Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

72 Give Your judgments to the King, O God, and Your righteousness to the King’s Son.

² He shall judge Your people in righteousness, and Your poor with equity.

³ The mountains and the hills shall bring peace to the people by justice.

⁴ He shall judge the poor of the people. He shall save the children of the needy and shall subdue the oppressor.

⁵ They shall fear You as long as the Sun and Moon endure, from generation to generation.

⁶ He shall come down like the rain upon the mown grass, as the showers that water the Earth.

⁷ In His days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace shall be so long as the Moon endures.

⁸ Also, His dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the land.

⁹ Those who dwell in the wilderness shall kneel before Him; and His enemies shall lick the dust.

¹⁰ The kings of Tarshish, and of the isles, shall bring presents. The kings of Sheba, and Seba, shall bring gifts.

¹¹ Indeed, all kings shall worship Him. All nations shall serve Him.

¹² For He shall deliver the poor when He cries, the needy also, and he who has no helper.

¹³ He shall be merciful to the poor and needy and shall preserve the souls of the poor.

¹⁴ He shall redeem their souls from deceit and violence, and their blood shall be dear in His sight.

¹⁵ Indeed, He shall live; and to Him shall they give of the gold of Sheba. Also, they shall pray for Him continually and daily bless Him.

¹⁶ A handful of grain shall be sown in the Earth, in the top of the mountains. The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon; and the children out of the city shall flourish like the grass of the Earth.

¹⁷ His name shall be forever. His name shall endure as long as the Sun. All nations shall bless Him and be blessed in Him.

¹⁸ Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, Who only does wondrous things.

¹⁹ And blessed be His glorious Name forever. And let all the Earth be filled with His Glory. So be it, even so be it.

²⁰ Here ends the prayers of David, the son of Jesse. A Psalm committed to Asaph

² “And you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, are small among the thousands of Judah. Yet out of you shall He come forth to Me Who shall be the Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth have been from the beginning, from everlasting.”

³ Therefore, He will give them up until the time that she who shall bear has given birth. Then the remnant of their brethren shall return to the children of Israel.

⁴ And He shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the Name of the LORD his God. And they shall abide. For now shall He be magnified to the ends of the world.

⁵ And He shall be our peace when Assyria shall come into our land. When He shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise seven shepherds against him, and eight principal men.

⁶ And they shall destroy Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with their swords. Thus shall He deliver us from Assyria when He comes into our land, and when He shall tread within our borders.

⁷ And the remnant of Jacob shall be among many people, as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass that neither wait for man nor hope in the sons of Adam.

⁸ And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles, in the midst of many people, as the lion among the beasts of the forest, as the lion whelp among the flocks of sheep, who when he goes through treads down and tears in pieces. And no one can deliver.

⁹ Your Hand shall be lifted up upon your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off.

³¹ The same day, some Pharisees came and said to Him, “Depart and go from here! For Herod wants to kill you!”

³² Then He said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and will keep healing today and tomorrow. And the third day I shall complete it.’

³³ “Nevertheless, I must walk today and tomorrow and the day after. For it cannot be that a Prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.

³⁴ “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the Prophets and stones those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together, as the hen gathers her brood under her wings. And you would not.

³⁵ “Behold, your house is left to you desolate. And truly I tell you, you shall not see Me until the time comes that you shall say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord.’”