Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Caph

¹¹ For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity; for it is great.

Lamed

¹² Who is the man that fears the LORD? Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

Mem

¹³ His soul shall rest in that which is good; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

Nun

¹⁴ The secret of the LORD is for those that fear him, and he will show them his covenant.

Samech

¹⁵ ¶ Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD, for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

Ain

¹⁶ Turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me, for I am desolate and afflicted.

Tzaddi

¹⁷ The troubles of my heart are enlarged; O bring thou me out of my distresses.

Resh

¹⁸ Look upon my affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins.

Resh

¹⁹ Consider my enemies, for they are multiplied; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

Schin

²⁰ O keep my soul and deliver me; let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in thee.

19 ¶ Better is the poor that walks in his integrity than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

² ¶ That the soul be without wisdom is not good, and he that hastens with his feet sins.

³ ¶ The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart is wroth against the LORD.

⁴ ¶ Wealth makes many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

⁵ ¶ A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall not escape.

⁶ ¶ Many will intreat the favour of the prince, but every man is a friend to him that gives.

⁷ All the brethren of the poor hate him; how much more shall his friends separate themselves from him? He shall seek their friendship and not find it.

⁸ ¶ He that gets wisdom loves his own soul; he keeps intelligence that he might find that which is good.

⁹ ¶ The false witness shall not go unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall perish.

¹⁰ ¶ Delight is not suitable for a fool; much less for a slave to have rule over princes.

¹¹ ¶ The discretion of a man defers his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

¹² ¶ The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

¹³ ¶ A foolish son is a pain unto his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

¹⁴ ¶ House and riches are the inheritance from fathers, but the prudent wife is from the LORD.

¹⁵ ¶ Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the negligent soul shall suffer hunger.

¹⁶ ¶ He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul, but he that despises his ways shall die.

¹⁷ ¶ He that gives unto the poor lends unto the LORD, and he will give him his reward.

¹¹ ¶ For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, That we should love one another.

¹² Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

¹³ Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hates you.

¹⁴ ¶ We know that we are passed from death unto life, in that we love the brethren. He that does not love his brother abides in death.

¹⁵ Whosoever hates his brother is a murderer and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

¹⁶ In this we have known the charity of God because he laid down his life for us; we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

¹⁷ But whosoever has this world’s goods and sees his brother have need and shuts up his bowels of compassion from him, how does the charity of God abide in him?