Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

3 The psalm of David when he fled from the face of his son Absalom.

² Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? many are they who rise up against me.

³ Many say to my soul: There is no salvation for him in his God.

⁴ But thou, O Lord art my protector, my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

⁵ I have cried to the Lord with my voice: and he hath heard me from his holy hill.

⁶ I have slept and taken my rest: and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me.

⁷ I will not fear thousands of the people, surrounding me: arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.

⁸ For thou hast struck all them who are my adversaries without cause: thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.

⁹ Salvation is of the Lord: and thy blessing is upon thy people.

⁵ And as wine deceiveth him that drinketh it: so shall the proud man be, and he shall not be honoured: who hath enlarged his desire like hell: and is himself like death, and he is never satisfied: but will gather together unto him all nations, and heap together unto him all people.

⁶ Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a dark speech concerning him: and it shall be said: Woe to him that heapeth together that which is not his own? how long also doth he load himself with thick clay?

⁷ Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee: and they be stirred up that shall tear thee, and thou shalt be a spoil to them?

⁸ Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all that shall be left of the people shall spoil thee: because of men's blood, and for the iniquity of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

⁹ Woe to him that gathereth together an evil covetousness to his house, that his nest may be on high, and thinketh he may be delivered out of the hand of evil.

¹⁰ Thou hast devised confusion to thy house, thou hast cut off many people, and thy soul hath sinned.

¹¹ For the stone shall cry out of the wall: and the timber that is between the joints of the building, shall answer.

5 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. And every one that loveth him who begot, loveth him also who is born of him.

² In this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God, and keep his commandments.

³ For this is the charity of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not heavy.

⁴ For whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the world: and this is the victory which overcometh the world, our faith.

⁵ Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

¹³ These things I write to you, that you may know that you have eternal life, you who believe in the name of the Son of God.

¹⁴ And this is the confidence which we have towards him: That, whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, he heareth us.

¹⁵ And we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask: we know that we have the petitions which we request of him.

¹⁶ He that knoweth his brother to sin a sin which is not to death, let him ask, and life shall be given to him, who sinneth not to death. There is a sin unto death: for that I say not that any man ask.

¹⁷ All iniquity is sin. And there is a sin unto death.

¹⁸ We know that whosoever is born of God, sinneth not: but the generation of God preserveth him, and the wicked one toucheth him not.

¹⁹ We know that we are of God, and the whole world is seated in wickedness.

²⁰ And we know that the Son of God is come: and he hath given us understanding that we may know the true God, and may be in his true Son. This is the true God and life eternal.

²¹ Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.