¹It came to pass on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. ²And he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young bull as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the Lᴏʀᴅ. ³And to the children of Israel you shall speak, saying, ‘Take a kid of the goats as a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering, ⁴also a bull and a ram as peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lᴏʀᴅ, and a grain offering mixed with oil; for today the Lᴏʀᴅ will appear to you.’ ” ⁵So they brought what Moses commanded before the tabernacle of meeting. And all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lᴏʀᴅ. ⁶Then Moses said, “This is the thing which the Lᴏʀᴅ commanded you to do, and the glory of the Lᴏʀᴅ will appear to you.” ⁷And Moses said to Aaron, “Go to the altar, offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people. Offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them, as the Lᴏʀᴅ commanded.” ⁸Aaron therefore went to the altar and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. ⁹Then the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him. And he dipped his finger in the blood, put it on the horns of the altar, and poured the blood at the base of the altar. ¹⁰But the fat, the kidneys, and the fatty lobe from the liver of the sin offering he burned on the altar, as the Lᴏʀᴅ had commanded Moses. ¹¹The flesh and the hide he burned with fire outside the camp. ¹²And he killed the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons presented to him the blood, which he sprinkled all around on the altar. ¹³Then they presented the burnt offering to him, with its pieces and head, and he burned them on the altar. ¹⁴And he washed the entrails and the legs, and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar. ¹⁵Then he brought the people’s offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and killed it and offered it for sin, like the first one. ¹⁶And he brought the burnt offering and offered it according to the prescribed manner. ¹⁷Then he brought the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar, besides the burnt sacrifice of the morning. ¹⁸He also killed the bull and the ram as sacrifices of peace offerings, which were for the people. And Aaron’s sons presented to him the blood, which he sprinkled all around on the altar, ¹⁹and the fat from the bull and the ram—the fatty tail, what covers the entrails and the kidneys, and the fatty lobe attached to the liver; ²⁰and they put the fat on the breasts. Then he burned the fat on the altar; ²¹but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved as a wave offering before the Lᴏʀᴅ, as Moses had commanded. ²²Then Aaron lifted his hand toward the people, blessed them, and came down from offering the sin offering, the burnt offering, and peace offerings. ²³And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of meeting, and came out and blessed the people. Then the glory of the Lᴏʀᴅ appeared to all the people, ²⁴and fire came out from before the Lᴏʀᴅ and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.

¹Why do You stand afar off, O Lᴏʀᴅ? Why do You hide in times of trouble? ²The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised. ³For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire; He blesses the greedy and renounces the Lᴏʀᴅ. ⁴The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts. ⁵His ways are always prospering; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; As for all his enemies, he sneers at them. ⁶He has said in his heart, “I shall not be moved; I shall never be in adversity.” ⁷His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity. ⁸He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the secret places he murders the innocent; His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless. ⁹He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; He lies in wait to catch the poor; He catches the poor when he draws him into his net. ¹⁰So he crouches, he lies low, That the helpless may fall by his strength. ¹¹He has said in his heart, “God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see.” ¹²Arise, O Lᴏʀᴅ! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble. ¹³Why do the wicked renounce God? He has said in his heart, “You will not require an account.” ¹⁴But You have seen, for You observe trouble and grief, To repay it by Your hand. The helpless commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless. ¹⁵Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man; Seek out his wickedness until You find none. ¹⁶The Lᴏʀᴅ is King forever and ever; The nations have perished out of His land. ¹⁷Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear, ¹⁸To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, That the man of the earth may oppress no more.

¹Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them; ²For their heart devises violence, And their lips talk of troublemaking. ³Through wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established; ⁴By knowledge the rooms are filled With all precious and pleasant riches. ⁵A wise man is strong, Yes, a man of knowledge increases strength; ⁶For by wise counsel you will wage your own war, And in a multitude of counselors there is safety. ⁷Wisdom is too lofty for a fool; He does not open his mouth in the gate. ⁸He who plots to do evil Will be called a schemer. ⁹The devising of foolishness is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to men. ¹⁰If you faint in the day of adversity, Your strength is small. ¹¹Deliver those who are drawn toward death, And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter. ¹²If you say, “Surely we did not know this,” Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, does He not know it? And will He not render to each man according to his deeds? ¹³My son, eat honey because it is good, And the honeycomb which is sweet to your taste; ¹⁴So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul; If you have found it, there is a prospect, And your hope will not be cut off. ¹⁵Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not plunder his resting place; ¹⁶For a righteous man may fall seven times And rise again, But the wicked shall fall by calamity. ¹⁷Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles; ¹⁸Lest the Lᴏʀᴅ see it, and it displease Him, And He turn away His wrath from him. ¹⁹Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the wicked; ²⁰For there will be no prospect for the evil man; The lamp of the wicked will be put out. ²¹My son, fear the Lᴏʀᴅ and the king; Do not associate with those given to change; ²²For their calamity will rise suddenly, And who knows the ruin those two can bring? ²³These things also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment. ²⁴He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,” Him the people will curse; Nations will abhor him. ²⁵But those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, And a good blessing will come upon them. ²⁶He who gives a right answer kisses the lips. ²⁷Prepare your outside work, Make it fit for yourself in the field; And afterward build your house. ²⁸Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, For would you deceive with your lips? ²⁹Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.” ³⁰I went by the field of the lazy man, And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding; ³¹And there it was, all overgrown with thorns; Its surface was covered with nettles; Its stone wall was broken down. ³²When I saw it, I considered it well; I looked on it and received instruction: ³³A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest; ³⁴So shall your poverty come like a prowler, And your need like an armed man.

¹Therefore, when we could no longer endure it, we thought it good to be left in Athens alone, ²and sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you and encourage you concerning your faith, ³that no one should be shaken by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this. ⁴For, in fact, we told you before when we were with you that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and you know. ⁵For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor might be in vain. ⁶But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always have good remembrance of us, greatly desiring to see us, as we also to see you— ⁷therefore, brethren, in all our affliction and distress we were comforted concerning you by your faith. ⁸For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord. ⁹For what thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sake before our God, ¹⁰night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and perfect what is lacking in your faith? ¹¹Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. ¹²And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you, ¹³so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.