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READINGS FOR OMER COUNT – DAY 34

Behold, I am about to fulfill the affirmative precept of the counting of the Omer, as it is written in the Torah:

“And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the Shabbath, from the day that ye brought the Omer of the wave-offering, seven complete weeks they shall be; until the morrow of the seventh Shabbath shall ye number fifty days.”

Blessed art Thou YHWH, our Elohym, King of the universe, who hast set us apart by Thy commandments and hast given us command concerning the counting of the Omer.

This is the thirty-fourth day, making four weeks and six days of the Omer.

May the All Merciful restore the service of the Temple to its place. May it be Thy will, YHWH our Elohym and Elohym of our fathers, that the Temple be speedily rebuilt in our days, and grant our portion in Thy Torah. And there we will serve Thee with awe, as in the days of old and as in ancient years.

May Elohym be favorable unto us and bless us. That Thy way may be known upon the earth, Thy salvation among all nations. Let the peoples give thanks unto Thee, Elohym; let all the peoples give thanks unto Thee. Let the nations rejoice and exult: for Thou wilt judge the peoples with equity and lead the nations upon the earth. Let the peoples give thanks unto Thee, Elohym; let all the peoples give thanks unto Thee. The earth hath yielded her increase: Elohym, even our Elohym, shall bless us. Elohym shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.

READINGS: TEHILLAH 90

YHWH, You have been our refuge In all generations.

Before the mountains were born, Or You had brought forth the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting You are Ěl.

You turn man back to dust, And say, “Return, O children of men.”

For a thousand years in Your eyes Are like yesterday that has past, Or like a watch in the night.

You have swept them away, They are as a sleep, Like grass that springs up in the morning.

In the morning it flourishes and springs up, At evening it is cut down and withered.

For we have been consumed by Your displeasure, And by Your wrath we are alarmed.

You have set our crookednesses before You, Our secret sin in the light of Your face.

For all our days have passed away in Your wrath, We spend our years like a whisper.

The days of our lives are seventy years; Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet the best of them is but toil and exertion; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

Who knows the power of Your displeasure? And your wrath, according to the fear of You?

Teach us to number our days, And let us bring the heart to wisdom.

Return, O YHWH! How long? And be sorry for Your servants.

Satisfy us in the morning with Your mercy, And let us sing for joy all our days!

Give us joy according to The days You have afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.

Reveal Your work to Your servants, And Your splendor to their children.

And let the pleasantness Of YHWH our Elohim be upon us, And confirm the work of our hands for us; O confirm the work of our hands!

READINGS: TEHILLAH 91

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High, Who abides under the shadow of the Almighty, He is saying of YHWH, “My refuge and my stronghold, My Elohim, in whom I trust!”

For He delivers you from the snare of a trapper, From the destructive pestilence.

He covers you with His feathers, And under His wings you take refuge; His truth is a shield and armor.

You are not afraid of the dread by night, Of the arrow that flies by day, Of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Of destruction that ravages at midday.

A thousand fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it does not come near you.

Only with your eyes you look on, And see the reward of the wrong ones.

Because you have made YHWH – My refuge, the Most High – your dwelling place, No evil befalls you, And a plague does not come near your tent; For He commands His messengers concerning you, To guard you in all your ways.

They bear you up in their hands, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.

You tread upon lion and cobra, Young lion and serpent you trample under foot.

“Because he cleaves to Me in love, Therefore I deliver him; I set him on high, Because he has known My Name.

“When he calls on Me, I answer him; I am with him in distress; I deliver him and esteem him.

“With long life I satisfy him, And show him My deliverance.”

READINGS: TEHILLAH 92

It is excellent to give thanks to YHWH, And to sing praises to Your Name, O Most High; To declare Your mercy in the morning, And Your trustworthiness each night, On ten strings, and on the harp, To the sounding chords of the lyre.

For You have made me rejoice with Your work, O YHWH, I shout for joy at the works of Your hands.

O YHWH, how great are Your works! Your thoughts are very deep!

A senseless man does not know, And a fool does not understand this.

When the wrong spring up like grass, And all the workers of wickedness blossom, It is for them to be destroyed forever.

But You, YHWH, are on high forever.

For look, Your enemies, O YHWH, For look, Your enemies do perish; All the workers of wickedness are scattered.

But You lift up my horn like a wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil.

And my eye looks upon my enemies; My ears hear the evil-doers Who rise up against me.

The righteous one flourishes like a palm tree, He grows like a cedar in Leḇanon.

Those who are planted in the House of YHWH Flourish in the courts of our Elohim.

They still bear fruit in old age; They are fresh and green, To declare that YHWH is straight, My rock, and in Him is no unrighteousness.

READINGS: TEHILLAH 93

YHWH shall kingdom, He shall put on excellency; YHWH shall put on strength; He shall gird Himself. Indeed, the world is established, immovable.

Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting.

Rivers shall lift up, O YHWH, Rivers shall lift up their voice; Rivers lift up their breakers.

YHWH on high is mightier Than the noise of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea.

Your witnesses have been very trustworthy. Set-apartness befits Your house, O YHWH, forever.

READINGS: MISHLE 21:16-31

A man who strays from the way of understanding, Rests in the assembly of the dead.

He who loves pleasure is a poor man; He who loves wine and oil does not become rich.

The wrong is a ransom for the righteous, And the treacherous for the straight.

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and vexed woman.

Desirable treasure and oil, Are in the dwelling of the wise, But a foolish man swallows it up.

He who pursues righteousness and mercy Finds life, righteousness and esteem.

A wise one scales the city of the mighty, And brings down the trusted stronghold.

Whoever guards his mouth and tongue Guards his life from distresses.

Proud, haughty, “Scoffer” is his name; He acts with arrogant pride.

The desire of the lazy man slays him, For his hands refused to work.

He covets greedily all day long, But the righteous gives and does not withhold.

The sacrifice of the wrong is an abomination; How much more when he brings it with wickedness!

A false witness perishes, But the man who obeys speaks forever.

A wrong man hardens his face, But as for the straight, he establishes his way.

There is no wisdom or understanding Or counsel against YHWH.

The horse is prepared for the day of battle, But the deliverance is of YHWH.

READINGS: AVOTH 4:18-20

Rabbi N’horai said, wander forth to a home of the Torah, and say not that the Torah will come after Thee, for there thy associates will establish thee in the possession of it; and lean not upon thine own understanding.

Rabbi Yannai said, it is not in our power to explain either the prosperity of the wicked or the afflictions of the righteous.

Rabbi Mattithyah ben Cheresh said, be beforehand in the salutation of peace to all men; and be rather a tail to lions than a head to foxes.