Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁸ The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
    slow to anger, and great in mercy.

⁹ The Lord is good to all,
    and His compassion is over all His works.

¹⁴ The Lord upholds all who fall,
    and raises up all who are bowed down.
¹⁵ The eyes of all wait upon You,
    and You give them their food in due season.
¹⁶ You open Your hand
    and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

¹⁷ The Lord is righteous in all His ways
    and loving in all His works.
¹⁸ The Lord is near to all those who call upon Him,
    to all who call upon Him in truth.
¹⁹ He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
    He also will hear their cry and will save them.
²⁰ The Lord preserves all those who love Him,
    but all the wicked He will destroy.

²¹ My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord,
    and let all people bless His holy name
    forever and ever.

A wise son makes a glad father,
    but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

² Treasures of wickedness profit nothing,
    but righteousness delivers from death.

³ The Lord will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish,
    but He casts away the desire of the wicked.

⁴ He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand,
    but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

⁵ He who gathers in summer is a wise son,
    but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.