Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

96 For the same David, when his land was restored again to him. The Lord hath reigned, let the earth rejoice: let many islands be glad.

² Clouds and darkness are round about him: justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne.

³ A fire shall go before him, and shall burn his enemies round about.

⁴ His lightnings have shone forth to the world: the earth saw and trembled.

⁵ The mountains melted like wax, at the presence of the Lord: at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.

⁶ The heavens declared his justice: and all people saw his glory.

⁷ Let them be all confounded that adore graven things, and that glory in their idols. Adore him, all you his angels:

⁸ Sion heard, and was glad. And the daughters of Juda rejoiced, because of thy judgments, O Lord.

⁹ For thou art the most high Lord over all the earth: thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods.

¹⁰ You that love the Lord, hate evil: the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner.

¹¹ Light is risen to the just, and joy to the right of heart.

¹² Rejoice, ye just, in the Lord: and give praise to the remembrance of his holiness.

¹⁴ When thou art come into the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee, and possessest it, and shalt say: I will set a king over me, as all nations have that are round about:

¹⁵ Thou shalt set him whom the Lord thy God shall choose out of the number of thy brethren. Thou mayst not make a man of another nation king, that is not thy brother.

¹⁶ And when he is made king, he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor lead back the people into Egypt, being lifted up with the number of his horsemen, especially since the Lord hath commanded you to return no more the same way.

¹⁷ He shall not have many wives, that may allure his mind, nor immense sums of silver and gold.

¹⁸ But after he is raised to the throne of his kingdom, he shall copy out to himself the Deuteronomy of this law in a volume, taking the copy of the priests of the Levitical tribe,

¹⁹ And he shall have it with him, and shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, and keep his words and ceremonies, that are commanded in the law;

²⁰ And that his heart be not lifted up with pride over his brethren, nor decline to the right or to the left, that he and his sons may reign a long time over Israel.

5 The ancients therefore that are among you, I beseech, who am myself also an ancient, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ: as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come:

² Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint, but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake, but voluntarily:

³ Neither as lording it over the clergy, but being made a pattern of the flock from the heart.

⁴ And when the prince of pastors shall appear, you shall receive a never fading crown of glory.

⁵ In like manner, ye young men, be subject to the ancients. And do you all insinuate humility one to another, for God resisteth the proud, but to the humble he giveth grace.