Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

6 O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine anger, neither chasten me in Thy hot displeasure.

² Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed.

³ My soul is also sore vexed, but Thou, O Lord, how long?

⁴ Return, O Lord, deliver my soul! O save me for Thy mercies’ sake!

⁵ For in death there is no remembrance of Thee; in the grave who shall give Thee thanks?

⁶ I am weary with my groaning; all the night I make my bed to swim, I water my couch with my tears.

⁷ Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

⁸ Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity, for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.

⁹ The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.

¹⁰ Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sorely vexed; let them turn back and be put to shame suddenly.

7 Woe is me! For I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: There is no cluster to eat; my soul desired the first ripe fruit.

² The good man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

³ That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man uttereth his wicked desire; so they wrap it up.

⁴ The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge. The day of thy watchman and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

⁵ Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

⁶ For the son dishonoreth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

⁷ Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.

2 “Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write: ‘These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in His right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks:

² I know thy works and thy labor and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them that are evil; and how thou hast tried them that say they are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars;

³ and hast borne, and hast patience, and for My name’s sake hast labored and hast not fainted.

⁴ Nevertheless, I have something against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

⁵ Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent and do the works as at first; or else I will come unto thee quickly and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, unless thou repent.

⁶ But this thou hast: that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

⁷ He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the Tree of Life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.’