Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

To the Overcomer, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.

¹ ¶ Only in God does my soul rest; from him comes my saving health.

² He only is my rock and my saving health; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

³ How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? Shall ye murder each other until ye are as a bowing wall and as a tottering fence?

⁴ They only consult to cast him down from his greatness; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse in their inward parts. Selah.

⁵ My soul, rest thou only in God, for my hope is from him.

⁶ He only is my rock and my saving health; he is my defence; I shall not be moved.

⁷ In God is my saving health and my glory; the rock of my strength and my refuge is in God.

⁸ ¶ Wait in him at all times; ye peoples, pour out your heart before him; God is our refuge. Selah.

⁹ Surely the sons of Adam are vanity, and the sons of nobles are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

¹⁰ Trust not in violence and become not vain in the taking of spoil; if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

¹¹ God has spoken once; twice have I heard this that power belongs unto God.

¹² Also unto thee, O Lord, belongs mercy, for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

² The LORD also has a controversy with Judah to visit Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

³ He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and with his strength he overcame the angel;

⁴ yea, he dominated the angel and prevailed; he wept and made supplication unto him; he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us;

⁵ but the LORD is God of the hosts; the LORD is his memorial.

⁶ Therefore be thou converted unto thy God; keep mercy and judgment, and in thy God wait continually.

⁷ ¶ He is a merchant who has the balances of deceit in his hand; he loves to oppress.

⁸ And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich, I have found riches for myself; no one shall find iniquity in me, nor sin in all my labours.

⁹ But I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet make thee to dwell in tents as in the days of the solemn feast.

¹⁰ I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the hand of the prophets.

¹¹ Is Gilead iniquity? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

¹² But Jacob fled into the land of Aram, and Israel served for his wife, and for his wife he was a pastor.

¹³ And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

¹⁴ Ephraim provoked God to anger with bitterness: therefore his blood shall be spilled upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord repay unto him.

¹⁶ ¶ And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?

¹⁷ And he said unto him, Why dost thou call me good? There is none good but one, that is, God, but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

¹⁸ He said unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt not murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

¹⁹ Honour thy father and thy mother, and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

²⁰ The young man said unto him, All these things I have kept from my youth up; what do I lack?

²¹ Jesus said unto him, If thou desire to be perfect, go and sell what thou hast and give it to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come and follow me.

²² But when the young man heard that word, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.