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Thus says Baruch the son of Neriah to the brethren carried into captivity: 'Mercy and peace.' I bear in mind, my brethren, the love of Him who created us, who loved us from of old, and never hated us, but above all educated us.

And truly I know that behold all we the twelve tribes are bound by one bond, inasmuch as we are born from one father.

Therefore, if you consider that ye have now suffered those things for your good, that you may not finally be condemned and tormented, then you will receive eternal hope; if above all you destroy from your heart vain error, on account of which you departed hence.

For assuredly I know that (the consolation of) the inhabitants of Zion consoles you: so far as you knew that it was prospered (your consolation) was greater than the tribulation which you endured in having to depart from it.

For I was mourning regarding Zion, and I prayed for mercy from the Most High, and I said:

And after his death you cast them away from you: on this account there came upon you what had been predicted.

Lo! I also say unto you after you have suffered, that if you obey those things which have been said unto you, you will receive from the Mighty One whatever has been laid up and reserved for you.

Therefore He said: Cast them far from Me;

He hath turned away His face from pitying them, Young and old and their children together;

Thou hast wiped out their memorial from the earth. God is a righteous judge, And He is no respecter of persons.

For the nations reproached Jerusalem, trampling it down; Her beauty was dragged down from the throne of glory.

And have mercy on the righteous, (delivering him) from the affliction of the sinner, And recompensing the sinner for what he hath done to the righteous.

Sing a new song, Unto God who is worthy to be praised. Sing and be wakeful against His awaking, For good is a psalm (sung) to God from a glad heart.

The steadfastness of the righteous is from God their deliverer; There lodgeth not in the house of the righteous sin upon sin.

Wherefore sittest thou, O profane (man), in the council of the pious, Seeing that thy heart is far removed from the Lord, Provoking with transgressions the God of Israel

That the pious may count righteous the judgment of their God, When sinners are removed from before the righteous,

He never ceaseth from scattering (families) as though (they were) orphans, Yea, he layeth waste a house on account of (his) lawless desire.

Let sleep be withdrawn from his eyelids at night; Let him fail dishonorably in every work of his hands.

But they have provoked God's anger and vexed Him. May He remove them from off the earth, Because with deceit they beguiled the souls of the flawless.

The Lord shall deliver them from guileful men and sinners, And deliver us from every stumbling-block of the lawless (men).

The Lord shall deliver them from guileful men and sinners, And deliver us from every stumbling-block of the lawless (men).

For no man taketh spoil from a mighty man;

He ariseth from his sleep, and blesseth the name of the Lord:

Make not Thy dwelling afar from us, O God; Lest they assail us that hate us without cause.

I said: They establish their ways in righteousness. I thought upon the judgments of God since the creation of heaven and earth; I held God righteous in His judgments which have been from of old.

They trode the altar of the Lord, (coming straight) from all manner of uncleanness; And with menstrual blood they defiled the sacrifices, as (though these were) common flesh.

He brought him that is from the end of the earth, that smiteth mightily;

But Thou art our God from the beginning, And upon Thee is our hope (set), O Lord;

And we will not depart from Thee, For good are Thy judgments upon us.

When Israel was led away captive into a strange land, When they fell away from the Lord who redeemed them,

They were cast away from the inheritance, which Lord had given them. Among every nation (were) the dispersed of Israel according to the word of God,

For from Thy knowledge none that doeth unjustly is hidden,

And the righteous deeds of Thy pious ones (are) before Thee, O Lord, Where, then, can a man hide himself from Thy knowledge, O God

He cleanseth from sins a soul when it maketh confession, when it maketh acknowledgement;

And, now, Thou art our God, and we the people whom Thou hast loved: Behold and show pity, O God of Israel, for we are Thine; And remove not Thy mercy from us, lest they assail us.

Happy is the man whom the Lord remembereth with reproving, And whom He restraineth from the way of evil with strokes, That he may be cleansed from sin, that it may not be multiplied.

Happy is the man whom the Lord remembereth with reproving, And whom He restraineth from the way of evil with strokes, That he may be cleansed from sin, that it may not be multiplied.

Stand on the height, O Jerusalem, and behold thy children, From the East and the West, gathered together by the Lord;

From the North they come in the gladness of their God, From the isles afar off God hath gathered them.

From the North they come in the gladness of their God, From the isles afar off God hath gathered them.

O Lord, deliver my soul from (the) lawless and wicked man, From the tongue that is lawless and slanderous, and speaketh lies and deceit.

O Lord, deliver my soul from (the) lawless and wicked man, From the tongue that is lawless and slanderous, and speaketh lies and deceit.

To involve households in warfare by means of slanderous lips. May God remove far from the innocent the lips of transgressors by (bringing them to) want And may the bones of slanderers be scattered (far) away from them that fear the Lord!

To involve households in warfare by means of slanderous lips. May God remove far from the innocent the lips of transgressors by (bringing them to) want And may the bones of slanderers be scattered (far) away from them that fear the Lord!

In flaming fire perish the slanderous tongue (far) away from the pious!

The arm of the Lord hath saved us from the sword that passed through, From famine and the death of sinners.

