Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

To the Overcomer upon, Do not destroy, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.

¹ ¶ Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks, for that thy name is near, thy wondrous works declare.

² When I shall receive the congregation, I will judge uprightly.

³ The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved; I bore up the pillars of it. Selah.

⁴ I said unto the fools, Do not deal foolishly and to the wicked, Do not lift up the horn:

⁵ Do not lift up your horn on high; speak not with a stiff neck.

⁶ ¶ For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert.

⁷ But God is the judge; he puts down one and sets up another.

⁸ For the cup is in the hand of the LORD, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he pours out of the same; yea, the dregs thereof, shall wring out and swallow up all the wicked of the earth.

⁹ But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

¹⁰ And I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

12 ¶ And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who is for the sons of thy people, and it shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there were people until now, but in that time thy people shall escape, all those that are found written in the book.

² And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth shall be awakened, some for eternal life, and some for shame and everlasting confusion.

³ And those that understand shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and those that teach righteousness to the multitude as the stars in perpetual eternity.

⁴ But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end: many shall pass by, and knowledge shall be multiplied.

⁵ ¶ Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, another two who stood, one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.

⁶ And one said to the Man clothed in linens, who was upon the waters of the river, When shall be the end of these wonders?

⁷ And I heard the Man clothed in linens, who was upon the waters of the river, who raised his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and swore by the living one in the ages that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when the scattering of the power of the holy people shall be finished, all these things shall be fulfilled.

⁸ And I heard, but I did not understand; then I said, O my Lord, what is the fulfillment of these things?

⁹ And he said, Go thy way, Daniel, for these words are closed up and sealed until the time of the fulfillment.

¹⁰ Many shall be purified and made white and purged, but the wicked shall get worse; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.

¹¹ And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away until the abomination of desolation, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

¹² Blessed is he that waits and comes unto one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.

¹³ And thou shall go to the end and shalt rest, and thou shalt raise up in thy lot {or in thine inheritance} at the end of the days.

¹⁵ But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from there; and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;

¹⁶ and strictly charged them that they should not make him known;

¹⁷ so that it which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, who said,

¹⁸ Behold my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased; I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall declare judgment unto the Gentiles.

¹⁹ He shall not strive nor cry, neither shall anyone hear his voice in the streets.

²⁰ A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoking flax he shall not quench until he sends forth judgment unto victory.

²¹ And in his name shall the Gentiles wait.