Week 50 (Book 7): The Ant is Saying

 B”H

The Ant is saying, 

Go to the ant, you sluggard; 

Consider her ways and be wise. 

And the angel of the Lord appeared and said to him, 

"The Lord is with you, mighty man of valor." 

Now, Eli had become very old, 

Now Moses hands were heavy; 

And Gideon said to him, "Please my lord, if the Lord be with us, 

And to your name I will sing praises. 

And he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, 

And when he would lay down his hand, Amalek would prevail. 

Remember, O Lord, the disgrace of Your servants, 

So they took a stone and placed it under him, and he sat on it. 

And was gathered to his people. 

Why then has all this befallen us? 

Remember, O Lord, for the sons of Edom, 

And He has delivered us into the hand of Midian.

O Daughter of Babylon, who is destined to be plundered, 

But now the Lord has forsaken us, 

One from this [side], and one from that [side]; 

'Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?' 

And where are all His wonders which our forefathers told us, saying, 

Which I bear in my bosom, [the disgrace] of all great nations.

Praiseworthy is he who will take and dash your infants against the rock.

And die on the mountain upon which you are climbing 

You, O Solomon, shall have the thousand, 

And those who watch its fruit, two hundred.

The day of Jerusalem, those who say, 

Raze it, raze it, down to its foundation!

Just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor 

Aaron and Hur supported his hands, 

My vineyard, which is mine, is before me; 

Therefore I will give thanks to You, O' Lord, among the nations. 

It came to pass that when Moses would raise his hand, 

And be gathered to your people, 

At the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Israel would prevail 

And that they would lie with the women who congregated 

Praiseworthy is he who repays you 

Your recompense that you have done to us.

So he was with his hands in faith until sunset.