Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
To the Overcomer upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.
1 ¶ Help, LORD; for the merciful man ceases, for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2 Each one speaks vanity with his neighbour: they speak with flattering lips and with a double heart.
3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks proud things:
4 Who have said, With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, saith the LORD; I will set in safety the one whom the wicked one has ensnared.
6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8 The wicked press in on every side when the vilest men are exalted.
12 ¶ There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
13 ¶ Even in laughter, the scorner has pain in his heart, and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
14 ¶ The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be separated from him.
15 ¶ The simple believes every word, but the prudent man understands his steps.
16 ¶ The wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.
17 ¶ He that is soon angry shall deal foolishly, and the man of wicked devices shall be hated.
18 ¶ The simple shall inherit folly, but the prudent shall be crowned with wisdom.
19 ¶ Those who are evil shall bow before those who are good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20 ¶ The poor is hated even of his own neighbour, but many are those who love the rich.
21 ¶ The sinner despises his neighbour, but he that has mercy on the poor is blessed.
22 ¶ Do they not err that meditate upon evil? but those that meditate upon good shall attain mercy and truth.
23 ¶ In all labour there is fruit, but to talk and not do, brings poverty.
24 ¶ The crown of the wise is their wisdom, but that which distinguishes fools is their folly.
25 ¶ The true witness delivers souls, but the deceitful one speaks lies.
26 ¶ In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence, and there his sons shall have hope.
27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
28 ¶ In the multitude of the people is the king’s glory, but in the failure of the people is the weakness of the prince.
29 ¶ He that is slow to wrath is of great intelligence, but he that is short of spirit exalts folly.
30 ¶ A sound heart is life to the flesh, but envy is rottenness of the bones.
31 ¶ He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he that has mercy on the poor, honours him.
4 ¶ And as they spoke unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
2 resentful that they taught the people and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
3 And they laid hands on them and put them in jail unto the next day, for it was now evening.
4 But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men was about five thousand.
5 ¶ And it came to pass on the next day that their princes and elders and scribes
6 and Annas, the high priest, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest were gathered together at Jerusalem.
7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power or by what name have ye done this?
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, Ye princes of the people and elders of Israel,
9 if we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole,
10 be it known unto you all and to all the people of Israel that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him does this man stand here before you whole.
11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
12 Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men in which we can be saved.
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