They insulted him and said, *You are his talmid, but we are talmidim of Moshe.
Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; don't you fear the reproach of men, neither be you dismayed at their insults.
Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,
*Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Didn't Moshe give you the Torah, and yet none of you keeps the Torah? Why do you seek to kill me?*
They answered him, *You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?* They threw him out.
Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, and rest on the law, and glory in God,
We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God.
Who, when he was cursed, didn't curse back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;