Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹ A psalm, a song for the Shabbat.
² It is good to praise Adonai
and to make music to Your Name, Elyon,
³ to declare Your love in the morning
and Your faithfulness at night,
⁴ with a ten-string harp,
with resounding music on the lyre.

¹² My eye can gaze on those lying in wait for me.
My ears hear about evildoers rising up against me.
¹³ The righteous will flourish like a palm tree.
He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
¹⁴ Planted in the House of Adonai,
they will flourish in the courts of our God.
¹⁵ They will still yield fruit in old age.
They will be full of sap and freshness.

15 A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
² The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly,
but the mouth of fools spouts folly.
³ The eyes of Adonai are everywhere,
observing the wicked and the good.
⁴ A healing tongue is a tree of life,
but a deceitful one crushes the spirit.
⁵ A fool despises his father’s discipline,
but one who accepts reproof is smart.
⁶ The house of the righteous has great wealth,
but the income of the wicked brings trouble.
⁷ The lips of the wise spread knowledge,
but not so the heart of fools.
⁸ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Adonai,
but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

⁹ Adonai detests the way of the wicked,
but loves those who pursue righteousness.