Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

144 I will extol thee, O God my king: and I will bless thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever.

² Every day I will bless thee: and I will praise thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever.

³ Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end.

⁴ Generation and generation shall praise thy works: and they shall declare thy power.

⁵ They shall speak of the magnificence of the glory of thy holiness: and shall tell thy wondrous works.

⁶ And they shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and shall declare thy greatness.

⁷ They shall publish the memory of the abundance of thy sweetness: and shall rejoice in thy justice.

⁸ The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in mercy.

⁹ The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

¹⁰ Let all thy works, O lord, praise thee: and let thy saints bless thee.

¹¹ They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom: and shall tell of thy power:

¹² To make thy might known to the sons of men: and the glory of the magnificence of thy kingdom.

¹³ Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages: and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. The Lord is faithful in all his words: and holy in all his works.

¹⁴ The Lord lifteth up all that fall: and setteth up all that are cast down.

¹⁵ The eyes of all hope in thee, O Lord: and thou givest them meat in due season.

¹⁶ Thou openest thy hand, and fillest with blessing every living creature.

¹⁷ The Lord is just in all his ways: and holy in all his works.

¹⁸ The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: to all that call upon him in truth.

¹⁹ He will do the will of them that fear him: and he will hear their prayer, and save them.

²⁰ The Lord keepeth all them that love him; but all the wicked he will destroy.

²¹ My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless thy holy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever.

27 In that day the Lord with his hard, and great, and strong sword shall visit leviathan the bar serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent, and shall slay the whale that is in the see.

² In that day there shall be singing to the vineyard of pure wine.

³ I am the Lord that keep it, I will suddenly give it drink: lest any hurt come to it, I keep it night and day.

⁴ There is no indignation in me: who shall make me a thorn and a brier in battle: shall march against it, shall I set it on fire together?

⁵ Or rather shall it take hold of my strength, shall it make peace with me, shall it make peace with me?

⁶ When they shall rush in unto Jacob, Israel shall blossom and bud, and they shall fill the face of the world with seed.

¹⁷ If then any be in Christ a new creature, the old things are passed away, behold all things are made new.

¹⁸ But all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Christ; and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation.

¹⁹ For God indeed was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their sins; and he hath placed in us the word of reconciliation.

²⁰ For Christ therefore we are ambassadors, God as it were exhorting by us. For Christ, we beseech you, be reconciled to God.

²¹ Him, who knew no sin, he hath made sin for us, that we might be made the justice of God in him.