
For they shall be as ashes under the soles of your
feet,
In the day in which I begin to execute, saith Jehovah
of hosts.
[Sidenote: Ps. 22:1-5]
My God, why dost thou forsake me,
Far from my salvation is my groaning
By day I call, but thou answerest not,
And by night there is no respite for me.
Yet thou, O my God, art the Holy One,
Enthroned on Israel’s songs of praise.
In thee our fathers trusted,
They trusted, and thou didst deliver them;
To thee they cried, and were delivered,
In thee they trusted and were not ashamed.
[Sidenote: Ps. 22:6-8]
But I am a worm and no man,
Reproached by men and despised by the people.
Whoever sees me derideth me,
They sneer as they toss the head:
“He depended upon Jehovah, let him deliver him,
Let him save him, since he delighteth in him!”
[Sidenote: Ps. 22:9-11]
Yet it was thou who took me from the womb,
Who made me safe on my mother’s breast;
On thee was I cast from birth,
Thou art my God from my mother’s womb.
Be not far from me, for there is distress,
Draw nigh, for there is no helper.
[Sidenote: Ps. 22:12-18]
Many bulls encompass me,
Mighty ones of Bashan beset me round,
They open their mouths at me,
Like a ravening, roaring lion.
As water I am poured out,
Yea, all my bones are out of joint,
My heart hath become like wax,
It is melted within my body,
My palate is dried up like a potsherd,
And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws;
In the dust of death thou dost lay me,
For dogs circle me about,
The assembly of evil-doers enclose me;
They pierce my hands and my feet,
I can count all my bones;
They stare, they gloat over me.
They divide my garments among them,
And for my clothing they cast lots!