The arm of the Lord hath saved us from the sword that passed through, From famine and the death of sinners.

Noisome beasts ran upon them: With their teeth they tore their flesh, And with their molars crushed their bones. But from all these things the Lord delivered us,

A new psalm with song in gladness of heart, The fruit of the lips with the well-tuned instrument of the tongue, The firstfruits of the lips from a pious and righteous heart—

When it goeth forth from the face of the Lord against sinners, To destroy all the substance of sinners,

For the mark of God is upon the righteous that they may be saved. Famine and sword and pestilence (shall be) far from the righteous,

For they shall flee away from the pious as men pursued in war; But they shall pursue sinners and overtake (them), And they that do lawlessness shall not escape the judgment of God; As by enemies experienced (in war) shall they be overtaken,

When my soul slumbered (being afar) from the Lord, I had all but slipped down to the pit, When (I was) far from God,

When my soul slumbered (being afar) from the Lord, I had all but slipped down to the pit, When (I was) far from God,

when my soul departed from the Lord God of Israel— Had not the Lord helped me with His ever lasting mercy.

Remove not Thy mercy from me, O God, Nor Thy memorial from my heart until I die.

Remove not Thy mercy from me, O God, Nor Thy memorial from my heart until I die.

Rule me, O God, (keeping me back) from wicked sin, And from every wicked woman that causeth the simple to stumble.

Rule me, O God, (keeping me back) from wicked sin, And from every wicked woman that causeth the simple to stumble.

Protect my tongue and my lips with words of truth; Anger and unreasoning wrath put far from me.

Murmuring, and impatience in affliction, remove far from me, When, if I sin, Thou chastenest me that I may return (unto Thee).

If the righteous endureth in all these (trials), he shall receive mercy from the Lord.

But, for our sins, sinners rose up against us; They assailed us and thrust us out; What Thou hadst not promised to them, they took away (from us) with violence.

They laid waste the throne of David in tumultuous arrogance. But Thou, O God, didst cast them down and remove their seed from the earth,

Being an alien the enemy acted proudly, And his heart was alien from our God.

They that loved the synagogues of the pious fled from them, As sparrows that fly from their nest.

They that loved the synagogues of the pious fled from them, As sparrows that fly from their nest.

They wandered in deserts that their lives might be saved from harm, And precious in the eyes of them that lived abroad was any that escaped alive from them.

They wandered in deserts that their lives might be saved from harm, And precious in the eyes of them that lived abroad was any that escaped alive from them.

For the heavens withheld the rain from dropping upon the earth, Springs were stopped (that sprang) perennial(ly) out of the deeps, (that ran down) from lofty mountains. For there was none among them that wrought righteousness and justice; From the chief of them to the least (of them) all were sinful;

For the heavens withheld the rain from dropping upon the earth, Springs were stopped (that sprang) perennial(ly) out of the deeps, (that ran down) from lofty mountains. For there was none among them that wrought righteousness and justice; From the chief of them to the least (of them) all were sinful;

For the heavens withheld the rain from dropping upon the earth, Springs were stopped (that sprang) perennial(ly) out of the deeps, (that ran down) from lofty mountains. For there was none among them that wrought righteousness and justice; From the chief of them to the least (of them) all were sinful;

And that he may purge Jerusalem from nations that trample (her) down to destruction. Wisely, righteously

he shall thrust out sinners from (the) inheritance, He shall destroy the pride of the sinner as a potter's vessel. With a rod of iron he shall break in pieces all their substance,

So that nations shall come from the ends of the earth to see his glory, Bringing as gifts her sons who had fainted,

For he shall not put his trust in horse and rider and bow, Nor shall he multiply for himself gold and silver for war, Nor shall he gather confidence from () a multitude () for the day of battle.

And he himself (will be) pure from sin, so that he may rule a great people. He will rebuke rulers, and remove sinners by the might of his word;

May the Lord hasten His mercy upon Israel! May He deliver us from the uncleanness of unholy enemies! The Lord Himself is our king for ever and ever.

To turn back the obedient soul from folly (that is wrought) in ignorance.

(It is He) who hath established in (their) courses the lights (of heaven) for determining seasons from year to year, And they have not turned aside from the way which He appointed them

(It is He) who hath established in (their) courses the lights (of heaven) for determining seasons from year to year, And they have not turned aside from the way which He appointed them

In the fear of God (they pursue) their path every day, From the day God created them and for evermore.

And they have erred not since the day He created them. Since the generations of old they have not withdrawn from their path, Unless God commanded them (so to do) by the command of His servants.

For he was self-caused and from heaven looked down

From his own image, beautiful, divine,

Such as he had. And forthwith, from man's side

Their nakedness, but with hearts far from evil

The last calamity sent forth from heaven,

Which snatched the dreadful men away from life;

And from these afterward another race

In anger afterwards change from his world,

From heaven thus spoke: "Noah, be of good cheer

The air shall be disordered, and from heaven

And from this time repent; and nothing more

From the depths scatter and their walls destroy.

O Phrygia, thou shalt from the water's crest

By opening of great cataracts from heaven,

And from earth's caverns and the tireless deep

The house he opened from the polished wall,

From death, and there was great desire of heart;