Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹ ¶ Halelu-JAH. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

² In my life I will praise the LORD; I will sing praises unto my God while I live.

³ Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man in whom there is no salvation.

⁴ His spirit shall go forth, he shall return to his earth; in that very day all his thoughts shall perish.

⁵ ¶ Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God;

⁶ who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein; who keeps truth for ever:

⁷ He who does justice unto the oppressed; who gives bread to the hungry. The LORD looses the prisoners:

⁸ The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; the LORD raises those that are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous:

⁹ The LORD preserves the strangers; he raises up the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

¹⁰ The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Halelu-JAH.

¹¹ ¶ The rich man is wise in his own conceit, but the poor that has understanding is wiser than he.

¹² ¶ When the righteous rejoice, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, the sane man hides himself.

¹³ ¶ He that covers his sins shall not prosper, but whosoever confesses and forsakes them shall attain mercy.

¹⁴ ¶ Blessed is the man that fears God always, but he that hardens his heart shall fall into evil.

¹⁵ ¶ As a roaring lion and a hungry bear, so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

¹⁶ ¶ The prince void of intelligence is also a great oppressor, but he that hates covetousness shall prolong his days.

¹⁷ ¶ A man that does violence to the blood of any person shall flee all the way to the grave, and no one shall sustain him.

¹⁸ ¶ Whosoever walks in integrity shall be saved, but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall into one of them.

¹⁹ ¶ He that tills his land shall be filled with bread, but he that follows after vain persons shall be filled with poverty.

²⁰ ¶ The man of truth shall abound with blessings, but he that makes haste to be rich shall not be absolved.

²¹ ¶ To have respect of persons in judgment is not good; even for a piece of bread, man will transgress.

²² ¶ He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.

²³ ¶ He that rebukes a man, afterwards shall find more favour than he that flatters with the tongue.

²⁴ ¶ Whosoever robs his father or his mother and says, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of the destroyer.

²⁵ ¶ He that is of a proud heart stirs up strife, but he that puts his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

²⁶ ¶ He that trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whosoever walks in wisdom, he shall be saved.

²⁷ ¶ He that gives unto the poor shall never lack, but he that hides his eyes from the poor shall have many a curse.

²⁸ ¶ When the wicked rise, sane men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous multiply.

⁴³ ¶ And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they all wondered at all the things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,

⁴⁴ Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.

⁴⁵ But they did not understand this word, and it was hid from them that they should not understand, and they feared to ask him regarding this.

⁴⁶ Then there arose a dispute among them, which of them should be the greatest.

⁴⁷ But Jesus, seeing the thoughts of their heart, took a child and set him by him,

⁴⁸ and said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receives me, and whosoever shall receive me receives him that sent me; for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.